Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Leave and Benefits
12G. Reimbursement from Government for shared parental leave benefits
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Subject to subsection (2) and any regulations made under section 20, where an employer makes payment to a male employee under section 12E(2), the employer is entitled to claim reimbursement from the Government 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;
the amount paid to the employee under section 12E(2) for the period of the employee’s absence from work under that provision; and
any contribution which the employer has made under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 in respect of such payment which is not recoverable from the employee’s wages.
The reimbursement that an employer is entitled to claim from the Government under subsection (1) in respect of a male 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;
$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.