83. Injuring employer on account of industrial action

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2010.

An employee who ceases work in the service of his employer by reason of the circumstance that the employer —

(a)

is an officer or member of a trade union or of an association that has applied for registration as a trade union;

(b)

is entitled to the benefit of a collective agreement or an award; or

(c)

has appeared as a witness, or has given any evidence, in a proceeding under this Act,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a Magistrate’s Court to a penalty not exceeding $1,000.

Terms defined in s 2

award
Defined · s 2
“award” means an award made by a Court;
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collective agreement
Defined · s 2
“collective agreement” means an agreement as to industrial matters;
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Court
Defined · s 2
“Court” means an Industrial Arbitration Court established under section 3;
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employee
Defined · s 2
“employee” means a person who has entered into or works under a contract of service with an employer and includes an officer or servant of the Government included in a category, class or description of such officers or servants declared by notification in the Gazette by the President of Singapore to be employees for the purposes of this Act, but does not include any person or class of persons whom the Minister may from time to time by notification in the Gazette declare not to be employees for the purposes of this Act;
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employer
Defined · s 2
“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;
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officer
Defined · s 2
“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;
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trade union
Defined · s 2
“trade union” means a trade union of employees or employers registered under any written law for the time being in force relating to the registration of trade unions;
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Read on from s 84