Platform Workers Act 2024 · s 2
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In this Act —“authorised officer” means an individual who is appointed under section 80(1)(a);“civil contravention” means a contravention that is declared to be a civil contravention under section 76;“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Labour appointed under section 3(1) of the Employment Act 1968;“earnings”, in relation to a platform worker, means all payments payable to the platform worker in relation to the platform worker’s provision of a platform service for a platform operator under a platform work agreement (including any bonus earned by the platform worker from the platform operator), but does not include the following amounts:
contributions paid by the platform operator towards any pension or provident fund for the platform worker;
payments to the platform worker to cover any special expenses incurred by the platform worker by reason of the platform worker’s provision of the platform service;“payment” includes a commission;“platform work agreement” means a contract or other agreement (whether written or oral and whether express or implied) between a platform operator and a platform worker, under which the platform worker performs tasks in Singapore in relation to the provision of a platform service to service users for the platform operator, but does not include a contract of service within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Employment Act 1968;“service user”, in relation to a platform service, means a person who uses the platform service;“task”, in relation to a platform service, means a task —
for which a request is taken or facilitated by a platform operator; and
that is performed by a platform worker providing the platform service to one or more service users for the platform operator.
“authorised officer” means an individual who is appointed under section 80(1)(a);
“civil contravention” means a contravention that is declared to be a civil contravention under section 76;
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Labour appointed under section 3(1) of the Employment Act 1968;
“earnings”, in relation to a platform worker, means all payments payable to the platform worker in relation to the platform worker’s provision of a platform service for a platform operator under a platform work agreement (including any bonus earned by the platform worker from the platform operator), but does not include the following amounts:
contributions paid by the platform operator towards any pension or provident fund for the platform worker;
payments to the platform worker to cover any special expenses incurred by the platform worker by reason of the platform worker’s provision of the platform service;
“payment” includes a commission;
“platform work agreement” means a contract or other agreement (whether written or oral and whether express or implied) between a platform operator and a platform worker, under which the platform worker performs tasks in Singapore in relation to the provision of a platform service to service users for the platform operator, but does not include a contract of service within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Employment Act 1968;
“service user”, in relation to a platform service, means a person who uses the platform service;
“task”, in relation to a platform service, means a task —
for which a request is taken or facilitated by a platform operator; and
that is performed by a platform worker providing the platform service to one or more service users for the platform operator.