Singapore legislation
Regulation 7A
of Child Development Co-Savings (Part-Time Employees) Regulations 2008
Regulation 7A
Shared parental leave for parents of April 2025 Scheme child
Subregulation 1
Every part-time employee who is a parent of an April 2025 Scheme child is entitled to shared parental leave for any period or periods specified in section 12DA(2)(a) of the Act, if the part-time employee satisfies the requirements of section 12DA(1) of the Act.
Subregulation 2
Subject to section 12DB(1) of the Act, during the period of shared parental leave, a part-time employee must be paid —
for each day that the part-time employee would ordinarily have been required to work under the part-time employee’s contract of service with the part-time employee’s employer, at the part-time employee’s gross rate of pay; and
for each paid holiday, the sum mentioned in regulation 6(1) of the Employment (Part‑Time Employees) Regulations, if the part-time employee is entitled to paid holidays and has not relinquished that entitlement.
Subregulation 3
In the case of a part-time employee, any reference in the Act to a payment under section 12DA(2)(b) of the Act to an employee at the employee’s gross rate of pay refers to a payment to the part-time employee at the rate to which the part-time employee is entitled under paragraph (2).
Subregulation 4
Subject to section 12DC(4) and (5) of the Act, every parent who is or was a part-time employee, and who satisfies the requirements of section 12DC(1) of the Act, is entitled to receive payment from the Government in accordance with section 12DC(2) of the Act.
Subregulation 5
Sections 12DC(5) and 12M of the Act do not disqualify an eligible parent who is a part-time employee from claiming payment from the Government under section 12DC(2) of the Act in respect of any period when the part-time employee is on leave of absence without pay granted by the part-time employee’s employer at the part-time employee’s request, if the requirement under section 12DC(6) of the Act concerning the leave is satisfied in relation to the part-time employee.
Subregulation 6
Sections 12DA(4) and (5) and 12DC(5) of the Act do not disqualify an eligible parent mentioned in section 12DC(7) of the Act who is a part-time employee, and who satisfies the requirements under section 12DC(7) of the Act, from claiming payment from the Government under section 12DC(2) of the Act.