Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Compensation for Work Injury
9. Accidents outside Singapore
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The Act covers an accident that happens to an employee outside Singapore if the employee is ordinarily resident in Singapore, works for an employer in Singapore, and has to work outside Singapore as part of the job.
Summary · Drafted with AI, checked against the official text on 30 Sep 2026.
This Act extends to an accident that happens to an employee outside Singapore, where the employee is —
employee
“employee” means an individual who has entered into or works under a contract of service with an employer and —(a)includes every employee of the Government in a class or description declared by the President to be employees for the purposes of this Act; but(b)does not include any class of individuals specified in the Third Schedule;
ordinarily resident in Singapore; and
employed by an employer in Singapore but is required in the course of the employee’s employment to work outside Singapore.
employer
“employer” means any person (A) who employs an individual (B) under a contract of service and includes —(a)the Government, if B belongs to a class or description of employees of the Government declared to be employees for the purposes of this Act under paragraph (a) of the definition of “employee”;(b)the legal personal representative of A, if A is deceased;(c)a duly authorised agent or manager of A;(d)the person who owns or is carrying on, or for the time being is responsible for the management of, the profession, business, trade or work in which B is engaged; and(e)where B is employed for the purpose of any game or recreation and engaged or paid through a club, the manager or members of the managing committee of that club.