Child Development Co-Savings (Part-Time Employees) Regulations 2008

No. S 548

Child Development Co-Savings Act

(Chapter 38A)

Child Development Co-Savings (Part-Time Employees) Regulations 2008

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20 of the Child Development Co-Savings Act, the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Child Development Co-Savings (Part-Time Employees) Regulations 2008 and shall come into operation on 31st October 2008.

[S 229/2011 wef 01/05/2011]

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“childcare leave” means childcare leave under section 12B of the Act, and includes —

(a)	any childcare leave taken under section 87A of the Employment Act (Cap. 91); and
(b)	any leave of absence for childcare purposes referred to in section 12B(6)(b) of the Act,

which is treated, under section 12B(3) or (6) of the Act, as childcare leave under section 12B of the Act;

“extended childcare leave” means extended childcare leave under section 12B of the Act, and includes any leave of absence for childcare purposes referred to in section 12B(6A)(b) of the Act which is treated, under section 12B(6A) of the Act, as extended childcare leave under section 12B of the Act;

[S 282/2013 wef 01/05/2013]

“full-time employee” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Employment (Part-Time Employees) Regulations (Cap. 91, Rg 8);

“gross rate of pay”, in relation to a part-time employee, means —

(a)	his gross rate of pay as specified in his contract of service with his employer; or
(b)	if there is no such specification in his contract of service with his employer, such gross rate of pay as the Commissioner for Labour may determine, having regard to the terms of that contract of service; [S 282/2013 wef 01/05/2013]

“hourly gross rate of pay”, in relation to a part-time employee, means —

(a)	his hourly gross rate of pay as specified in his contract of service with his employer; or
(b)	if there is no such specification in his contract of service with his employer, such hourly gross rate of pay as the Commissioner for Labour may determine, having regard to the terms of that contract of service;

“similar full-time employee”, in relation to a part-time employee, means —

(a)	a full-time employee who is employed by the same employer as that of the part-time employee and in work similar to that of the part-time employee; or
(b)	if there is no such person so employed, an employee who is required to work 8 hours a day and 44 hours a week in work similar to that of the part-time employee.

(2) For the purposes of calculating any entitlement of a part-time employee under these Regulations, a reference to the average number of hours a week, or the number of hours a day, which an employee is required to work shall be treated as a reference to —

(a)	the average number of hours a week or the number of hours a day, as the case may be, which the employee is required to work, as specified in his contract of service with his employer; or
(b)	if there is no such specification in his contract of service with his employer, such number of hours a week or number of hours a day, as the case may be, as the Commissioner for Labour may determine, having regard to the terms of that contract of service.

Made this 29th day of October 2008.

NIAM CHIANG MENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Community Development,
Youth and Sports,
Singapore.

[MCYS 132-20-350; MOM WPSD 1:5; AG/LEG/SL/38A/2001/4 Vol. 1]

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