Singapore legislation
Clause 99
Clause 99
Payment of benefit on death of female workman before confinement
(1)
If a female workman, after giving notice to her employer that she expects to be confined, abstains from work in expectation of her confinement and dies from any cause before her confinement the employer shall pay to the person nominated by her under subsection (5) of section 100 of this Act or, if there is no such person, to her legal personal representative, an allowance at the rate prescribed under section 96 from the date immediately following the last day on which she works to the day immediately preceding the day of her death:Provided that in the circumstances mentioned in this subsection no employer shall be liable to pay such allowance in respect of a period exceeding thirty days.
(2)
If a female workman dies from any cause on or after the day of her confinement and before any maternity allowance to which she is entitled has been paid to her the employer shall pay to the person nominated by her under subsection (5) of section 100 of this Act or, if there is no such person, to her legal personal representative, any maternity allowance to which she is on the date of her death entitled in respect of the period up to the day of confinement and in respect of the period after confinement up to the day preceding the day of her death.