Singapore legislation
Regulation 17
Regulation 17
Prescribed claim limit
Subregulation 1
Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the prescribed claim limits are as follows:
for the purposes of section 12(7)(a) of the Act — the total amount alleged to be payable under the claim must not exceed $20,000;
for the purpose of section 12(7)(b) of the Act — the total amount alleged to be payable under the claim must not exceed $20,000.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of section 12(7) of the Act, where a claim is made by an employee mentioned in section 12(2)(a) of the Act against the employer of the employee, the prescribed claim limit for section 12(7)(a) or (b) of the Act is $30,000 if —
the employee has participated in a tripartite mediation of every specified employment dispute listed in the claim, whether or not the employer participated in that tripartite mediation; or
both of the following apply:
the claim referral certificate supporting the claim was issued in respect of one or more unresolved specified employment disputes listed in a mediation request submitted on behalf of the employee by an officer of a trade union of employees;
the employee was represented, in a mediation under Part 2 of the Act of every specified employment dispute listed in the claim, by an officer of a trade union of employees.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of section 12(7) of the Act, where a claim is made by an employee mentioned in section 12(2)(b) of the Act against a person liable under section 65 of the Employment Act 1968 for the employee’s salary (called in this paragraph the liable person), the prescribed claim limit is $30,000 if —
the employee has participated in a tripartite mediation of every specified employment dispute listed in the claim, and the Commissioner has requested, under section 30H(3)(d) of the Industrial Relations Act 1960, the liable person to participate in that tripartite mediation, whether or not the liable person participated in that tripartite mediation; or
both of the following apply:
the claim referral certificate supporting the claim was issued in respect of one or more unresolved specified employment disputes listed in a mediation request submitted on behalf of the employee by an officer of a trade union of employees;
the employee was represented, in a mediation under Part 2 of the Act of every specified employment dispute listed in the claim, by an officer of a trade union of employees.