No Annual Leave for 30 years of work!!!!Help
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Some question:
1. Is it true that for whatever company you work in singapore, you are entitled at least 10 days of annual leave?
2. How should I go about it if my employer did not give me any annual leave for my last 30 years working for the company?
3. I want to know as an employee, whether we are entitled annual leave?
4. How to complain this to the ministry of manpower?
5. Do I need to pay legal fee?
Please give me some suggestion.
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U know. If u work for 30 years only to find out now....
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sue the damn boss and get like 13098120938120912093 dollars
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If there is leave but you didn't apply - company not at fault.
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the company doesnt give any workers any leave for working in the company.
u work 5.5day a week , and only rest on sunday and public holiday -
So? If the company gives you leave, cannot function and then goes out of business, what are you going to do?
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Check with your employer and then refer the case to mom..
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if u are a full time permanent employee, u are entitled to at least 14 days annual leave per year.
that's under the Employment Act.
Is this happening to u? 30 yrs? Now then speak up? -
Under the Employment Act (Chapter 91), Section 43.1, an employee who has served an employer for a period of not less than 3 months shall be entitled to paid annual leave of 7 days in respect of the first 12 months of continuous service with the same employer and an additional one dayÂ’s annual leave for every subsequent 12 months of continuous service with the same employer subject to a maximum of 14 days of such leave which shall be in addition to the rest days, holidays and sick leave to which the employee is entitled under sections 36, 42 and 44, respectively.
----> This means you are entitled to 14 days of leave.
Failure to do so is in contravene of Section 8 - Illegal terms of contract of service which states that:-
Every term of a contract of service whether made before or after 15th August 1968 which provides a condition of service which is less favourable to an employee than any of the conditions of service prescribed by this Act shall be illegal, null and void to the extent that it is so less favourable.
---> This means your employer has made an illegal condition of service.
However, if you have not cleared your leave or other reasons, I refer you to Section 43.5 and 43.6 which states the resctrictions of claiming your leave.
I will like you to refer to this url:- Employment Act
Please read up more from the weblink.
As I have only layman's knowledge of the Law, I will advise you to seek a proper consultation with MOM or a lawyer instead of raising this question in a forum.
Good Luck. -
is the pay damn good? if not how can u work for 30 years and only noticed it now?Originally posted by peychinhwee:Some question:
1. Is it true that for whatever company you work in singapore, you are entitled at least 10 days of annual leave?
2. How should I go about it if my employer did not give me any annual leave for my last 30 years working for the company?
3. I want to know as an employee, whether we are entitled annual leave?
4. How to complain this to the ministry of manpower?
5. Do I need to pay legal fee?
Please give me some suggestion.
Thank -
What's are the terms and agreements you've signed on your letter of appointment when you started working for the company?
If you didn't sign anything, the company can turn the table against you claiming that you have agreed to work 5.5 days a week without any leave entitlement...
The Employment Act only sets a guideline for employers, but nevertheless there are loopholes in the system, which some employers exploited those loopholes in their benefit...
It's always good to have black and white written agreement that you can referenced back and fall back on in case there's any grievances or disputes to support your claim... -
For the last 30 years, at any time, did you apply for leave?
How many times?
Did your employer reject all your applications?
Or at least, did you ask your employer? -
whoa 30 years?
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its so fake
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hmmz. before that, checkif its valid for him/her. last i heard the large majority of the employment act only covers those who earn below 1.6k a month, including bonuses i think. so thats actually excluding alot of ppleOriginally posted by Yarrick:Under the Employment Act (Chapter 91), Section 43.1, an employee who has served an employer for a period of not less than 3 months shall be entitled to paid annual leave of 7 days in respect of the first 12 months of continuous service with the same employer and an additional one dayÂ’s annual leave for every subsequent 12 months of continuous service with the same employer subject to a maximum of 14 days of such leave which shall be in addition to the rest days, holidays and sick leave to which the employee is entitled under sections 36, 42 and 44, respectively.
