Provision of Employment Act (D to I)

Provision of Employment Act (D to I)

Sick Leave

• Employee entitled to paid sick leave, including medical leave issued by medical practitioner registered under the Medical Registration Act or Dental Registration Act, if:

• The employee:

• Has served the employer for at least three months. Has informed or attempted to inform the employer of his/her absence within 48 hours.

• Has informed or attempted to inform the employer of his/her absence within 48 hours. 

  Otherwise, the employee will be deemed to be absent from work without permission or reasonable excuse.

  
  
  
  
  

Sick Leave 

• The number of days of paid sick leave depends on the period of service :   

• up to 14 days for paid outpatient sick leave and    60 days for paid hospitalisation leave.
  

• 60 days of paid hospitalisation leave includes the 14 days paid outpatient sick leave entitlement.

• If the employee has worked for 6 months or more, he/she will get the full entitlement.

Multiple Choice

Employee is entitled to paid sick leave if he/she has served at least_____ months of service

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Employee has to informed or attempted to inform employer his or her absence within _______hours.

• 18

• 28

• 38

• 48

Retrenchment and Retirement Benefits

• No employee who has been in continuous service with an employer for less than 2 years shall be entitled to any retrenchment benefit on his dismissal

• Employees who have served the company for at least 2 years are eligible for retrenchment benefits.

• The amount of retrenchment benefit depends on what is provided for in the employment contract or collective agreement (for unionised companies).

• If there is no provision, it will have to be negotiated between the employees (or their union) and the employer.

Multiple Choice

Employees has to work for at least ____years to be eligible for retrenchment benefits.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Select

Retrenchment benefits depends on what is provided for in the_____(tick more than 1 answer)

• employment contract

• insurance contract

• collective agreement

• organisation profits

Retrenchment and Retirement Benefits 

• In accordance with the Retirement and Re-employment Act (RRA), the minimum retirement age is 62 years. A company cannot ask an employee to retire before that age. The employee has this protection if he/she:

• is a Singapore citizen or Singapore permanent  resident.

• Joined the employer before he/she turned 55.

• No employee who has been in continuous service with an employer for less than 5 years shall be entitled to any retirement benefit other than the sums payable under the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36) on the cessation of his service with the employer.

Multiple Choice

The minimun retirement age is _____years.

• 60

• 61

• 62

• 63

Multiple Select

Employee will be protect from early retirement requested by employer if he/she (tick more than one answer)

• is Singapore citizen

• Singapore permant resident

• joined the company before turrning 62

• joined the company before turrning 55

Termination of Contract of Service

• The party who intends to terminate the contract must give notice to the other party in writing.

• The notice period to be given depends on what is agreed in the written contract. If there is no written contract, the notice period to be given depends on what the parties have agreed upon verbally.

Termination of Contract of Service

• If there is no such period previously agreed upon, the following shall apply:

• Length of Service Notice Period  (1)Less than 26 weeks =1 day (2) 26 weeks to less than 2 years =1 week (3)2 years to less than 5 years= 2 weeks (4) 5 years and above = 4 weeks

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Multiple Choice

How many days/weeks of notice period must be give by the employee who worked for three years if there is no agreement previously.

• 2 days

• 1 week

• 2 weeks

• 4 weeks

Maternity protection and benefits 

• An eligible employee is entitled to absent herself from work for four weeks immediately before and twelve weeks immediately after delivery, totalling 16 weeks.

• Where there is a mutual agreement with the employer, the extended eight weeks (9th to 16th week) of maternity leave can be taken flexibly over a 12 month period after the child's birth.

• The employee can consume an equivalent of eight weeks' worth of working days flexibly, up to a maximum of 48 days.

Maternity protection and benefits  

• Under the Employment Act, an employer is required to continue paying an employee her usual salary, i.e. her monthly gross rate of pay including allowances for the first eight weeks of maternity leave if the employee:

• (1)has been employed for at least 90 days before the date of delivery. (2) has less than two children of her own at the time of delivery.

Multiple Choice

How many weeks of leave of absence is entitled to employee before and after delivery?

• 4

• 8

• 10

• 16

Maternity protection and benefits  

• In the case of multiple births (e.g. twins, triplets etc.) during the first pregnancy, the employer is still required to pay the next 8 weeks of maternity leave.

• She has given the employer at least one week's notice before going on maternity leave and informed her employer as soon as practicable of her delivery.

• Otherwise, the employee is only entitled to half the payment during the maternity leave, unless she can show sufficient cause that prevented her from giving such notice to the employer.

Multiple Choice

Employee must inform employee at least ____ notice before going on maternity leave

• 1 week

• 2 weeks

• 3 weeks

• 4 weeks

Payment of retrenchment benefits

• No employee who has been in continuous service with an employer for less than 2 years shall be entitled to any retrenchment benefit on his dismissal

Annual Wage Supplement (AWS)

• Commonly known as the 13th month payment. It is a single annual payment to employees that supplements the total amount of annual wage earned by them

• If it is not stipulated in the employment contract, AWS payment is subject to negotiation and mutual agreement between the employer and employee, or the trade union representing the employee.

Bonus

• One-time payment usually paid to employees at the end of the year to reward them for their contributions to the company.

• Payment of a bonus is not compulsory. However, it is a contractual obligation for the employer to pay a bonus if it is provided for in the employment contract or collective agreement. 

Annual Wage increases

• Increase in an employee’s basic wage after a year of work. Depends on company’s business and financial position.

• •f the need arises, the company may consider reducing or delaying the annual increment.