Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Amendment of section 12AA
(1)
Section 12AA(2) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “each of such duration as agreed between the female employee and her employer but in aggregate no shorter than as reckoned in accordance with Part II of the Schedule or 24 days, whichever is the lower,” in paragraph (b) and substituting the words “all of which in aggregate are equal in duration to 4 times the employee’s weekly index or 24 days (whichever is the lower), and each being of such duration as is agreed between the female employee and her employer,”.
(2)
Section 12AA of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting subsections (1), (2) and (3) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) Subject to subsection (2), section 12AC and any regulations made under section 20, every female employee who applies to adopt a child in accordance with any written law relating to the adoption of children, and who satisfies the requirements of section 12AC, is entitled, within a period of 12 months commencing on the date of the child’s birth, to absent herself from work on adoption leave —
for a period of 12 weeks commencing on the eligibility date for the application to adopt the child;
during a period of 12 weeks, as agreed to by her and her employer, commencing —
not earlier than the eligibility date for the application to adopt the child; and
not later than the date the adoption order is made; or
during —
a period of 8 weeks, as agreed to by her and her employer, commencing —
not earlier than the eligibility date for the application to adopt the child; and
not later than the date the adoption order is made; and
one or more than one later period, each being of such duration as is agreed between the employee and her employer, and all of which in aggregate are equal in duration to 4 times the employee’s weekly index or 24 days (whichever is the lower).(2) Where, in any of the following circumstances, a female employee does not take any adoption leave to which she is entitled, she ceases to be entitled to that leave, and is not entitled to any payment in lieu of that leave:
her employment is terminated (whether by resignation or dismissal, on the completion of her contract of service, or for any other reason);
she does not take that leave within the period of 12 months commencing on the date of the child’s birth.”;
by deleting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:“(5) The payment that the female employee is entitled to receive from her employer under subsection (4) for adoption leave in respect of a child is an amount that —
does not exceed $10,000 for every 4 weeks or 24 days (as the case may be) of adoption leave taken by the female employee; and
does not exceed a total of $30,000.”; and
by deleting subsection (7).