Singapore legislation

Clause 41

of Employment Bill

Clause 41

Shift work

(1)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of section 39 of this Act, an employee who is engaged under his contract of service in regular shift work may be required by his employer to work more than six consecutive hours, more than eight hours in any one day or more than forty-four hours in any one week but the average number of hours worked over any period of three weeks shall not exceed forty-four per week.

(2)

No employee who is engaged under his contract of service in regular shift work shall under any circumstances work for more than twelve hours in any one day.

(3)

The provisions of subsection (3) of section 39 of this Act shall not apply to any employee who is engaged under his contract of service in regular shift work, but any such employee who works for and at the request of his employer for more than an average of forty-four hours per week over any period of three weeks shall be paid for such extra work in accordance with subsection (3) of that section.