Central Provident Fund Act 1953 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Contributions to Fund
8A. Contributions in respect of platform workers
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Subject to any regulations made under section 77(1), every platform operator must pay to the Fund contributions in accordance with the Fourth Schedule in respect of each platform worker of the platform operator.
platform operator
“platform operator” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Platform Workers Act 2024;
Subject to subsections (5) and (6), despite the provisions of any written law or any contract to the contrary, a platform operator that is required to pay contributions under subsection (1) in respect of a platform worker is entitled to deduct, from the platform worker’s platform remuneration in respect of a platform service provided by the platform worker for the platform operator, the recoverable amount in accordance with the Fourth Schedule.
contract
“contract” means any contract, whether written or oral, and whether express or implied;
Where a platform operator —
has deducted any amount from a platform worker’s platform remuneration under subsection (2); and
fails to pay the contributions to which the deducted amount relates to the Fund within the time specified in the Fourth Schedule for the payment of the contributions or within the extended time approved by the Board under subsection (7)(a), if any,the platform operator shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to both.
Without limiting subsections (1) and (2) and the Fourth Schedule, and subject to section 13B(2) and such terms and conditions as the Board may impose —
Board
“Board” means the Central Provident Fund Board constituted under section 3;
a platform worker may at any time contribute voluntarily to the Fund a sum additional to the contributions required under subsection (1); or
a platform operator may at any time pay to the Fund contributions in respect of any platform worker of the platform operator at a rate in excess of the applicable rate specified in the Fourth Schedule.
Despite any contract to the contrary, a platform operator is not entitled to recover in any way from a platform worker in respect of contributions payable under this Act any sum in excess of the total amount that the platform operator is permitted to recover under subsection (2) from the platform worker’s platform remuneration and any platform operator that recovers or attempts to recover any greater sum shall be guilty of an offence.
platform remuneration
“platform remuneration”, in relation to a platform worker, means the remuneration in money payable to the platform worker in respect of any platform service provided by the platform worker to a service user for a platform operator under a platform work agreement, and includes any bonus earned by the platform worker in respect of the platform service;
A platform operator may deduct the recoverable amount under subsection (2) from the platform worker’s platform remuneration in respect of a platform service provided by the platform worker for the platform operator only within the time specified in the Fourth Schedule for the deduction of the recoverable amount or within the extended time approved by the Board under subsection (7)(a), if any.
Subject to the limits (if any) prescribed in the Fourth Schedule, the Board may, on the application of a platform operator —
approve an extended time for the payment of contributions or the deduction of a recoverable amount; or
specify that an option to be in a prescribed class of platform workers mentioned in subsection (8)(d) applies in relation to contributions payable by the platform operator for any alternative months, instead of the month or months prescribed in the Fourth Schedule.
The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, amend the Fourth Schedule and may prescribe in that Schedule —
the computation of aggregate platform earnings;
the different rates of contributions payable in respect of different types of platform earnings and classes of platform operators or platform workers;
the times mentioned in subsections (3)(b) and (6), in respect of different types of platform earnings and classes of platform operators or platform workers;
whether and how a platform worker may opt to be in any class of platform workers, including requiring the Board’s approval, and when the option applies to any platform earnings, contributions and platform operators; and
matters as are necessary or expedient for giving full effect to the purposes and provisions of this section.
Sections 9A and 9B do not apply to any platform remuneration paid or payable to a platform worker on or after a date prescribed by regulations made under section 77(1).