Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
of Retirement and Re-employment (Exemption) Notification 2011
Regulation 3
Exemption from minimum retirement age and wage reductions
Subregulation 1
Section 4 of the Act shall not apply to and in respect of any of the exempt employees referred to in sub-paragraph (2), and section 6 of the Act shall not apply to the contract of service of such an exempt employee.
Subregulation 2
In this paragraph, an exempt employee is —
a person who is required under a contract of service made before the person attains his minimum retirement age to work for a fixed term on a specific project;
a person in any job approved by the Minister where, having regard to the nature of the employment or the context in which it is carried out, being of a particular age or age group is a genuine occupational requirement for that job;
a person, other than a permanent resident of Singapore, working in Singapore by virtue of a work pass issued (whether before, on or after 1st January 2012) by the Controller of Work Passes under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (Cap. 91A); (d)a person who is required under his contract of service made before the person attains his minimum retirement age to work for not more than 20 hours per week; (e)a public officer who is eligible to retirement benefits under the Pensions Act (Cap. 225); (f)a person who is in the service of a statutory body and who is eligible to a pension under the Pensions Act; (g)an employee not in sub-paragraph (e) or (f) who was, before 1st July 1993, and is still covered by a retirement benefit scheme approved by the Minister, being a scheme that provides for the employee’s retirement on or before the employee attains 60 years of age; (h)a person who is employed as cabin crew to provide in-flight passenger services on board commercial aircraft; (i)a person enlisted for regular service in the Singapore Armed Forces under the Enlistment Act (Cap. 93); (j)a public officer in —
the Police (Senior) Service or Police (Junior) Service;
the Prisons Service;
the Narcotics Service;
the Civil Defence Service; or
the Corrupt Practices Investigation (Junior) Service or the Corrupt Practices Investigation (Senior) Service; (k)a person who is appointed as an auxiliary police officer under Part IX of the Police Force Act (Cap. 235) and who is not a public officer referred to in sub-paragraph (e) or person in the service of a statutory body referred to in sub-paragraph (f);
a person below 55 years of age who has less than 2 years of service with his employer reckoned from the initial contract date for his employment with that employer; or
a person who is recruited by an employer upon his attaining 55 years of age or older under a contract of service not referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (l).