Trade Unions Act 1940 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Constitution
31. Employees of trade union
Feedback & supportA registered trade union may, subject to subsections (2) and (4) and to the rules of the trade union, employ and pay such persons as may be necessary for the purposes of the trade union.
registered trade union
“registered trade union” means a trade union registered under this Act;
A person shall not be employed by a registered trade union under subsection (1) if he has been convicted by a court of a criminal offence and has not received a free pardon in respect thereof, and such conviction in the opinion of the Minister renders him unfit to be employed by a trade union.
trade union
“trade union” means any association or combination of workmen or employers, whether temporary or permanent, whose principal object is to regulate relations between workmen and employers for all or any of the following purposes:(a)to promote good industrial relations between workmen and employers;(b)to improve the working conditions of workmen or enhance their economic and social status;(c)to achieve the raising of productivity for the benefit of workmen, employers and the economy of Singapore,and includes any federation;
Subsection (2) shall not apply where the Minister is satisfied that the person so convicted has reformed and has become fit to be employed by a trade union.
No person who is not a citizen of Singapore shall be employed by a registered trade union under subsection (1) unless the prior written approval of the Minister has been obtained.