Singapore legislation

Clause 12

of Workplace Fairness Bill

Clause 12

Meaning of “pregnancy”

(1)

The protected characteristic of pregnancy, in relation to a woman on any day, means —

(a)

the fact that the woman is pregnant;

(b)

the fact that the woman was pregnant —

(i)

at any time during the prescribed period before that day; or

(ii)

if no period is prescribed for the purposes of sub‑paragraph (i) — at any time before that day;

(c)

the fact that the woman has expressed a desire or intent to bear children;

(d)

the fact that the woman is breastfeeding an infant or expressing breast milk for the purpose of feeding an infant;

(e)

the fact that the woman breastfed an infant or expressed breast milk for the purpose of feeding an infant —

(i)

at any time during the prescribed period before that day; or

(ii)

if no period is prescribed for the purposes of sub‑paragraph (i) — at any time before that day;

(f)

the fact that the woman —

(i)

is, on that day, exercising her entitlement to absent herself from work under a maternity leave provision; or

(ii)

has exercised her entitlement to absent herself from work under a maternity leave provision —

(A)

at any time during the prescribed period before that day; or

(B)

if no period is prescribed for the purposes of sub‑paragraph (A) — at any time before that day; or

(g)

the fact that the woman —

(i)

is pregnant on that day and contracted an illness related to the pregnancy during the pregnancy; or

(ii)

was pregnant —

(A)

at any time during the prescribed period before that day; or

(B)

if no period is prescribed for the purposes of sub‑paragraph (A) — at any time before that day,and contracted an illness related to the pregnancy during the pregnancy or in the 6 weeks immediately after the day of her confinement.

(2)

In subsection (1)(f), “maternity leave provision” means section 9(1), (1A) or (1B) of the Child Development Co‑Savings Act 2001 or section 76(1) of the Employment Act 1968.

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