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

Form GPPL1

ii) becomes lawfully married within the period of 12 months commencing on the date of the child’s birth.

Where the adoptive child is not a Singapore citizen, the adoptive father or his wife, if she is a joint applicant

to the adoption, is a Singapore citizen on the date the dependant’s pass is issued in respect of the child;

and

g) the adoptive father has served the employer for at least 3 months immediately preceding -

the date the application is made by the employee to adopt the child, where the child is a Singapore

citizen; or

ii) the date the Dependant’s Pass is issued in respect of the child, where the child is not a Singapore

citizen.

Consumption of Paternity Leave

4. If the child is not a Singapore citizen and/or the parents are not married at the point when the child is

conceived but the child becomes a Singapore citizen and/or the parents become lawfully married within 12

months from the child’s birth, the father will only be entitled to the paid paternity leave from the point where he

meets all the eligibility criteria, provided there is enough time to consume the leave before the child turns 12

months old.

5. The adoptive father can start to take paid paternity leave no earlier than:

a) the date of the submission of the adoption application to the Court to commence the legal adoption

process (for a child who is a Singapore Citizen); or

b) the date of issuance of the dependant’s pass by Ministry of Social and Family Development (for a child

who is not a Singapore citizen).

6. Where the Government has reimbursed an employer for any payment made by the employer to a male

employee in respect of paternity leave taken and:

a) The child is not adopted within 12 months from the date of the ‘formal intent to adopt’;

and

b) where the child who is not a citizen of Singapore by birth does not attain Singapore Citizenship within 6

months of the date that he is adopted by the adoptive father;

the Government may recover that payment from that employee as a civil debt.

7. By default, the employee must consume his 1-week or 2-week of Government-Paid Paternity Leave

continuously within 16 weeks after the birth of his child. However, if there is mutual agreement between the

employer and employee, the employee could consume his paternity leave in one or more periods (i.e. in such

blocks or in single days/half days as the employer and employee may agree upon) within 12 months after the

birth of the child. Paternity leave which is not consumed after the 16 weeks or 12 months period, whichever is

later, will be forfeited.

Notes to Employers

8. Employers should ensure that they have received the duly signed and completed declaration form (GPPL1), or

in such form as in the employer may provide in accordance to the requirements specified in the website

, from their employee before making payment. If the employer is satisfied that

the employee is entitled to payment in accordance with paragraph 2 of these Explanatory Notes, he may

proceed to make payment to him.

9. Employers need not submit this declaration form. However, the form should be kept for a period of 5 years

from the date of its submission for verification when necessary.

10. For

information

clarification,

please

call

1800-253-4757

send

e-mail

contactus@profamilyleave.gov.sg.

The “formal intent to adopt” refers to the date the Court application to adopt the child is made, where the child is a citizen of

Singapore or the date of the issuance of the dependant’s pass by the Ministry of Social and Family Development, where the

child is not a citizen of Singapore.

Updated January 2017

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