Singapore Employment Act explained in details

  • A full-time job
  • A part-time job
  • Temporarily
  • Under a special contract
  • Seafarers
  • Domestic workers
  • Civil servants and statutory board employees.
  • A workman (manual laborer) earning a basic monthly salary of not more than $4,500.
  • An employee who is not a workman, but is still covered by the Employment Act and earns a monthly basic salary of not more than $2,600.
  • Keep in mind that Part IV of the Act does not pertain to managers or executives.
  • Salary
  • Hours of work, overtime, and rest days
  • Public holidays
  • Annual leave
  • Sick leave

  • For 1 year of service, an employee is entitled to 7 days of annual paid leave. 
  • For 2 years of service, an employee is entitled to 8 days of annual paid leave. 
  • For 8 or more years of service, the employee is entitled to 14 days of annual paid leave.
  • The employee must have been working for the employer for at least 3 months.
  • They must tell their employer about their absence within a timeline of 48 hours.
  • They need to submit a certificate by a company’s doctor or a government doctor.
  • The number of days of sick leave an employee is entitled to depends on the years of service completed.
  • With Notice
  • Without Notice or
  • On grounds of misconduct
  • Inform the employee of the misconduct,
  • Ensure that the person hearing the inquiry is not in a position of bias, and
  • Give the employee an opportunity to present his case.

 

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