Singapore legislation
Clause 17
Clause 17
Related amendments to Trade Unions Act
(1)
Section 2 of the Trade Unions Act (Cap. 333) is amended —
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “executive”, the following definition:“ “executive employee”, in relation to an employer, means an employee who is employed in a managerial or an executive position by the employer;”; and
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “lock‑out”, the following definition:“ “non‑executive employee”, in relation to an employer, means an employee other than an executive employee;”.
(2)
Section 27 of the Trade Unions Act is amended —
by deleting the words “employees in non‑managerial or non‑executive positions” in subsections (2), (6) and (16) and substituting in each case the words “non‑executive employees”;
by deleting the words “employed in managerial or executive positions and” in subsections (2), (6) and (16) and substituting in each case the words “who are executive employees that are”;
by deleting the words “employed in a managerial or an executive position and who is” in subsection (5) and substituting the words “an executive employee that is”;
by deleting the words “of its members employed in non‑managerial or non‑executive positions” in subsection (7) and substituting the words “member of a registered trade union that is recognised by the employer in the manner prescribed under Part III of the Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 136) as a registered trade union representing that member”; and
by deleting the words “affecting those members” in subsection (7) and substituting the words “affecting the member”.
(3)
Section 39 of the Trade Unions Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where the majority of the membership of a registered trade union consists of non‑executive employees, no rule of the trade union shall confer on any member who is an executive employee that is represented by the trade union under section 30A of the Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 136), the right to vote in any secret ballot taken for the purpose of obtaining the consent of its members to commence, organise, participate or otherwise act in furtherance of any strike or any form of industrial action under section 27(1).”.