COVID-19 has brought unprecedented social, economic and organizational challenges to businesses.

Ever since the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) ...

With the safe distancing and circuit breaker measures in place, companies and corporations in Singapore are experiencing increasing difficulties when conducting general meetings for shareholders.

After initial successes in the ongoing fight against COVID-19, Singapore has experienced an apparent resurgence in cases of the highly infectious virus. The Government has responded by extending the ‘circuit breaker' which was initially expected to end on 4 May 2020.

This article addresses frequently asked questions on employers' obligations in Singapore in relation to the coronavirus outbreak.

Due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, the Singapore government has since late January this year, introduced a slew of measures in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus in the community.

The Multi-Ministry Taskforce had on 3 April 2020, announced a series of heightened safe distancing measures, which will result in a suspension of activities at most work places from 7 April 2020 to 4 May 2020...

When measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic began to escalate across the world the sound of thousands of bottom drawers opening in unison could be heard as construction...

The Covid-19 pandemic is rooted in environmental crisis, including in particular the anthropogenic degradation of biodiversity.

The COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act (‘Act') offers temporary relief to businesses and individuals who are unable to fulfil their contractual obligations due to the unprecedented effects of the pandemic

On 21 April 2020, the Multi-Ministry Taskforce announced stricter circuit breaker measures and an extension of the circuit breaker period by four weeks to 1 June 2020 (inclusive).

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 ("COVID-19") has been a hot topic in the news since the start of 2020.

This article summarises the measures taken by Singapore government in the Unity Budget in February, Resilience Budget in March and Solidarity Budget in April.

Employers are dealing with rapidly evolving manpower challenges arising from the COVID-19 epidemic. They are grappling with issues of employees potentially being placed on quarantine

Singapore's Fortitude Budget was presented on 26 May 2020 and complements the Unity, Resilience and Solidarity Budgets to help businesses and individuals adapt and build resilience amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Multi-Ministry Taskforce had announced on 19 May 2020 that Singapore will exit the Circuit Breaker when it ends on 1 June 2020. The Circuit Breaker commenced on 7 April 2020...

The Singapore COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020 (the "COVID-19 Act") provides, amongst other reliefs, temporary relief to businesses unable to perform certain contractual...

On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organisation made a declaration that the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was a public health emergency of international concern.

Given that Singapore's economy is now expected to shrink from 5 per cent to 7 per cent in 2020, with a record high second-quarter year-on-year contraction of 13.2 per cent,...

In 2016, the Ministry of Manpower (the "MOM") announced its broad policy to build a Singaporean core in the employment landscape.