Platform Workers Act 2024(No. 30 of 2024)
Table of Contents
Long Title
Enacting Formula
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Short title and commencement
2 General interpretation
3 Meaning of platform service
4 Meaning of platform operator
5 Meaning of platform worker
6 Meaning of management control in respect of provision of platform service
7 No contracting out of rights of platform worker to join, participate in or organise platform work associations
Part 2 PLATFORM OPERATORS
Division 1 — Notification by platform operators, etc.
8 Platform operator must notify Commissioner
9 Notification of cessation as platform operator
10 Power of Commissioner to require notification
11 Compliance with obligations of platform operator
12 List of platform operators
Division 2 — Obligations of platform operator
13 Platform operator’s obligation — records in respect of platform workers
14 Platform operator’s obligation — earnings slips for platform workers
Division 3 — Judicial management, insolvency or bankruptcy of platform operator
15 Judicial management of platform operator
16 Priority of specified debts relating to platform workers in winding up of platform operator
17 Priority of specified debts relating to platform workers where debt repayment scheme applicable to platform operator
18 Priority of specified debts relating to platform workers in bankruptcy of platform operator
Part 3 PLATFORM WORK ASSOCIATIONS
Division 1 — General
19 Interpretation of this Part
20 Appointment of Registrar, etc.
21 Register of platform work associations
Division 2 — Registration of platform work associations
22 Registration of platform work associations
23 Application for registration
24 Registration
25 Power of Registrar to require alteration of name
26 Cancellation of registration
27 Power to stop payment of money held by financial institution
28 Consequences of failure to register or cancellation of registration
29 Consequences upon dissolution of platform work association
Division 3 — Rights and liabilities of platform work associations
30 Disabilities of unregistered platform work association
31 Immunity from civil suit in certain cases
32 Liability in tort
33 Liability in contract
34 Objects in restraint of trade not unlawful in case of registered platform work association
35 Proceedings by and against platform work association
36 Strike or industrial action
Division 4 — Constitution
37 Membership of minors
38 Public officers, etc., not to be members of platform work association
39 Officers of platform work association
40 Authority of officers, etc., to bind platform work association without ratification
41 Employees of platform work association
42 Powers of Minister in relation to sections 39 and 41
43 Change of name
44 Amalgamation
45 Notice of change of name or amalgamation
46 Effect of change of name or amalgamation
47 Registered office
48 Rules of registered platform work association
49 Secret ballot
50 Notification of change of officers, etc.
51 Notification of change of employees
52 Notice of dissolution
53 Trustees
Division 5 — Property
54 All property vested in trustees
55 Devolution of property
56 Purchase or lease of land or buildings
Division 6 — Funds and accounts
57 Application of funds
58 Prohibition of payment of fines or penalties
59 Use of funds for political purposes and investment of those funds
60 Injunction to restrain misuse of funds
61 Treasurer to render accounts
62 Production of documents, etc., for examination
63 Annual returns
64 Inspection of accounts and documents
Division 7 — Offences and penalties of this Part
65 Penalty for misuse of money or property of registered platform work association
66 Supplying false information regarding platform work associations
67 Failure to submit returns
68 General penalty
69 Consent of Public Prosecutor
Division 8 — Miscellaneous
70 This Part not to affect certain agreements
71 Societies Act 1966 not applicable to platform work associations
72 Service of legal process
73 Notification in Gazette
74 Appeal to Minister
75 Regulations for this Part
Part 4 ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES
76 Civil contraventions
77 Payment of administrative penalty
78 Appeal, etc., in relation to contravention notice
79 Directions in lieu of or in addition to contravention notices
Part 5 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
80 Administration of Act
81 Powers of Commissioner, authorised officers and authorised persons
82 Notice to platform operator by Commissioner, etc., of inspection or visit
83 Disposal of documents or thing
84 Offences of wilfully obstructing or delaying Commissioner, etc.
85 Persons not to reveal protected information
Part 6 MISCELLANEOUS
86 Protection from personal liability
87 Abetment of offences
88 Offences by corporations
89 Offences by unincorporated associations or partnerships
90 Composition of offences
91 Jurisdiction of court
92 Service of documents
93 Interface with other laws
94 General power to exempt
95 Amendment of Schedules
96 Regulations
Part 7 AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS
97 Amendment of Central Provident Fund Act 1953
98 Amendment of Income Tax Act 1947
99 Amendment of Industrial Relations Act 1960
100 Amendment of Trade Disputes Act 1941
101 Amendment of Trade Unions Act 1940
102 Amendment of Work Injury Compensation Act 2019
103 Amendment of Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Part 8 CONSEQUENTIAL AND RELATED AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS
104 Amendment of Business Names Registration Act 2014
105 Amendment of Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001
106 Amendment of Companies Act 1967
107 Amendment of Co-operative Societies Act 1979
108 Amendment of Enlistment Act 1970
109 Amendment of Extradition Act 1968
110 Amendment of Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021
111 Amendment of Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005
112 Amendment of Limited Partnerships Act 2008
113 Amendment of Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act 1990
114 Amendment of Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960
115 Amendment of Mutual Benefit Organisations Act 1960
116 Amendment of Point-to-Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019
117 Amendment of Public Entertainments Act 1958
118 Amendment of Requisition of Resources Act 1985
119 Amendment of Road Traffic Act 1961
120 Amendment of Singapore Labour Foundation Act 1977
121 Amendment of Societies Act 1966