As the second and final part of the Workplace Fairness Act 2025 (WFA), the Workplace Fairness (Dispute Resolution) Bill (Dispute Resolution Bill) was tabled in the Singapore Parliament on 14 October 2025 introducing a newly created statutory tort of discrimination.[1]
The statutory tort of discrimination provides individuals with a new
On 7 July the UK government published significant amendments to the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) to be considered in the final stages of the ERBs parliamentary process. It is not clear which amendments will make their way into the final version of the Bill, but some have been proposed by Labour peers and are therefore
The Workplace Fairness Act 2024[1] (WFA) was passed into law by the Singapore Parliament (Parliament) on 8 January 2025, signifying a significant step in legally prohibiting certain discriminatory behaviours in the workplace, and mandatorily requiring employers in Singapore to implement grievance handling procedures to meet compulsory requirements.
This landmark legislation
The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill (the Bill) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, becoming the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 (the Act). The Act will come into force in October 2024, and will extend to England, Wales and Scotland.
The Act amends provisions in
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
Whether a nonresident plaintiff not yet employed in New York City or State satisfies the impact requirement
On January 31, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a public hearing entitled “Navigating Employment Discrimination in AI and Automated Systems: A New Civil Rights Frontier”.[1] During the hearing, the EEOC explored the potential benefits and harms associated with artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated
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
One of the challenging circumstances often facing an employer is having to make a tough decision (e.g. termination) with respect to an employee who is known to have a protected characteristic under human rights law. Whether the employee is elderly, has a disability, is gay, or has another protected characteristic, the concern is that the
On 24 June 2021, the Federal Government introduced the Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendments Bill 2021 (Cth) (Bill) into the Senate. The Bill amends both the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SDA) and the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FWA) in response to the Respect@Work