Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
of Industrial Relations (Recognition of a Trade Union of Employees) Regulations 1966
Regulation 4
Commissioner may require assistance from trade union and employer
Subregulation 1
When the Commissioner has served a notice on the employer under regulation 3(3), the employer and the trade union or trade unions of employees concerned must —
provide the Commissioner with any information that he or she may require; and
give every assistance to the Commissioner to enable him or her to conduct the secret ballot in accordance with the decision of the Commissioner under regulation 3(3).
Subregulation 2
A person, employer or trade union of employees must not in any way obstruct the taking of the secret ballot.
Subregulation 3
The Commissioner must, as soon as the results of the secret ballot are known, communicate the results to the employer and the trade union or trade unions of employees concerned.
Subregulation 4
When the results of a secret ballot have been communicated to an employer under paragraph (3), the employer must, if the results of the secret ballot show that the majority of the employees entitled to vote are members of a particular trade union of employees, give recognition to that trade union within 3 working days of the date of the receipt of the results.