Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
Amendment of section 76
Section 76 of the Employment Act is amended —
by inserting, immediately after the words “Subject to this section” in subsection (1A), the words “and section 77”;
by deleting the words “1st May 2013” in subsection (2A)(a) and substituting the words “1 May 2013 but before the date of commencement of section 5(c) of the Employment (Amendment) Act 2015”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2A), the following subsection:“(2B) A female employee who delivers a child —
on or after the date of commencement of section 5(c) of the Employment (Amendment) Act 2015; or
before the date of commencement of section 5(c) of the Employment (Amendment) Act 2015 but whose estimated delivery date for her confinement in respect of that child (as certified by a medical practitioner) is on or after that date,is not entitled to any pay during the benefit period if she has not served her employer for a period of at least 3 months preceding the day of her confinement.”.