Singapore legislation

Clause 4

of Employment of Foreign Workers (Amendment) Bill

Clause 4

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Work Permits” in the definition of “Controller” and substituting the words “Work Passes”;

(b)

by deleting the definition of “employer” and substituting the following definitions:“ “employ” means to engage or use the service of any person for the purpose —

(a)

of any work; or

(b)

of providing any training for that person,whether under a contract of service or otherwise, and with or without salary;“employer” means any person employing a foreign employee and, for the purposes of an application for a work pass, any person who intends to employ a foreign employee;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “employment inspector”, the following definition:“ “foreign employee” means —

(a)

any foreigner, other than a self-employed foreigner, who seeks or is offered employment in Singapore; or

(b)

such other person or class of persons as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify;”;

(d)

by deleting the definition of “foreign worker”; and

(e)

by deleting the definitions of “premises”, “salary” and “work permit” and substituting the following definitions:“ “premises” includes —

(a)

any building or structure, whether permanent or temporary;

(b)

any land, whether or not built on;

(c)

any place, whether or not enclosed, including any place situated underground or underwater;

(d)

any vehicle, vessel or aircraft; and

(e)

any part of any premises;“self-employed foreigner” means any foreigner who, not being employed under a contract of service, engages in any trade, vocation, profession or other activity in Singapore for the purpose of gain;“train”, in relation to a foreign employee, means to teach, instruct or educate the foreign employee in relation to the work in which the foreign employee is employed or to be employed;“work pass” means a work pass belonging to any prescribed category of work passes which is issued by the Controller under section 7.”.