Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Leave and Benefits
12F. Eligibility criteria and cap in respect of shared parental leave benefits
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A male employee who is the natural father of a child is entitled to absent himself from work on shared parental leave, and to payment by his employer, under section 12E(2), and a self‑employed man who is the natural father of a child is entitled to payment by the Government under section 12E(3), if —
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;
the following requirements in relation to the mother’s confinement and estimated delivery date in respect of the child are satisfied:
in the case of a child born alive —
the confinement occurs before 1 July 2017 but the estimated delivery date is on or after that date; or
the confinement occurs on a date between 1 July 2017 and 31 March 2025 (both dates inclusive) and the estimated delivery date is before 1 April 2025;
in the case of a stillborn child —
the confinement occurs before 1 November 2021 but the estimated delivery date is on or after that date; or
the confinement occurs on a date between 1 November 2021 and 31 March 2025 (both dates inclusive);
the child —
is a citizen of Singapore at the time of the child’s birth, or (in the case of a stillborn child) would have been a citizen of Singapore at birth; or
becomes a citizen of Singapore within 12 months commencing on the date of the child’s birth;
the child’s mother was lawfully married to the child’s natural father —
at the time the child was conceived;
after the child was conceived but before the child’s birth; or
within 12 months commencing on the date of the child’s birth, but on or before either of the following applicable dates:
the date that the child’s mother makes an election under section 12E(5) in favour of the child’s natural father;
if the circumstances mentioned in section 12E(7B)(a) or (b) apply in relation to the child’s mother, the date of her death,whether or not such marriage remains subsisting at the time of the child’s birth, or on the date of the election or the mother’s death, as the case may be.
A male employee who is the adoptive father of a child is entitled to absent himself from work on shared parental leave, and to payment by his employer, under section 12E(2), and a self‑employed man who is the adoptive father of a child is entitled to payment by the Government under section 12E(3), if —
adoptive father
“adoptive father” includes a man who —(a)applies to adopt a child in accordance with any written law relating to the adoption of children; or(b)has obtained a dependant’s pass for a child whom he intends to adopt in accordance with any written law relating to the adoption of children;
the adoptive father has made a joint application with the child’s adoptive mother to adopt the child;
the eligibility date of the joint application to adopt the child is on a date between 1 July 2017 and 31 March 2025 (both dates inclusive);
the adoptive father is lawfully married to the adoptive mother on or before either of the following applicable dates:
the date that the adoptive mother makes an election under section 12E(5) in favour of the adoptive father;
if the circumstances mentioned in section 12E(7B)(a) or (b) apply in relation to the adoptive mother, the date of her death;
where the child is a permanent resident of Singapore, the adoptive father or the adoptive mother is a citizen of Singapore on the date the application to adopt the child is made; and
where the child is not a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore, the adoptive father or the adoptive mother is a citizen of Singapore on the date a dependant’s pass is issued in respect of the child.
Subject to any regulations made under section 20, where a male employee absents himself from work on shared parental leave for any period mentioned in section 12E(2)(a), the payment he is entitled to receive from his employer under section 12E(2)(b) is an amount that does not exceed —
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;
$2,500 for every period equal in duration to the male employee’s weekly index or every 6 days, whichever is the lower, of the male employee’s absence from work under section 12E(2)(a); and
a total of N times $2,500.
Subject to any regulations made under section 20, where a self‑employed man ceases to be actively engaged in his trade, business, profession or vocation during any period mentioned in section 12E(3), he is entitled to receive from the Government under that section an amount that does not exceed —
self-employed man
“self-employed man” means any man resident in Singapore who engages in or carries on any trade, business, profession or vocation other than employment under a contract of service and derives income from that trade, business, profession or vocation, or any other man declared by the Minister to be a self‑employed man for the purposes of this Act;
$2,500 for every period equal in duration to the self‑employed man’s weekly index or every 6 days, whichever is the lower, of his cessation of active engagement in his trade, business, profession or vocation; and
a total of N times $2,500.
The amounts of payment referred to in subsections (2) and (3) are inclusive of any contribution to the Central Provident Fund which an employer, a platform operator, a male employee or a self‑employed man is liable to make under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953.
platform operator
“platform operator” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Platform Workers Act 2024;
This section and section 12E must not be construed as derogating from any other benefits that a male employee is entitled to, during the period in which he is entitled to shared parental leave and to payment for such leave, under the terms of his contract of service or under any written law.