Form Gppl1 - Government-Paid Paternity Leave (Gppl) Scheme Declaration By Employee (Page 4 of 5) in pdf

Form GPPL1

EXPLANATORY NOTES ON DECLARATION BY EMPLOYEE

Declaration of eligibility

1. In making this declaration, the employee assures the employer that he meets the eligibility criteria for the paid

paternity leave benefits.

2. Subject to the Child Development Co-Savings Act (Cap.38A)(“CDC Act”) and the Child Development Co-

Savings (Paid Maternity Leave, Maternity Benefit, Adoption Leave, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity

Leave) Regulations (“CDC Regulations”), an employee who is the natural father

of a child shall be entitled to:-

a) 1 week of paid paternity leave if the child is –

born between 1 May 2013 and 31 Dec 2014 (both dates inclusive); or

ii) born before 1 May 2013, but his estimated delivery date (as certified by a medical practitioner) is on or

after 1 May 2013. The child is a Singapore citizen at the point of birth, or is not a Singapore citizen at

the point of birth but becomes a Singapore citizen within 12 months of the child’s date of birth; or

b) 1 week and up to 1 additional week of paid paternity leave (where the additional week is granted on a

voluntary basis) if the child is –

born between 1 Jan 2015 and 31 Dec 2016 (both dates inclusive); or

ii) born before 1 Jan 2015, but his estimated delivery date (as certified by a medical practitioner) is on or

after 1 Jan 2015. The child is a Singapore citizen at the point of birth, or is not a Singapore citizen at

the point of birth but becomes a Singapore citizen within 12 months of the child’s date of birth; or

c) 2 weeks of paid paternity leave if the child is -

born on or after 1 Jan 2017; or

ii) born before 1 Jan 2017, but his estimated delivery date (as certified by a medical practitioner) is on or

after 1 Jan 2017. The child is a Singapore citizen at the point of birth, or is not a Singapore citizen at

the point of birth but becomes a Singapore citizen within 12 months of the child’s date of birth; and

d) For 2(a) to 2(c), the child’s mother:

is lawfully married to the child’s natural father at the time the child is conceived,

ii) becomes lawfully married to the child’s natural father after the child is conceived but before the birth,

iii) is not lawfully married to the child’s natural father at any time before the child’s birth but becomes

lawfully married to the child’s natural father within 12 months of the child’s birth; and

e) The employee has served his employer for a continuous period of at least 3 months immediately preceding

the birth of the child.

3. Paid Paternity Leave can be extended to adoptive fathers if the following criteria are satisfied:

a) the adoptive child is below the age of one year;

b) 1 week of paid paternity leave if the application to adopt a Singapore citizen child has been made between

1 May 2013 and 31 Dec 2014 or if the child is not a Singapore citizen and the Dependant’s Pass in respect

of the child has been issued between 1 May 2013 and 31 Dec 2014; or –

c) 1 week and up to 1 additional week of paid paternity leave (where the additional week is granted on a

voluntary basis) if the application to adopt a Singapore citizen child has been made between 1 Jan 2015

and 31 Dec 2016 (both dates inclusive) or if the child is not a Singapore citizen and the Dependant’s Pass

in respect of the child has been issued between 1 Jan 2015 and 31 Dec 2016 (both dates inclusive); or

d) 2 weeks of paid paternity leave if the application to adopt a Singapore citizen child has been made on or

after 1 Jan 2017 or if the child is not a Singapore citizen and the Dependant’s Pass in respect of the child

has been issued on or after 1 Jan 2017; and

e) For 3(b) and 3(c), the adoptive father either:

is lawfully married on the date an application is made to the Court to adopt the child or on the date the

Dependant’s Pass is issued in respect of the child, as the case may be; or

The definition of “natural father”, in relation to a child, includes a person who is identified in the registration of the birth of the

child as the father of the child.

Updated January 2017

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