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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II WORK PASSES

Part III ADMINISTRATION OF ACT

Part IV OFFENCES

Part V PRESCRIBED INFRINGEMENTS

Part VI MISCELLANEOUS

THE SCHEDULE Personal Identifiers

Legislative History

 
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On 21/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 21/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 21/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 09/11/2012.
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Termination of employment of foreign employees
9.
—(1)  Where the Controller has decided to suspend or revoke the work pass of a foreign employee under section 7(4), the Controller shall notify the employer of the foreign employee of his decision and the employer of the foreign employee shall, within 7 days of receiving the notification, terminate the employment of the foreign employee.
[30/2007]
(2)  Every employer of a foreign employee who intends to have the work pass of the foreign employee cancelled shall —
(a)
apply to the Controller to cancel the work pass; and
(b)
if so required, return the work pass to the Controller within 7 days of such cancellation.
[30/2007]
(3)  Where any employer contravenes subsection (1), the Controller may impose on him a financial penalty of such amount, not exceeding $10,000, as the Controller may determine.
(3A)  Any employer who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
(4)  The termination of the employment of a foreign employee under subsection (1) shall not be —
(a)
capable of negotiation with a trade union representing the foreign employee;
(b)
a matter in respect of which any form of industrial action may be taken by any such trade union;
(c)
the subject-matter of a trade dispute or of conciliation proceedings or any method of redress whether or not under any written law; and
(d)
any industrial matter within the meaning of the Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 136).
[30/2007]
(5)  Where in respect of the employment of any person there has been any contravention of subsection (1), that person shall not, by reason only of such contravention, be deemed to be employed under an illegal contract of employment.