Singapore legislation
Section 12F
Section 12F
Eligibility criteria and cap in respect of shared parental leave benefits
(1)
A male employee who is the natural father of a child is entitled to absent himself from work on shared parental leave, and to payment by his employer, under section 12E(2), and a self‑employed man who is the natural father of a child is entitled to payment by the Government under section 12E(3), if —
the mother’s confinement in respect of the child occurs, or the estimated delivery date for that confinement is, on or after 1 July 2017, or (in the case of a stillborn child) on or after 1 November 2021;
the child —
is a citizen of Singapore at the time of the child’s birth, or (in the case of a stillborn child) would have been a citizen of Singapore at birth; or
becomes a citizen of Singapore within 12 months commencing on the date of the child’s birth;
the child’s mother was lawfully married to the child’s natural father —
at the time the child was conceived;
after the child was conceived but before the child’s birth; or
within 12 months commencing on the date of the child’s birth, but on or before either of the following applicable dates:
the date that the child’s mother makes an election under section 12E(5) in favour of the child’s natural father;
if the circumstances mentioned in section 12E(7B)(a) or (b) apply in relation to the child’s mother, the date of her death,whether or not such marriage remains subsisting at the time of the child’s birth, or on the date of the election or the mother’s death, as the case may be.
(1A)
A male employee who is the adoptive father of a child is entitled to absent himself from work on shared parental leave, and to payment by his employer, under section 12E(2), and a self‑employed man who is the adoptive father of a child is entitled to payment by the Government under section 12E(3), if —
the adoptive father has made a joint application with the child’s adoptive mother to adopt the child;
the eligibility date of the joint application to adopt the child is on or after 1 July 2017;
the adoptive father is lawfully married to the adoptive mother on or before either of the following applicable dates:
the date that the adoptive mother makes an election under section 12E(5) in favour of the adoptive father;
if the circumstances mentioned in section 12E(7B)(a) or (b) apply in relation to the adoptive mother, the date of her death; and
where the child is not a citizen of Singapore, the adoptive father or the adoptive mother is a citizen of Singapore on the date a dependant’s pass is issued in respect of the child.
(2)
Subject to any regulations made under section 20, where a male employee absents himself from work on shared parental leave for any period mentioned in section 12E(2)(a), the payment he is entitled to receive from his employer under section 12E(2)(b) is an amount that does not exceed —
$2,500 for every period equal in duration to the male employee’s weekly index or every 6 days, whichever is the lower, of the male employee’s absence from work under section 12E(2)(a); and
a total of N times $2,500.
(3)
Subject to any regulations made under section 20, where a self‑employed man ceases to be actively engaged in his trade, business, profession or vocation during any period mentioned in section 12E(3), he is entitled to receive from the Government under that section an amount that does not exceed —
$2,500 for every period equal in duration to the self‑employed man’s weekly index or every 6 days, whichever is the lower, of his cessation of active engagement in his trade, business, profession or vocation; and
a total of N times $2,500.
(4)
The amounts of payment referred to in subsections (2) and (3) are inclusive of any contribution to the Central Provident Fund which an employer, a male employee or a self‑employed man is liable to make under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953.
(5)
This section and section 12E must not be construed as derogating from any other benefits that a male employee is entitled to, during the period in which he is entitled to shared parental leave and to payment for such leave, under the terms of his contract of service or under any written law.