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“For instance, every December is considered super peak for OT. We may work for the full month without off days. At times, we work 18 hours – no typo error here. 9 hours per shift including 1 hour meal break. We are exempted from the 12 hour working hours limit due to “exigency” of services.”
“The worst is “crew reformation” whenever there is train service disruption due to train breakdowns or delays during morning and evening peak hours. We call it “Train Reformation” where train numbers are changed at will to comply with the 3 minute headway on the train timetable! It seems that it is a daily routine to have train and crew reformations!”
"When I report for work, I just clock in with my staff pass without knowing who are my duty supervisors. Sometimes I do not even meet top management for years! I cannot even recall when was the last time I met my Manager Train Ops or Director Train Ops in OCC at City Hall."
http://www.mom.gov.sg/employment-pr...-work-and-overtime/Pages/default.aspx#maximum
Part IV of the Employment Act & Section 33
Maximum working hours
An employee is not allowed to work for more than 12 hours within a day except in the following circumstances:
1. Accident or threat of accident;
2. Work that is essential to:
a. the life of the community;
b. national defence; or
c. security;
3. Urgent work to be done to machinery or plant; or
4. An interruption of work which was impossible to foresee.
An employee can be required to work up to 12 hours a day if the employee gives his consent in writing, after the provisions of Sections 38 and 40 of the Employment Act have been clearly explained to him. He must be informed of the daily working hours, the number of working days in each week and the weekly rest day.
Employers that require their employees to work more than 12 hours (maximum 14 hours) a day are required under section 40 of the Employment Act, to apply for overtime exemption from the Ministry of Manpower.
“For instance, every December is considered super peak for OT. We may work for the full month without off days. At times, we work 18 hours – no typo error here. 9 hours per shift including 1 hour meal break. We are exempted from the 12 hour working hours limit due to “exigency” of services.”
“The worst is “crew reformation” whenever there is train service disruption due to train breakdowns or delays during morning and evening peak hours. We call it “Train Reformation” where train numbers are changed at will to comply with the 3 minute headway on the train timetable! It seems that it is a daily routine to have train and crew reformations!”
"When I report for work, I just clock in with my staff pass without knowing who are my duty supervisors. Sometimes I do not even meet top management for years! I cannot even recall when was the last time I met my Manager Train Ops or Director Train Ops in OCC at City Hall."
http://www.mom.gov.sg/employment-pr...-work-and-overtime/Pages/default.aspx#maximum
Part IV of the Employment Act & Section 33
Maximum working hours
An employee is not allowed to work for more than 12 hours within a day except in the following circumstances:
1. Accident or threat of accident;
2. Work that is essential to:
a. the life of the community;
b. national defence; or
c. security;
3. Urgent work to be done to machinery or plant; or
4. An interruption of work which was impossible to foresee.
An employee can be required to work up to 12 hours a day if the employee gives his consent in writing, after the provisions of Sections 38 and 40 of the Employment Act have been clearly explained to him. He must be informed of the daily working hours, the number of working days in each week and the weekly rest day.
Employers that require their employees to work more than 12 hours (maximum 14 hours) a day are required under section 40 of the Employment Act, to apply for overtime exemption from the Ministry of Manpower.
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