Workplace Fairness Act 2025(No. 8 of 2025)
Table of Contents
Long Title
Enacting Formula
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Short title and commencement
2 General interpretation
3 Purposes of Act
4 Application of Act
Part 2 EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS
5 Employment decisions — hiring
6 Employment decisions during employment
7 Employment decisions — dismissal, retrenchment and termination
Part 3 PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS
8 Protected characteristics
9 Meaning of "nationality"
10 Meaning of "sex"
11 Meaning of "marital status"
12 Meaning of "pregnancy"
13 Meaning of "caregiving responsibilities"
14 Meaning of "language ability"
15 Meaning of "disability"
16 Meaning of "mental health condition"
Part 4 DISCRIMINATION
17 Discrimination against individuals
18 Discrimination by direction, instruction or policy
19 Discrimination by advertisement or description
Part 5 EXCEPTIONS
20 Exception — genuine requirement of job
21 Exception — age
22 Exception — citizens and permanent residents
23 Exception — religious groups
24 Exception — disability
Part 6 FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
25 Interpretation of this Part
26 Fair consideration
27 Handling of grievances
28 Prohibition against retaliation
Part 7 PENALTIES AND DIRECTIONS
29 Civil contraventions
30 Serious civil contraventions
31 Administrative penalty for civil contraventions
32 Appeal, etc.
33 Directions
34 Civil penalty for serious civil contraventions
35 Action under section 34 not to commence in certain situations
36 Civil contraventions, serious civil contraventions and offences by bodies corporate, etc.
Part 8 ADMINISTRATION AND INVESTIGATIONS
37 Appointment of officers
38 Powers of Commissioner, authorised officers and authorised persons
39 Protection from personal liability
Part 9 MISCELLANEOUS
40 Protection for complainants
41 Restriction on contracting out
42 Composition of offences
43 Exemption
44 Regulations
Part 10 RELATED AMENDMENTS
45 Related amendments to Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990
Part 11 SAVING AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISION
46 Saving and transitional provision