Employment Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Maternity Protection and Benefits and Childcare Leave for Parent
87. 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 in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of officers or employees of the Government as are declared by the President to be employees for the purposes of this Act;(b)any statutory authority;(c)the duly authorised agent or manager of the employer; and(d)the person who owns or is carrying on or 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 under this Part to a female employee who is entitled to and requests for the leave;
fails to pay the employer’s female employee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Part (other than section 87A); or
acts in contravention of section 81,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.
Any employer who is guilty of an offence under section 82 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) or (c) or section 82 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 (3), a person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) or section 82 if the person who is convicted or found guilty of an offence under subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) or section 82 (called the current offence) has been convicted or found guilty of —
an offence under subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) or section 82; or
an offence under section 17(1) of the Child Development Co‑Savings Act 2001 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.