Singapore legislation
Clause 22
Clause 22
Amendment of section 139
Section 139 of the Employment Act is amended —
by inserting, immediately after paragraph (a) of subsection (2), the following paragraph:“(aa)regulate the conduct of an employer towards an employee, for the purposes of protecting the employee from any employment practice that may adversely affect the wellbeing of the employee;”; (b)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (e) of subsection (2), the following paragraph:“(ea)prescribe any deduction that may be made under section 27(1)(k), and the conditions for the making of that deduction;”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2A), the following subsection:“(2B) The Minister may, in making any regulations mentioned in subsection (2)(aa), prescribe any contravention of any provision of those regulations as a contravention to which section 126A applies, instead of providing for that contravention to be an offence mentioned in subsection (2A).”.