Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Recovery of payment by Government and employer
(1)
Where any payment has been made by an employer to a female employee or by the Government to a self-employed woman under section 9 by reason of a mistake of fact or in reliance of any false or misleading statement or document made or furnished by that female employee or self-employed woman —
the employer may, if he has not been reimbursed by the Government for the payment to the female employee under section 9, recover the payment directly from the female employee; and
the Government may, where it has reimbursed an employer for the payment to the female employee under section 9, recover such payment from the female employee or where the payment is made to a self-employed woman, from that woman, as a civil debt.
(2)
The Government shall, if it is satisfied that an employer referred to in subsection (1)(a) has, despite all reasonable efforts to recover a payment from the female employee, been unable to recover such payment successfully, reimburse the employer under section 10 for the payment made to the female employee by the employer.