Singapore legislation

Clause 5

of Children Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Bill

Clause 5

Repeal and re-enactment of section 10

Section 10 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Reimbursement from Government10.—

(1)

Subject to subsection (2) and any regulations made under section 20, where an employer makes payment to a female employee under section 9(1), he shall be entitled to claim reimbursement from the Government —

(a)

in respect of the first or second confinement of the employee, for —

(i)

the amount paid to the employee for such period of her absence from work which is after the first 8 weeks of her absence from work; and

(ii)

any contribution which the employer has made under the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36) in respect of such payment which is not recoverable from the employee’s wages; and

(b)

in respect of the third or fourth confinement of the employee, for —

(i)

the amount paid to the employee for the whole period of her absence from work; and

(ii)

any contribution which the employer has made under the Central Provident Fund Act in respect of such payment which is not recoverable from the employee’s wages.(2) The amount of reimbursement an employer shall be entitled to claim from the Government under subsection (1) in respect of a female employee shall not exceed —

(a)

where subsection (1)(a) applies, $10,000; and

(b)

where subsection (1)(b) applies, $30,000.”.

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