(Employment
Act and Children Development Co-sharing Act)
Eligibility
of Mother to
|
|
Right
to take leave: 12 weeks for ALL births |
|
Child Profile
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th & Higher |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th & Higher |
Singapore
Citizen
|
√ * |
1st-8th
week |
1st-8th
week |
X |
X |
X |
9th-12th
week |
9th-12th
week |
1st-12th
week |
1st-12th
week |
X |
Adopted
Child
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
4
weeks |
4
weeks |
4
weeks |
4
weeks |
X |
Step
Child
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Child
of Foreign Citizenship
|
√ ** |
1st-8th
week**
|
1st-8th
week** |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
*Except executive, managerial and confidential
staff, who have the right (under CDCA) to take
12 weeks of maternity paid leave only if they
have fewer than 4 living children at the time
of confinement (not for all births).
** No statutory benefit for executive, managerial
and confidential staff.
| √ |
Yes, entitled to the benefit |
| X |
No, not entitled to the benefit |
|
