Clause 14

replace the Schedule reference with —“Sections 2(1) and (3) and 12JA(5)”;

in Part 1, in item 3, in the second column, after “Part 2”, insert “or 3 (whichever is applicable)”;

in Part 1, in the Notes on Table, in paragraph 1, after “Part 2”, insert “or 3 (whichever is applicable)”; and

after Part 2, insert —“Part 3APPLICABLE DATE FOR DETERMINING WEEKLY INDEX OF EMPLOYEE FOR PURPOSE OF LIMIT ON DISCRETIONARY REIMBURSEMENT TO EMPLOYER1. Where the Government decides to reimburse an employer under section 10(2A), 12AD(3), 12J(3) or 12JA(6) in respect of an employee’s absence from work, the applicable date for determining the weekly index of the employee is —

in the case of any reimbursement under section 10(2A) in respect of a female employee for her delivery of a child to whom section 10(2B)(b)(i) applies — the earlier of the following dates:

the day of the female employee’s confinement;

the first day of the female employee’s absence from work in accordance with section 10(2B)(c);

in the case of any reimbursement under section 10(2A) in respect of a female employee for her delivery of a child to whom section 10(2B)(b)(ii) applies — the date on which her child becomes a citizen of Singapore;

in the case of any reimbursement under section 12AD(3), 12J(3) or 12JA(6) in respect of an employee who is the adoptive mother or adoptive father (whichever is applicable) of a child, and the child is a citizen of Singapore when an application is made by the employee to adopt the child — the date on which the employee makes the application to adopt the child;

in the case of any reimbursement under section 12AD(3), 12J(3) or 12JA(6) in respect of an employee who is the adoptive mother or adoptive father (whichever is applicable) of a child, and the child is not a citizen of Singapore when an application is made by the employee to adopt the child — the date on which a dependant’s pass is issued in respect of the child;

in the case of any reimbursement under section 12J(3) or 12JA(6) in respect of a male employee who is a natural father of a child to whom section 12I(1)(b)(i) applies —

if section 12I(1)(c)(i) or (ii) (whichever is applicable) applies in relation to the male employee and the child’s mother — the day of the mother’s confinement in respect of the child; or

if section 12I(1)(c)(iii) applies in relation to the male employee and the child’s mother — the date that the child’s mother becomes lawfully married to the male employee; or

in the case of any reimbursement under section 12J(3) or 12JA(6) in respect of a male employee who is a natural father of a child to whom section 12I(1)(b)(ii) applies —

if section 12I(1)(c)(i) or (ii) (whichever is applicable) applies in relation to the male employee and the child’s mother — the date on which the child becomes a citizen of Singapore; or

if section 12I(1)(c)(iii) applies in relation to the male employee and the child’s mother — the later of the following dates:

the date on which the child becomes a citizen of Singapore;

the date that the child’s mother becomes lawfully married to the male employee.”.