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Part 6 · Duty of Employer

22. Prohibition against dismissal

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2024. 3 amendments in all.

(1)

No employer shall dismiss a person subject to this Act solely or mainly by reason of any duty or liability which that person is, or may become, liable to perform or discharge by reason of his being, or being liable to be, called up for —

(a)

service under this Act;

(b)

mobilised service under section 73 of the Police Force Act 2004 or section 113(1)(a) of the Civil Defence Act 1986; or

(c)

voluntary service in the Singapore Armed Forces,unless that person —

(d)

has assumed duty or liability in connection with additional operationally ready national service under a punishment imposed by a court under section 118(17) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972; or

(e)

is called up for full‑time service and is employed only for an agreed definite or certain period of time.

(2)

An employer may, in his discretion, dismiss any person to whom subsection (1)(d) or (e) applies.

(3)

For the purpose of this section where any duty or liability of service under this Act caused or contributed to the dismissal of a person subject to this Act, he shall be deemed to have been dismissed by reason of that duty or liability, unless the employer proves that the dismissal was for a reason unconnected therewith.

(4)

Any employer who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both, and the court by which he is convicted may order the employer to pay to the dismissed person as compensation a sum not exceeding an amount equal to 3 months’ remuneration at the rate at which remuneration was last payable to him by the employer.

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