Singapore legislation
Clause 15
Clause 15
Payment to cease if employee refuses employment, etc
(1)
If an employee who is in receipt of payments under this Ordinance refuses, without reasonable excuse acceptable to the Director, an offer of —
employment made by the Director, at wages not less than the total amount received by him under the provisions of subsection (1) of section 13 of this Ordinance;
training made by the Director which would fit such employee for any employment which the Director considers suitable for him; or
full employment made by his employer under the provisions of subsection (1) of section 14 of this Ordinance,the Director shall cease making any further payment to such employee under this Ordinance and shall inform him in writing of such cessation of payment and the reason therefor.
(2)
If an employee is dissatisfied with any decision of the Director under the provisions of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) of this section, he may, within seven days of such decision, appeal to the Appeals Board appointed under subsection (3) of this section.
(3)
For the purposes of hearing appeals under this section, the Minister shall appoint an Appeals Board consisting of such number of persons as he may think fit.
(4)
The decision of the Appeals Board on every appeal under this section shall be final and binding and shall not be called in question in any court. The Appeals Board shall notify the Director and the employee concerned in writing of every such decision.