Singapore legislation
Section 19
Section 19
Conditions of service
(1)
Until such time as terms and conditions of service are drawn up by the Council —
every person transferred from the service of the Government under section 18 is to continue under the schemes and terms and conditions of service in the Government which the person would have enjoyed had the person remained in the service of the Government; and
every person transferred from the service of the National Theatre Trust under section 18 is to continue under the schemes and terms and conditions of service enjoyed by the person immediately prior to the person’s transfer.
(2)
The terms and conditions of service of persons transferred to the service of the Council under section 18 must take into account the salaries and terms and conditions of service, including any accrued rights to leave, enjoyed by such persons while in the employment of the Government or the National Theatre Trust (as the case may be) and any such term or condition relating to the length of service with the Council must provide for the recognition of service under the Government or the National Theatre Trust by persons so transferred to be service by them under the Council.
(3)
Nothing in the terms and conditions of service to be drawn up by the Council adversely affects the conditions that would have been applicable to persons transferred to the service of the Council as regards any pension, gratuity or allowance payable under the Pensions Act 1956.
(4)
The terms and conditions of service, in the case of persons transferred to the service of the Council under section 18(1)(b), must be agreed upon by the Government, the Council and the officer concerned.