Singapore legislation

Clause 16

of Workplace Fairness (Dispute Resolution) Bill

Clause 16

Amendment of section 15

In the Employment Claims Act 2016, in section 15 —

(a)

in subsection (1), replace “Where” with “If”;

(b)

in subsection (1)(a), delete “or” at the end;

(c)

in subsection (1)(b), replace the comma at the end with “; or”;

(d)

in subsection (1), after paragraph (b), insert —“(c)the amount of damages claimed in an action for discrimination exceeds the prescribed claim limit in section 12A(7),”; and

(e)

in subsection (2)(a), replace “section 12(7)” with “section 12(7) or 12A(7) (as the case may be)”.