Industrial Relations Act 1960 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Miscellaneous
80. Employers not to discriminate against members of trade unions
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Any employer who, in the engagement of persons for employment, discriminates against a person by reason of the circumstance that that person —
employer
“employer” means any person who employs another person under a contract of service and includes —(a)the Government in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of officers or servants of the Government as from time to time are declared by the President of Singapore to be employees for the purposes of this Act;(b)a statutory authority;(c)a duly authorised agent or manager of an employer;(d)a person who owns, or is carrying on, or is for the time being responsible for the management or control of a profession, business, trade or work in which an employee is engaged;(e)for the purposes of Parts 5, 6 and 7, the transferor of an undertaking whose employment of employees is transferred by virtue of section 18A of the Employment Act 1968;
is or proposes to become an officer or member of a trade union or an association that has applied to be registered as a trade union;
officer
“officer”, in relation to a trade union or a branch of a trade union, includes any member of the body, by whatever name called, to which the management of the affairs of the trade union or branch is entrusted;
will, if engaged, be entitled to the benefit of a collective agreement or an award; or
collective agreement
“collective agreement” means an agreement as to industrial matters;
has appeared as a witness, or has given any evidence, in any proceeding under this Act,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a District Court to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
Court
“Court” means an Industrial Arbitration Court established under section 3;