Singapore legislation

Clause 11

of Workplace Fairness (Dispute Resolution) Bill

Clause 11

Amendment of section 7

In the Employment Claims Act 2016, in section 7 —

(a)

replace the section heading with —“Settlement of specified employment dispute or workplace fairness dispute”;

(b)

after subsection (1), insert —“(1A) If a workplace fairness dispute is settled at a tripartite mediation —

(a)

the parties to the settlement must enter into a settlement agreement in the form prescribed by Rules of Court made under section 33;

(b)

the amount of damages claimed, in respect of every workplace fairness dispute (if any) settled at the tripartite mediation must not exceed the amount prescribed for the purposes of section 12A(7) that is applicable to that party; and

(c)

the settlement agreement must be signed by or on behalf of each party.”;

(c)

in subsection (5)(b)(ii), after “any specified employment dispute”, insert “or workplace fairness dispute (as the case may be)”;

(d)

in subsection (6)(b), after “a specified employment dispute”, insert “or workplace fairness dispute, as the case may be”; and

(e)

in subsection (9), after “any specified employment dispute”, insert “or workplace fairness dispute (as the case may be)”.

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