Singapore legislation
Clause 43
Clause 43
Annual leave
(1)
An employee shall be entitled to paid leave of —
seven working days for every twelve months continuous service with the same employer if he has been employed by that employer for a period of less than ten years; and
fourteen working days for every twelve months continuous service with the same employer if he has been employed by that employer for a period of ten years or more,and such leave shall be in addition to the rest days, holidays and sick leave to which such employee is entitled under sections 37, 42 and 44 respectively of this Act:Provided that an employee shall forfeit his entitlement to such leave if he absents himself from work without the permission of an employer or without reasonable excuse for more than twenty per cent of the working days in the year in which his entitlement to such leave accrues.
(2)
The employer shall grant and the employee shall take such leave not later than twelve months after the end of every twelve months continuous service and any employee who fails to take such leave at the end of such period shall thereupon cease to be entitled thereto.
(3)
The employer shall pay the employee his ordinary rate of pay for every day of such leave and if an employee has been dismissed otherwise than for misconduct before he has taken such leave, the employer shall pay the employee his ordinary rate of pay in respect of every day of such leave.
(4)
The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, fix the periods when and prescribe the manner in which annual leave shall be granted to employees in different types of employment or in different classes of industries.