Singapore legislation

Clause 4

of Employment (Amendment) Bill

Clause 4

Amendment of section 13

Section 13 of the Employment Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) An employee is deemed to have broken the employee’s contract of service with the employer if the employee is absent from work for more than 2 days continuously without prior leave from the employer and —

(a)

the employee has no reasonable excuse for the absence; or

(b)

the employee does not inform and does not attempt to inform the employer of the excuse for the absence.”.