Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
of Industrial Relations (Recognition of a Trade Union of Employees) Regulations 1966
Regulation 5
Secret ballot
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (2), all persons employed by the employer on the date on which a claim for recognition is served are entitled to vote in a secret ballot.
Subregulation 2
The following persons are not entitled to vote in a secret ballot:
partners in a partnership business;
persons employed after the date on which a claim for recognition has been served;
persons employed temporarily for a period not exceeding 3 months;
persons who are on probation and who have been on probation for less than 3 months on the date on which a claim for recognition is served.
Subregulation 3
Any dispute between an employer and a trade union or trade unions of employees as to whether any employee is entitled to vote in a secret ballot, in accordance with paragraph (1), must be referred to the Commissioner whose decision is final.