Course Outline:
1. Coverage and Key Definition
- Who is “Employee”, “Workman”, “Non-workmen” and “PMEs”
- “Internships” etc
- Comprehensive understanding of the Employment Act in Singapore and in particular Part 1, 2,3,4,6,9 and 10 of the Act, which are a must know for all HR practitioners.
2. Key Features of the Employment Act
- Fair Employment Practices
- Scope and coverage of the Act
- Interpretation of amendments to the Act
3. Contract of Service
- Similarity and differences between Contract of Service and Contract for Service
- Terms considered to be illegal in a contract
- Notice of termination
- Termination without notice
- Contract broken by employer and employee
- Misconduct of the employee
3. Payment of Salary and Deduction
- Fixation of salary period
- Payment on dismissal and termination
- Authorised deductions
- Limits to deductions
- Difference between Basic vs. Gross Rate of Pay
4. Statutory Terms, Conditions and Non-Statutory Benefits
- Rest Day, Hours of Work, Holidays and Other Conditions of Service
- Hours of work for a non-shift and a shift employee
- Interpretation of ‘week’
- Annual leave
- Sick leave & hospitalisation leave
- Retrenchment benefits, Retirement benefits
- Annual wage supplement
- Calculation of various rates of pay
- Basic and gross rate of pay
- Payment for overtime, rest day and public holiday – Public holidays for PMEs (flexibility for employers)
5. Statutory Pro-family Leave
- Maternity benefits update
- Child care leave & extended child care leave
- Paternity & shared parental leave
- Notice of confinement
- Dismissal during absence
- Employment after confinement
- Forfeiture of payment
6. Transfer of Employment, Termination and Dismissal
- Termination with notice & without notice
- Termination with breach of contract
- Resignation
- Dismissal
- Redress against unfair dismissal for PMEs – Payment related to termination
- Unfair dismissal protection & Labour Court
7. Changes in 2017
- Issue of Key Employment Terms and Itemised Payslips to employees and maintenance of detailed employment records
- Proposed changes to re-employment of employees from 65 to 67
- New policies on Paternity Leave, Maternity Leave, Shared Parental Leave, Adoption Leave
