Outline

Managing and harnessing the talent and industry of employees has become the cornerstone to achieving an organisation’s business goals. This starts with understanding the rights and obligations of the organisation as well as the employees under Singapore’s legal framework. Whether it be dealing with individual contracts or as a group through the representation of trade unions, it is pivotal that managers, front line supervisors and HR professionals have a working knowledge of employment laws and guidelines governing the employer-employee relationship.

This 2-Day course will equip participants with a comprehensive understanding and application of key features of Singapore’s labour legislation, enabling them to deal effectively with issues including coverage of the Employment Act, contributions to the Central Provident Fund, employment of foreign manpower, post-retirement re-employment. Participants will also learn to apply what has been taught in the course.

Objectives

The national HR certification framework identifies Labour Policies and Legislation as one of the Foundational competencies of future-ready HR professionals.

This is incorporated as part of the IHRP Certification. Purpose of short course is to align learners with Labour Policies and Legislation competency covered in IHRP Certification. It targets to enhance your knowledge, capability and strengthen HR profession practice in Singapore, by managing and harnessing the talent and industry of employees have become the cornerstone to achieving an organisation’s business goals. This journey embarks with in depth understanding of the rights and obligations of employer and employees under Singapore’s legal framework and its practical aspects. It aligns participants with Labour Policies and Legislation competency covered in IHRP Certification.

Please visit IHRP website: http://ihrp.sg/ for more details on Short Course – “Employment Legislation and Industrial Relations” has been accredited by IHRP.

Learning Outcomes

After the delivery of this module, participants should be able to:

• Interpret and apply the requirements of the Employment Act (EA)
• Understand employers' and employees' rights and obligations under the EA
• Apply legislation appropriate in an employer-union relationship
• Interpret and apply the requirements of:

- Employment Act

- Employment of Foreign Manpower Act

- Fair Consideration Framework

- Retirement and Re-employment Act

- Industrial Relations Act

- Central Provident Fund Act

- Workplace Safety and Health Act

- Work Injury Compensation (WIC) Act

• Interpret and apply TAFEP fair employment guidelines

Focal Topics

Employment Act

• Coverage
• Payment of salary
• Part 4: Hours of work and overtime, rest days, and annual leave
• Other leave entitlements
• Others (mandatory retrenchment notifications, key employment terms and itemised payslips, transfer of employment, treatment of specific groups, e.g., term-contract workers, children, and young persons)

Employment of Foreign Manpower Act

• Types of work passes
• Levies and quotas
• Prohibition of employment of foreign employees without work passes
• Presumption of employment
• Prohibition of foreigners without work passes entering or remaining at the workplace
• Extent of validity of work pass
• Custody of work pass
• General offences
• Restrictions on receipt, etc., of monies
• Proscribed manpower-related practices
• General prescribed infringements
• Liability for certain costs
• Conditions of IPA for EP

Fair Consideration Framework

• Key focus areas for employers
• Common areas of infringement
• Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices (TAFEP) objectives and guidelines

Retirement and Re-employment Act

• Steps to re-employ an eligible older worker
• Adjustments to the re-employment contract
• Preparation for re-employment

Industrial Relations Act

• Disputes resolution framework
• Trade unions recognition framework
• Code of Industrial Relations (IR) Practice
• Other areas (representation for ordinary members and limited representation for executive employees)

Central Provident Fund Act

• Registration as an employer
• Responsibilities of an employer
• Hiring a new employee
• Paying CPF contributions
• Compliance matters
• Common mistakes by employers
• Other related funds, e.g., Self-Help Group Funds, Skills Development Levy

Workplace Safety and Health Act

• Principles of the OSH framework
• Targets
• Stakeholders
• WSH (Risk Management) Regulations
• Offences and penalties

Work Injury Compensation (WIC) Act

• Coverage
• WIC insurance
• Compensation by employer
• Compensation quantum
• Timeline for payment
• Incident reporting requirements

Who Should Attend

• HR professionals seeking to advance their foundational competence in labour legislation
• New entrants to the HR function

Course Delivery

To anchor the learning and desirable behaviour, this short course incorporates:

• Applicable industry best practices
• Case studies and videos
• Sharing of experiences
• Interactive delivery of learning materials
• Practical exercises

Course Duration

• 2-Day
• 16 Hours (16-hours does not include lunch break for both days)
• 18 IHRP CPD Hours (includes 2-hours lunch break in total for 2-Day)
• 09:00AM to 06:00PM (inclusive of 1-hour lunch break) *Registration commences at 08:30AM on the first day

Assessment Method

The 2-Day Short Course focuses on the Focal Topics of IHRP Paper A Assessment.

There will be an Open Book Assessment conducted within the 2-Day Short Course.

This is to help trainees understand the absorption of Learning Outcome, a short assessment is given within the 2-Day Short Course (16-hours).

