The Minister of Human Resources has, by way of Gazette Notification [P.U,(B) 368/2022], appointed 1 September 2022 as the date on which the Employment (Amendment) Act 2022 (“the Amendment Act”) will come into operation. The Employment (Amendment of First Schedule) Order 2022 [P.U.(A) 262/2022] (“Amendment Order”) gazetted on 15 August 2022 will also come into operation on the same day.

Some of the salient changes made to the Employment Act 1955 (“the Act”) through the Amendment Act and the Amendment Order include the following:

1. Apprenticeship

An “apprenticeship contract”, previously defined as a written contract for a period of not less than 2 years has been amended to limit the duration of such a contract to 24 months. The Amendment Act also imposes a minimum duration of 6 months on an apprenticeship contract.

2. Calculation of wages for incomplete month’s work

The following formula has been introduced to calculate wages for an employee who works for less than a whole month (i.e. where he commenced employment after the first day of the month, or where his employment was terminated before the end of the month, or where he took unpaid leave or leave to comply with written law relating to national service):

There is no explanation on how the “number of days of the particular period” is to be calculated. Under the Act, monthly wages are currently calculated by using a denominator of 26 days to represent the number of days which an employee is required to work in any given...

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