Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Retirement and Re-employment (Exemption) Notification 2011
Regulation 2
Definitions
Subregulation 1
In this Notification, unless the context otherwise requires —
Definition
“contract of service” means a contract of service made before, on or after 1st January 2012;
Definition
“initial contract date”, in relation to an employee or eligible employee in the employment of an employer under a contract of service, means —
the date the employee entered into the contract of service with the employer; or
if the contract of service is a replacement or renewal of an initial contract of service of the employee with the same employer, the date the employee entered into the initial contract of service that has been continuously replaced or renewed;
Definition
“initial contract of service” means the contract of service an employee first enters into with his employer, and includes —
where an employee is, after the end of a contract of service with an employer because of his retirement, subsequently employed (after an interval of any period or no interval) by the same employer under another contract of service (whether or not for a different job or post), such other contract of service; and
where an employee is, after the end of a contract of service with an employer because of the expiration of the term thereof, subsequently employed by the same employer under another contract of service made after an interval of 6 or more months after the end of the expired contract of service (whether or not for the same job or post in the expired contract of service), such other contract of service;
Definition
“minimum retirement age” means 62 years of age or, if another minimum retirement age is prescribed by the Minister under section 4(1) of the Act, that prescribed minimum retirement age.
Subregulation 2
In this Notification, where an employee is, after the end (for any reason) of a contract of service with an employer (referred to as contract A), subsequently employed by the same employer under another contract of service made after an interval of less than 6 months after the end of contract A, whether or not for the same job or post in contract A —
that other contract of service shall be regarded as a continuous replacement or renewal of contract A; and
the length of service with that employer shall be the total of the periods of paid service under contract A and that other contract and so on.