Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Employment (Sick Leave — Hospitalisation) Regulations 2019
Regulation 2
Hospitalisation of employee
For the purposes of section 89(3)(a) of the Act, an employee is hospitalised if the employee is warded in a hospital —
(a)
for any surgical treatment where the employee is admitted to, and discharged from, the hospital on the same day (called in this regulation day surgical treatment);
(b)
for a period of 8 hours or longer (other than for day surgical treatment); or
(c)
for a period of less than 8 hours before dying in the hospital.