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The Employment Claims Tribunal ("ECT") was established in April 2017 to facilitate the resolution of salary-related employment disputes while appeals against unfair dismissals are heard by the MOM.

A number of amendments to the Employment Act of Singapore have come into effect from 1 April 2019.

According to the Second Reading Speech, the amendments were intended to better meet the needs of professionals, managers, and executives, which now form more than 30 percent of the Singaporean workforce.

On 6 February 2024, the Minister of Manpower (the "Minister") announced that the Ministry of Manpower is working together with the tripartite partners (i.e., the National Trades Union Congress...

The Fair Consideration Framework (the "FCF") was updated in January 2020 to impose harsher penalties on employers found to be engaging in discriminatory practices such as by favouring the...

Singapore's employment laws have historically been employer-friendly. In the early days of Singapore's development, this was crucial to attract multi-national corporations to Singapore.

At present, Dependent's Pass (DP) holders who are the dependents of foreign nationals with an Employment Pass, EntrePass, or Personalized Employment Pass can work...

The recently announced Tripartite Guidelines on Flexible Work Arrangements Requests (Guidelines) require employers to, as far as reasonably practicable...

Manpower Minister Tan See Leng announced on 4 March 2024 that there will be an increase in the minimum monthly qualifying salary for employment passes in 2025.

Singapore's Ministry of Manpower ("MoM") recently announced additional revisions to the dependent pass legal framework.

On 25 March 2020, the Singapore Parliament passed a Bill to amend the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014 (the "Act")

These recent amendments to the Employment Act are set out in the Employment (Amendment) Act 2015.

On 4 March 2024, it was announced at the Committee of Supply 2024 that the Tripartite Guidelines on Flexible Work Arrangement requests ("Guidelines") were being developed.

Employment Tribunal fees – are they here to stay?

The Work Injury Compensation Bill 2019 (the Bill) was passed in Parliament on 3 September 2019.

On December 16, 2014, the MOM, NTUC, and SNEF jointly announced that they have developed a set of Tripartite Guidelines on the Issuance of Key Employment Terms in Writing.

Since its formation in 2006, Singapore's Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP)...