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Singapore legislation

Regulation 5

of Employment (Part-Time Employees) Regulations

Regulation 5

Overtime pay

Amended byS 140/2017 wef 01/04/2017

Subregulation 1

Section 38(4) of the Act applies to a part-time employee with the following modifications:

(a)

where the part-time employee works beyond the part-time employee’s normal hours of work for one day, the part-time employee is to be paid —

(i)

at the part-time employee’s hourly basic rate of pay for each hour or part thereof that exceeds the part-time employee’s normal hours of work for one day but does not exceed the normal hours of work for one day of a similar full-time employee; and

(ii)

at one and a half times the part-time employee’s hourly basic rate of pay for each hour or part thereof that exceeds the normal hours of work for one day of a similar full-time employee;

(b)

where the part-time employee works beyond the part-time employee’s normal hours of work for one week, the part-time employee is to be paid —

(i)

at the part-time employee’s hourly basic rate of pay for each hour or part thereof that exceeds the part-time employee’s normal hours of work for one week but does not exceed the normal hours of work for one week of a similar full-time employee; and

(ii)

at one and a half times the part-time employee’s hourly basic rate of pay for each hour or part thereof that exceeds the normal hours of work for one week of a similar full-time employee.

Subregulation 2

Section 38(6) of the Act does not apply to a part-time employee.