§ 108 — Amendment of Enlistment Act 1970

108. In the Enlistment Act 1970, in section 24 —(a)

in subsection (1), replace paragraphs (f) and (g) with —“(f)

a platform worker providing a platform service for a platform operator;

(g)

gainfully employed by one or more employers;

(h)

self-employed as well as a platform worker;

(i)

self-employed as well as gainfully employed under a contract of service;

(j)

a platform worker as well as gainfully employed under a contract of service; or

(k)

self-employed, gainfully employed under a contract of service as well as a platform worker,”;

(b)

in subsection (4), replace paragraph (b) with —“(b)

where that person —(i)

is self-employed as well as gainfully employed under a contract of service;

(ii)

is a platform worker as well as is gainfully employed under a contract of service; or

(iii)

is self-employed, a platform worker as well as is gainfully employed under a contract of service,

his employer shall only be liable to pay the difference between his civilian remuneration and his service remuneration in the proportion that the civilian remuneration paid by his employer bears to his total civilian remuneration.”;

(c)

after subsection (6), insert —“(6A) Where under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 a platform operator pays contributions in respect of a platform worker who provides a platform service for that platform operator, the platform operator shall continue to pay the same amount of contributions and at the same rate notwithstanding that the platform worker is performing —(a)

any service under section 14 of this Act or section 118(17) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;

(b)

any voluntary service in the Singapore Armed Forces; or

(c)

any mobilised service.”;

(d)

in subsection (7), in the definition of “civilian remuneration”, in paragraph (a), replace “or self‑employment” with “, self‑employment or the provision of a platform service for a platform operator”; and

(e)

in subsection (7), after the definition of “mobilised service”, insert —“ “platform operator” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Platform Workers Act 2024;

“platform service” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Platform Workers Act 2024;

“platform worker” has the meaning given by section 5(1) of the Platform Workers Act 2024;”.

“(6A) Where under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 a platform operator pays contributions in respect of a platform worker who provides a platform service for that platform operator, the platform operator shall continue to pay the same amount of contributions and at the same rate notwithstanding that the platform worker is performing —(a)

any service under section 14 of this Act or section 118(17) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;

(b)

any voluntary service in the Singapore Armed Forces; or

(c)

any mobilised service.”;