Singapore legislation

Clause 9

of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill

Clause 9

Amendment of section 79

Section 79 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection: “(2) It shall not be an offence for an employer to require as a condition of the appointment or promotion of a person to a managerial or an executive position that the person shall not be or continue to be an officer or a member of a particular trade union unless —

(a)

that trade union is a trade union whose constitution and rules restrict its membership to persons in managerial or executive positions; or

(b)

that trade union is a trade union which may represent persons in managerial or executive positions only under section 30B.”.