----> This means you are entitled to 14 days of leave.
Failure to do so is in contravene of Section 8 - Illegal terms of contract of service which states that:-
Every term of a contract of service whether made before or after 15th August 1968 which provides a condition of service which is less favourable to an employee than any of the conditions of service prescribed by this Act shall be illegal, null and void to the extent that it is so less favourable.
---> This means your employer has made an illegal condition of service.
However, if you have not cleared your leave or other reasons, I refer you to Section 43.5 and 43.6 which states the resctrictions of claiming your leave.
I will like you to refer to this url:- Employment Act
Please read up more from the weblink.
As I have only layman's knowledge of the Law, I will advise you to seek a proper consultation with MOM or a lawyer instead of raising this question in a forum.
Good Luck.
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wah lao, if true and you can prove it... you just hit a small jackpot... get MOM to help you get compensation, cash in lieu, plus interest for all those years you forfeited your leave...Originally posted by peychinhwee:Some question:
1. Is it true that for whatever company you work in singapore, you are entitled at least 10 days of annual leave?
2. How should I go about it if my employer did not give me any annual leave for my last 30 years working for the company?
3. I want to know as an employee, whether we are entitled annual leave?
4. How to complain this to the ministry of manpower?
5. Do I need to pay legal fee?
Please give me some suggestion.
Thank
Even if it is in the contract you signed... that you are not entitled to annual leave... it is illegal and so that part of the contract void.
But if the contract says that your entitlement to annual leave will lapse without compensation, then it will be a bit tricky. You are entitled, but you did not claim, so blame who?
If there is no signed contract, then they might come up with this defense and you might lose....
So you have to plan ahead or you lose even though you are right; remember Durai and the first few defamation cases he brought against some people?
What about sundays and public holidays? If they forced you to work during those times without over time, you can claim back.... -
Just to add.... but you must have evidence... otherwise...
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erm, EA only says minimum of 7days......the rest is up top the companyOriginally posted by browniebaobao:if u are a full time permanent employee, u are entitled to at least 14 days annual leave per year.
that's under the Employment Act.
Is this happening to u? 30 yrs? Now then speak up?
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oops true on the exclusion of whom is qualified..... look at the definition of Employee under the Act.
"employee" means a person who has entered into or works under a contract of service with an employer and includes a workman and any officer or employee of the Government included in a category, class or description of such officers or employees declared by the President to be employees for the purposes of this Act or any Part or section thereof; but does not include any seaman, domestic worker, or any person employed in a managerial, executive or confidential position or any person belonging to any other class of persons whom the Minister may, from time to time by notification in the Gazette, declare not to be employees for the purposes of this Act; -
Errr Sorry which Section of EA says 7 days huh? The only part which says 7 days is when it says u are entitled to 7 days of leave even if u served 3 months of left (see Section 43.1)Originally posted by de_middle:erm, EA only says minimum of 7days......the rest is up top the company -
executives are not covered..by the unions, if i dun remember wrongly.Originally posted by hisoka:hmmz. before that, checkif its valid for him/her. last i heard the large majority of the employment act only covers those who earn below 1.6k a month, including bonuses i think. so thats actually excluding alot of pple -
somemore, it has become a norm to get 14 days AL per year liao.Originally posted by de_middle:erm, EA only says minimum of 7days......the rest is up top the company
i'd like to point out.. this is not very specific.
nowdays many companies pro-rate.
i got 15 annual leaves per year. the higher the rank, the more AL one will get. -
I seriously think TS should just go to MOM to get her answers instead of relying on legal layman like us.
Threadstarter, if u are reading this, please go MOM asap. Dun waste time like how u wasted your 30 yrs. -
and they have dumb definitions of executivesOriginally posted by browniebaobao:executives are not covered..by the unions, if i dun remember wrongly.