Government Technology Agency Act 2016 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10 · Transfer of Undertakings Andpersonnel to Agency
76. Transfer of employees to Agency
Feedback & supportOn the transfer date, every transferring IDA employee —
stops being an employee of the transferor; and
is each transferred to the service, and becomes an employee, of the Agency on terms no less favourable than those enjoyed by the employee on the eve of the transfer date.
A certificate signed by the Minister certifying whether an individual named in the certificate has been transferred to the service of the Agency under subsection (1) is admissible in evidence in any proceedings as proof of the matters stated in the certificate.
Agency
“Agency” means the Government Technology Agency established by section 3;
The transfer of an employee of the transferor to the Agency under subsection (1) —
employee
“employee”, in relation to the Agency, means —(a)in the case of Part 10, an individual who is employed by the Agency under a contract of service; or(b)in any other case, an individual who is employed by the Agency under a contract of service or who is otherwise engaged to perform duties in the Agency;
does not interrupt continuity of that employee’s service;
does not constitute a retrenchment or redundancy of that employee’s employment by the transferor; and
does not entitle that employee to any compensation or other payment or benefit merely because he or she stops being employed by the transferor.
Nothing in this section prevents —
any of the terms and conditions of employment of an individual transferred to the service of the Agency under subsection (1) from being altered by or under any law, award or agreement with effect from any time after the transfer date; and
an individual transferred to the service of the Agency under subsection (1) from resigning from that service any time after the transfer date, in accordance with the terms and conditions of his or her employment then applicable.
To avoid doubt, section 18A of the Employment Act 1968 does not apply to the transfer of any employee of the transferor to the service of the Agency under subsection (1).
transferor
“transferor” means the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore;