1. Short title

Terms defined in s 2

• employee

  employee

  Defined · s 2

  “employee” means an individual who has worked under a contract of employment with an employer, and in respect of whom that employer has agreed or arranged to pay a redundancy payment, whether the contract was for manual labour, clerical work or otherwise, was express or implied, oral or in writing and whether it was a contract of service or apprenticeship; and any reference to “employment” shall be construed accordingly;

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• employer

  employer

  Defined · s 2

  “employer” means —(a)any person, company or association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate;(b)the Government; and(c)any Commonwealth or foreign government and any agency or instrumentality thereof, including the armed forces thereof,who, or which, has employed an employee in Singapore;

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• Fund

  Fund

  Defined · s 2

  “Fund” means the Redundancy Payments Fund established under section 4;

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• redundancy payment

  redundancy payment

  Defined · s 2

  “redundancy payment” means any sum of money that an employer has agreed or arranged to pay to an employee —(a)whose employment is terminated by reason of redundancy or by reason of the employer ceasing to carry on business for whatever reason or transferring the whole or part of his undertaking or property, as the case may be;(b)who is not a citizen of Singapore, upon completion of a contract of employment for a fixed term; or(c)who is not a citizen of Singapore, in a lump sum on retirement or by way of commutation of pension;

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