The purpose of the short assessment is to help the trainees to know their SWOT and does not guarantee the success or failure in the actual IHRP Certification Assessment.

Trainees must achieve at least 75% attendance and pass the competency assessments to attain the Statement of Attainment.

Delivery Mode

• Synchronous e-Learning
• This course will be conducted via Zoom platform. Participants are encouraged to sign up for a Zoom account and have a laptop or desktop with “Zoom Client for Meetings” installed.

Course Fees

Fundings Available

Course participants may apply for:

• SkillsFuture Credit (SFC)
• SSG Training Grant
• SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC) Support
• UTAP funding. (Sign up for NTUC Membership here to apply for UTAP funding.)

Funding Information

SSG Training Grant, SkillsFuture Credit, SFEC Support & UTAP Funding.

For Training Grant application, please use the following reference code.

TPGateway Course Reference Number: TGS-2020001363

Course Support Period: 04 Dec 2020 to 03 Dec 2024

SSG Subsidy Eligibility

Company-Sponsored

Additional information

Subsidy type must be entered in the e-registration form

**Mandatory Documents to be submitted or emailed to the Training Provider upon receipt of confirmation email. (Otherwise, registration will not be completed.). This is to facilitate the Training Provider in applying for SSG funding on your behalf.

NRIC (Front and Back) – This is to ensure that the Certificate issued has the correct name as per the NRIC.

*Grant amount indicated here does not include absentee payroll (AP) funding, as this is dependent on the trainee’s hourly basic salary (except for trainees supported by surrogate employers, where AP is computed at a flat rate independent of salary).

Self-Sponsored

Additional information

Subsidy type must be entered in the e-registration form

**Mandatory Documents to be submitted or emailed to the Training Provider upon receipt of confirmation email. (Otherwise, registration will not be completed.). This is to facilitate the Training Provider in applying for SSG funding on your behalf.

NRIC (Front and Back) – This is to ensure that the Certificate issued has the correct name as per the NRIC.

For Self-Sponsored

Applying for SSG Training Grant

**ONLY APPLICABLE TO SELF-SPONSORED TRAINEES WHO ARE APPLYING FOR SSG FUNDING SUPPORT.

**Mandatory documents must be submitted or emailed to the Training Provider within 24 hours upon submission of registration. (Otherwise, registration will not be completed.) This is to facilitate the Training Provider in applying for SSG funding on your behalf.

NRIC/FIN (Front and Back) – This is to ensure that the certificate issued has the correct name as per the NRIC.

SkillsFuture Credit

For self-sponsored Singapore Citizen aged 25 years and above

• Self-sponsored applicants can use SkillsFuture Credit to offset the course fees by applying through https://www.skillsfuture.gov.sg/credit.
• Trainees can check their credit balance and transactions via https://www.skillsfuture.gov.sg/credit.

Application for SkillsFuture Credit

• Upon receipt of the tax invoice, trainees will need to log in to the SkillsFuture Credit portal to apply for SkillsFuture Credit and upload the tax invoice.
• Take a screenshot of the approval with the amount applied for and the word ‘approved’ and email it to the Training Provider before the commencement of the course.
• The Training Provider will collect the NETT fee (i.e., less the SkillsFuture Credit amount) from the trainee if there is still a remaining amount payable.

Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP)

• NTUC members enjoy UTAP* benefits of up to S$250.00 each year when they sign up for the 2-Day Short Course.
• *UTAP supports 50% of the course fees paid, capped at S$250.00 per year. Trainees must be a union member throughout the course duration and at the time of claim. Trainees must achieve a minimum of 75% attendance for each application and have sat for all prescribed assessment. Other terms and conditions apply. For more information, please click here.

For Company-Sponsored

• Companies, upon submission of the e-Registration, will need to submit or email the mandatory documents of the trainee to the Training Provider within 24 hours of registration submission. (Otherwise, registration will not be completed.)
• NRIC (Front and Back) – This is to ensure that the certificate issued has the correct name as per the NRIC.

SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC) Support

SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC) Support is available for Eligible Employers. Click here for more information.

The SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC) encourages employers to invest in enterprise transformation and the capabilities of their employees. Eligible employers will receive a one-off S$10,000 credit to cover up to 90% of out-of-pocket expenses on qualifying costs for supportable initiatives, over and above the support levels of existing schemes.

Funding Criteria

• Trainees must attend at least 75% of the course and complete the assessment with a pass or competent result.
• Trainees need to enter the details as mentioned in the e-registration form and email the mandatory documents to the Training Provider.

Award of Certificate

Participants must achieve at least 75% attendance and pass the competency assessments to receive the Statement of Attainment.

Please note that the above short course, “Employment Legislation and Industrial Relations,” has been accredited by IHRP.