Employment Code Exemption Regulations

Introduction

The Minister of Labour (the "Minister") issued the Employment Code (Exemption) Regulations, Statutory Instrument No. 48 of 2020 (the "Exemption Regulations") on 11 May 2020 pursuant to section 2(2) of the Employment Code Act No. 3 of 2019 (the "ECA").

This section of the ECA allows the Minister, following consultation with the Tripartite Consultative Labour Council and by statutory instrument, to exempt any person or class of persons or any trade, industry or undertaking from any of the provisions of the Act.

Below is a summary of provisions in the ECA which have been exempted:

S.36-Annual leave (Employee)

This section entitles an employee who remains in continuous employment with the same employer for a period of twelve consecutive months to be granted, during each subsequent period of twelve months while the employee remains in continuous employment, annual leave on full pay at a rate of at least two days per month.