Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Singapore as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Singapore: Fewer complaints regarding unfair work practices
Singapore’s Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) has revealed that it received just 259 complaints about unfair employment practices in 2014 …
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Singapore: Public consultation on work injury compensation limits
The Ministry of Manpower in Singapore is seeking views on changes to the Work Injury Compensation Act …
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Singapore: Public holiday to commemorate independence
The government of Singapore has declared an additional one-off public holiday on August 7th 2015 in celebration of 50 years of independence …
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Singapore: Increase to foreign worker levies deferred
In its 2015 Budget, the Singaporean government stated that it will delay proposed increases to the monthly levies payable by employers who employ workers on S Passes and work permits …
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Singapore: Employees’ income information submission
Employers in Singapore who from January 1st 2014 to December 31st 2014 had 12 or more employees are reminded that they now have a legal duty to submit their employees’ income information electronically to the Inland Revenue Authority by March 1st 2015 …
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Singapore: Scope of union collective representation to include executives
The scope of trade union representation in Singapore is shortly to be expanded under amendments to the Industrial Relations Act …
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Singapore: Issuance of key employment terms in writing
In the first half of 2016 it will become mandatory for employers in Singapore to issue key employment terms to their employees in writing …
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Singapore: Company banned from hiring new foreign workers
Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower has prohibited an employer from applying for passes to hire foreign workers for a period of two years …
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