Singapore legislation

Clause 14

of Employment (Amendment) Bill

Clause 14

Repeal and re-enactment of section 40

Section 40 of the Employment Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Shift workers, etc.40.—

(1)

Notwithstanding section 38(1), an employee who is engaged under his contract of service in regular shift work or who has otherwise consented in writing to work in accordance with the hours of work specified in this section may be required to work more than 6 consecutive hours, more than 8 hours in any one day or more than 44 hours in any one week but the average number of hours worked over any continuous period of 3 weeks shall not exceed 44 per week.(2) No consent given by an employee under this section shall be valid unless the provisions of this section and section 38 have been explained to the employee and the employee has been informed of the times at which the hours of work begin and end, the number of working days in each week and the weekly rest day.(3) No employee to whom this section applies shall under any circumstances work for more than 12 hours in any one day.(4) Section 38(3) shall not apply to any employee to whom this section applies, but any such employee who at the request of his employer works more than an average of 44 hours per week over any continuous period of 3 weeks shall be paid for such extra work in accordance with section 38(3).”.