a) Parents covered under Employment Act are entitled to 2 days child care leave per year - Eg : if the employee joined the company on Aug 2012, and become confirmed staff on Nov 2012, does she entitled for 2 days child care leave or do we need to pro-rated the child care leave for her ?
If your employee (with non Singapore citizen child of below 7 years old) has served for minimum of 3 months, she shall be entitled to full 2 days of child care leave.
b) Single mother covered under Employment Act are entitled for maternity leave
- Does the single mother (Singapore PR) must inform HR department for her pregnancy even there are no change of her status ?
- Single mother is entitled for 12 weeks maternity leave, 8 weeks will be pay by EMPLOYER, 4 weeks are UNPAID, am I right ?
Employee shall notify the employer at least a week before applying for maternity leave. You are right that single mother is entitled to 12 weeks of maternity leave, in which 8 weeks are paid by employer and maternity payment from the employer is voluntary for the next 4 weeks (non-claimable from government).
