Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Miscellaneous
17. Offences and penalties
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Any employer who —
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;
fails, without reasonable cause, to grant maternity leave, in accordance with sections 9 and 9A, to a female employee who is entitled to and requests for such leave;
fails to pay the female employee in accordance with sections 9 and 9A;
fails to pay the female employee in accordance with any provision of sections 77 to 80, 84(1) and 84A(1) of the Employment Act 1968 as made applicable by section 12;
acts in contravention of section 81 of the Employment Act 1968 as made applicable by section 12; or
acts in contravention of section 82 of the Employment Act 1968 as made applicable by section 12,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
Where an employer who is convicted or found guilty of an offence under subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) is a repeat offender, the employer shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
For the purposes of subsection (1A), a person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) if the person who is convicted or found guilty of an offence under subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) (called the current offence) has been convicted or found guilty of —
an offence under subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e); or
an offence under section 82 or 87(1) of the Employment Act 1968 in force before, on or after 1 May 2013,on at least one other occasion on or after 1 May 2013 and before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current offence.
Where an employer has been convicted of an offence under subsection (1)(b), (c) or (d), the court may order that employer to make restitution of any moneys paid out to that employer by the Government under section 10 which has not been paid to the female employee in accordance with the provisions of Part 3.
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;