Employment Law - Introduction PDF

Employment Law (Introduction) Agenda 01 Overview of Key Legislations 02 Classes and Categories of Employees 03 Statutory Rights and Obligations of Employees and Employers 04 The Employment Contract: Express, Implied and Variation of Terms 05 Industrial Relations 01 Overview of Key Legisl...

Employment Law (Introduction) Agenda 01 Overview of Key Legislations 02 Classes and Categories of Employees 03 Statutory Rights and Obligations of Employees and Employers 04 The Employment Contract: Express, Implied and Variation of Terms 05 Industrial Relations 01 Overview of Key Legislations 01 Key Legislations The Employment Act (“EA”) The main legislation governing labour law in Singapore Applies to those who work under a contract of service (instead of a contract for service) While employers and employees are free to negotiate the terms of the employment contract, the EA works as a ‘floor’. 01 Key Legislations Key Statutes/ Regulations Other pertinent statutes/ regulations to take note of: Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 Central Provident Fund Act 1953 Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001 Industrial Relations Act 1960 Retirement and Re-employment Act 1993 Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 Tripartite Advisories (and guidelines/guidance) 02 Classes and Categories of Employees Definition of ‘Employee’ Generally can be found in legislation “employee” means a person who has entered into or works under a contract of service with an Employment Act s 2(1) employer and includes a workman, and any officer or employee of the Government included in a Work Injury Compensation Act s 3(1) category, class or description of such officers or employees declared by the President to be Central Provident Fund Act s 2(1) employees for the purposes of this Act or any provision thereof, but does not include any of the De facto employment relationship - the following: courts may look to common law (a) any seafarer; principles. (e.g. control, remuneration, (b) any domestic worker; leave and benefits, training, access to (c) [Deleted by Act 55 of 2018] confidential information) (d) any person belonging to any other class of persons whom the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare not to be employees for the purposes of this Act; Employment Act, s 2(1) Categories of ‘Employee’ (all covered by the EA) Full Time Part Time Temporary Contract (