Singapore legislation

Schedule 2

Requirements, prohibitions and restrictions in relation to provision of platform service

SECOND SCHEDULESection 6(1)(c)Requirements, prohibitions and restrictions in relation to provision of platform service

1. The requirements, prohibitions and restrictions mentioned in section 6(1)(c) imposed by a person (A) on an individual (B) in respect of B’s provision of a platform service for A are the following:

(a)

any requirement that B must adhere to any rules, guidelines or standards imposed or specified by A in relation to B’s provision of the platform service for A, including rules, guidelines or standards relating to —

(i)

when and how the platform service is or is to be provided to a service user; or

(ii)

the quality or standard of the platform service that is or is to be provided to a service user;

(b)

any prohibition or restriction (express or implied) of B’s ability to negotiate with a service user the amount or terms of any payment for or in relation to the platform service that B provides or intends to provide for A;

(c)

any prohibition or restriction (express or implied) of B’s ability to establish or maintain his or her own clientele for the platform service that B provides or intends to provide for A;

(d)

any prohibition or restriction (express or implied) of B’s ability to determine —

(i)

the time or times at which or the duration for which B provides the platform service for A; or

(ii)

the number of tasks B performs in the provision of the platform service for A;

(e)

any incentive A offers or may offer to B or any penalty A imposes or may impose on B, where the incentive is offered or the penalty is imposed (as the case may be) in a systematic manner for the purpose of —

(i)

encouraging B to continue providing, or discouraging B from ceasing to provide, the platform service for A; or

(ii)

encouraging B to increase, or discouraging B from reducing, the number of tasks B performs in the course of B’s provision of the platform service for A.

2. In paragraph 1(e) —“incentive”, in relation to B’s provision of a platform service for A, includes —

(a)

any benefit in money or in kind, or any increase in the amount or value of any such benefit, given to B;

(b)

any privilege, or any additional privilege, provided to or conferred on B; or

(c)

any other measure or act the effect or intended effect of which is to —

(i)

increase the earnings of, the amount or value of any benefit in money or in kind given or the privileges provided to or conferred on B; or

(ii)

enhance B’s ability to accrue earnings or any such benefits or privileges,from providing the platform service for A;“penalty”, in relation to B’s provision of a platform service for A, includes —

(a)

the withholding of any benefit in money or in kind from B, or any reduction of the amount or value of any such benefit given to B;

(b)

the withholding or withdrawal of any privilege from B; or

(c)

any other measure or act the effect or intended effect of which is to —

(i)

reduce the earnings of, the amount or value of any benefit in money or in kind given or the privileges provided to or conferred on B; or

(ii)

adversely affect B’s ability to accrue earnings or any such benefits or privileges,from providing the platform service for A.

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