Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
of Education Service Incentive Payment (CONNECT Plan) Regulations 2002
Regulation 6
Length of service must be continuous
Subregulation 1
Length of service in respect of which any contribution may be made, or any award may be granted, under these Regulations must be unbroken and continuous, except in cases where —
the service has been interrupted by temporary suspension of employment not arising from a member’s misconduct or voluntary resignation; (b)the break in service is caused by retirement under the provisions of the Instruction Manual for the time being in force on the election of a member as a Member of Parliament; or
a member whose service has been interrupted for whatever reason is subsequently —
appointed or reappointed to the Education Service to any grade below Superscale grade (but not the grade of General Education Officer 1 (Untrained), General Education Officer 2 (Untrained) or their equivalent); or
employed or re-employed as an aided school teacher on remuneration terms equivalent to those of a public officer appointed to the Education Service to any grade below Superscale grade (but not the grade of General Education Officer 1 (Untrained), General Education Officer 2 (Untrained) or their equivalent).
Subregulation 2
A member is deemed not to break, or not to have broken, the continuity of his or her length of service —
by reason of his or her having been on leave without pay, or on leave with full pay or partial pay; or
by reason of having been employed as an aided school teacher in any aided school or appointed to the Education Service prior to his or her current employment or appointment (as the case may be) so long as the periods of service for which he or she was so employed or appointed are continuous with one another and with his or her period of service in his or her current employment or (as the case may be) appointment.