Singapore legislation

Clause 17

of Workplace Fairness Bill

Clause 17

Discrimination against individuals

(1)

It is discrimination for an employer to make an employment decision that adversely affects an individual —

(a)

on the ground of a protected characteristic of the individual; or

(b)

on the ground of 2 or more reasons, one of which is a protected characteristic of the individual,unless any of the exceptions in sections 20 to 24 applies in relation to that employer and individual.

(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1), it is not necessary to prove that the individual was treated or affected differently compared to any other individual.

(3)

An employment decision made only on the ground of a protected characteristic of a relative or an associate of the individual is not discrimination.

(4)

For the purposes of subsection (1), a protected characteristic of an individual means —

(a)

in the case of a protected characteristic mentioned in section 12 or 13, the protected characteristic —

(i)

as it exists on the day or at the time mentioned in section 12 or 13; or

(ii)

as it is suspected, assumed or believed, by the person making the employment decision, to exist on the day or at the time mentioned in section 12 or 13; or

(b)

in any other case, the protected characteristic —

(i)

as it exists at the time the employment decision is made; or

(ii)

as it is suspected, assumed or believed, by the person making the employment decision, to exist at the time the employment decision is made.

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