Form Gpcl1 - Government-Paid Childcare Leave (Gpcl) Scheme Declaration By Employee Page 4
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EXPLANATORY NOTES ON DECLARATION BY EMPLOYEE
Declaration of eligibility
1. This form should be submitted by an employee who is the parent of the child in respect of whom childcare leave is
being applied for (“the child”) to his/her employer before the start of the childcare leave.
2. Subject to the Child Development Co-Savings Act (Cap 38A) (“CDC Act”) and the Child Development Co-Savings
(Leave and Benefits) Regulations 2017 (“CDC Regulations”), an eligible employee is entitled to :
a) 6 days of the childcare leave per relevant period, of which the first 3 days will be employer-paid and the last 3
days will be Government-paid so long as the employee has a Singapore citizen child
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; and
b) 2 days of extended childcare leave per relevant period if the employee has a Singapore citizen child
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3. The employee is entitled to receive payment from the employer at his/her gross rate of pay up to a maximum of
$500 for each day of childcare leave. The payment will include any CPF contributions which an employer is liable
to make under the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36).
4. In making this declaration, the employee assures the employer that he/she meets the eligibility criteria for the
childcare leave benefits. An employee is eligible for paid childcare leave during a relevant period if:
a) he/she has served the employer for a continuous period of not less than 3 months; and
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b) he/she has any child of the eligible age
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c) his/her child is a Singapore citizen, or who becomes, a Singapore citizen before the 7
or 12
birthday, at any
time during any relevant period.
5. If the employee did not serve the employer for the full 12 months during the relevant period, he/she shall be
entitled to childcare leave for that relevant period based on the table below –
Length of service with employer during relevant period
Number of days of childcare leave
Not less than 3 months but less than 5 months
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Not less than 5 months but less than 7 months
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Not less than 7 months but less than 9 months
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Not less than 9 months but less than 11 months
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Not less than 11 months
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6. The child, in relation to an employee, includes any adopted child or step-child of the employee.
7. With effect from 1 May 2013, unmarried/ single parents are also eligible for childcare leave/ extended childcare
leave, subject to all other eligibility criteria for childcare leave in Paragraph 4 of these Explanatory Notes being
met.
8. An employee shall not be entitled to:
a) More than 42 days of childcare leave in respect of any qualifying child;
b) More than 12 days of extended childcare leave in respect of any qualifying child; and
c) More than a combined total of 6 days of childcare leave and extended childcare leave during any relevant
period.
9. If the employment of the employee who is entitled to childcare leave is terminated (whether by resignation or
dismissal, upon the completion of his contract of service, or for any other reason) before he has taken the
entitlement of childcare leave or extended childcare leave, as the case may be, for a relevant period, the
employee:
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Parents can start taking childcare leave (CCL) either (a) in the relevant period in which the child is born or (b) in the following
relevant period. For (a), parents may take up to 6 days of CCL per relevant period when the child is 0 – 6 years old and 2 days of
extended childcare leave (ECL) per relevant period when the child is 7 – 12 years old. For (b), parents may take up to 6 days of
CCL per relevant period when the child is 1 – 7 years old and 2 days of ECL per relevant period when the child is 8 – 13 years
old. When parents are eligible to take up to 6 days of CCL in a particular relevant period, in which they have a newborn, they will
be under (b) with respect to the newborn.
Updated July 2017
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