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Singapore publishes Final Report on upcoming Workplace Fairness Legislation

On 4 August 2023, the Tripartite Committee on Workplace Fairness (Tripartite Committee) released[1] its final policy recommendations on the proposed legislative framework to enhance workplace fairness (referred to as the Workplace Fairness Legislation, or WFL), by way of a Final Report that has been accepted by the Singapore Government (Final Report). The Final Report follows … Continue reading

Singapore steps up controls over workplace fairness and discrimination

By Wilson Ang, Jeremy Lua, Wang Chen Yan, Jeremiah Chew and Josiah Tham on March 5, 2023 Posted in Asia Pacific, Singapore

Since the start of 2023, there have been a number of significant developments in the employment landscape in Singapore, largely focused on workplace fairness and discrimination. These developments have wide-ranging legal and practical implications for employers. Accordingly, employers should review their existing practices and procedures, including their grievance handling procedures, to ensure that they are … Continue reading

Essential guidance for employers on COVID-19 measures at the workplace from 26 April 2022

By Wilson Ang, Jeremy Lua and Wang Chen Yan on May 17, 2022 Posted in Asia Pacific, Coronavirus, Data privacy and GDPR, Singapore

As Singapore takes its next step towards living with COVID-19, the Ministry of Manpower (“MOM”), the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) (collectively, the “Tripartite Partners”) have issued a revised set of guidelines for employers on the COVID-19 measures to be implemented at the workplace applicable from 26 April … Continue reading

Singapore Employment Law Update – April 2022

By Wilson Ang, Kei-Jin Chew and Jeremiah Chew on March 30, 2022 Posted in Singapore

The Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) announced several changes to the S Pass and Employment Pass (EP) regimes in relation to the hiring of foreign employees. These changes encourage Singaporean employers to hire locally, and also introduce a new points-based evaluative framework for EP applications. Minimum Qualifying Salary for S Passes and Employment Passes MOM … Continue reading

Essential guidance for employers on COVID-19 measures at the workplace from 1 January 2022 (including recent updated measures announced on 27 December 2021)

By Wilson Ang, Jessica Paulin, Jeremy Lua and Parry Tan on December 29, 2021 Posted in Asia Pacific, Coronavirus, Data privacy and GDPR

As part of Singapore’s move towards living with COVID-19 as an endemic disease, the country has been making efforts to re-open its economy. In order to facilitate the safe re-opening of the economy, the Ministry of Manpower (“MOM”) and the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (“TAFEP”) have collectively issued guidance for employers … Continue reading

Singapore to enshrine workplace anti-discrimination laws

By Wilson Ang, Jeremy Lua, Ian Cheong and Jim Yang Teo on September 17, 2021 Posted in Asia Pacific, Discrimination and harassment, Singapore

On 29 August 2021, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that the Government will enact new laws to formally enshrine the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices (“TAFEP Guidelines”) into statute.1 There are, at present, no specific laws in Singapore which directly regulate workplace discrimination. Employers are, however, expected to abide by the principles … Continue reading