Singapore legislation

Clause 29

of Workplace Fairness (Dispute Resolution) Bill

Clause 29

Amendment of section 35

In the Industrial Relations Act 1960, in section 35 —

(a)

replace subsection (9) with —“(9) Any direction of the Minister under subsection (6) operates as a bar to the following actions by the employee in any court in respect of the wrongful dismissal:

(a)

any action for damages;

(b)

any action for discrimination.”; and

(b)

after subsection (11), insert —“(12) In this section, “action for discrimination” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Workplace Fairness Act 2025.”.