Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Leave and Benefits
12C. Reimbursement from Government for childcare leave
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Subject to subsections (2), (2A), (3) and (4) and any regulations made under section 20, where an employer has made payment to an employee under section 12B(9) for not less than 4 days of childcare leave taken in any relevant period by the employee, the employer is entitled to claim reimbursement from the Government for the amount paid to the employee for —
employer
“employer” means any person who employs another person under a contract of service and includes —(a)the Government;(b)any statutory authority;(c)the duly authorised agent or manager of the employer; and(d)the person who owns or who is carrying on or is for the time being responsible for the management of the profession, business, trade or work in which the employee is engaged;
one day of childcare leave, if the employer granted the employee 4 days of childcare leave during that relevant period;
2 days of childcare leave, if the employer granted the employee 5 days of childcare leave during that relevant period; and
3 days of childcare leave, if the employer granted the employee 6 days of childcare leave during that relevant period.
Subject to subsections (2A), (3) and (4), the amount of reimbursement, which an employer is entitled to claim from the Government under subsection (1) in respect of an employee, is an amount that does not exceed —
employee
“employee” means any person who has entered into or works under a contract of service with an employer in Singapore, and includes a workman as defined in the Employment Act 1968 and any officer or employee of the Government;
$500 for each day of childcare leave taken by the employee; and
$1,500 in any calendar year.
Where, during a relevant period that starts in a calendar year (called the first calendar year) and ends in another calendar year (called the second calendar year), an employee takes any childcare leave under subsection (1), the Government may permit the employer to treat the childcare leave as being taken in either the first calendar year or second calendar year for the purpose of a claim under subsection (2).
Despite subsections (1), (2) and (2A), the Government may refuse to reimburse an employer for any amount paid by the employer to an employee for any day of childcare leave taken or treated as taken by the employee in any calendar year, if the Government has already reimbursed the employer or any other employer or employers for the amount or amounts paid to the employee for a total of 3 days of childcare leave taken or treated as taken by the employee in that calendar year.
Despite subsections (1) and (2), the Government may refuse to reimburse an employer for any amount paid by the employer to an employee for any day of childcare leave taken by the employee in respect of a qualifying child, if the Government has already reimbursed the employer or any other employer or employers for the amount or amounts paid to the employee for a total of 21 days of childcare leave taken by the employee in respect of that qualifying child.