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Digital Signatures In Employment Contracts

As digital transformation reshapes workplace practices across Asia, digital signatures are becoming an increasingly important tool for employers aiming to streamline HR processes and enhance operational efficiency.

Worldwide Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Departing Employee, Departing Data: Singapore High Court Clarifies Confidentiality Duties And Offers Lessons For Employers

The protection of confidential information is a critical concern for all businesses. In today's digital world, where employees can access and transfer vast amounts of data in seconds...

Singapore Employment

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Withers LLP

Splitting Employment Claims: Lessons From A Recent Singapore High Court Decision

In particular, it clarifies when and how an employee can bring separate claims before the Employment Claims Tribunals (ECT) and the High Court; and why that strategy may be entirely permissible.

Singapore Employment

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Withers LLP

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Singapore, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Singapore Employment

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WongPartnership LLP

Fair Play At Work: Unpacking Singapore's Workplace Fairness Act

Singapore Employment

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Mayer Brown

Shared Parental Leave In Singapore: What Employers Need To Know

Singapore Employment

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Lexplosion Solutions Private Limited

Overview Of Key Updates On Employment Laws And Guidelines In Singapore – 2025 & Ahead

Singapore Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

Promise Of A Fairer Future: Understanding Singapore's Workplace Fairness Bill

Singapore Employment

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Ius Laboris

Future Of Work In Singapore: Aligning Return-To-Office Policies With Flexible Work Arrangements

Singapore Employment

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Withers LLP

Wage Transparency And Pay Equity Issues In Asia (Podcast)

Singapore Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Flexible Working In Singapore – Implementation Of The Tripartite Guidelines On Flexible Work Arrangement Requests And What This Means For Employers And Employees

Singapore Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Dads, Diapers And Deadlines: How Singapore's Parental Leave Reinforcement Redefines Work And Family Life

Singapore Employment

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Mayer Brown

Employers Of Record Can No Longer Sponsor Employment Passes For Foreign Entities' Workers

Singapore Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Impact Of Singapore's Tripartite Guidelines On Flexible Work Arrangement Requests On Work From Home Arrangements

Singapore Employment

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Mayer Brown

AI In Real Estate: A New Frontier With Legal Implications In Singapore

Singapore Technology

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Withers LLP

Why We Hire For Performance, Not Comfort: The Discipline Behind Building A Class A Team

Singapore Law Practice

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Schweiger & Partners

Financial Services Compliance

Singapore Finance

KGP Legal LLC

Singapore Tax Alert: Financial Sector Incentive (FSI) – New Fund Management (FM) Listing, Singapore Equities And Basic Tier (BT) Schemes

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Alvarez & Marsal

How To Create A Digital Asset Ecosystem In Singapore – Legal Considerations And Requirements

Singapore Technology

KGP Legal LLC

Harrison Barnes – There Are Only Three Reasons An Attorney Should Ever Switch Law Firms

Attorneys who switch law firms often do so for misguided reasons.

Singapore Commercial

SP

Schweiger & Partners

Legislative Updates From Singapore: Paternity Leave, Infant Care, And Discrimination

Singapore recently made three new changes in employment practices that stand to impose higher standards on employers.

Singapore Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Tripartite Guidelines On Flexible Work Arrangement Requests To Come Into Effect On 1 December 2024

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.

Singapore Employment

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L&E Global

Flexible Work Arrangements – Next Steps For Employers

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

Singapore Employment

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Dentons Rodyk & Davidson

Increase In Minimum Monthly Qualifying Salary For Employment Passes In 2025

Singapore Employment

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L&E Global

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 Employment

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L&E Global

Ministry Of Manpower Targets Issuing Guidelines On Restrictive Covenants In The Second Half Of 2024

Singapore Employment

LG

L&E Global

Asia: Flexible Working Arrangements

Worldwide Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Court Finds Employer Lacked Sufficient Cause To Dismiss Its Former Pregnant Employee

Singapore Employment

HS

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Immigration Update – Complementarity Assessment Framework (COMPASS) – Employment Pass Renewal Effective September 1, 2024

Singapore Immigration

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Fakhoury Global Immigration

EP Salary Criteria To Raise In 2025

Singapore Employment

FG

Fakhoury Global Immigration

Court Denies Injunction To Prevent Employee From Joining Competitor

Singapore Employment

HS

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Singapore Employers, Are Your Hiring Practices In Order For The Next TAFEP Request?

Singapore Employment

OD

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Retrenchment In Singapore, Lazada Lay-offs

Singapore Employment

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Gowling WLG

EP Salary Criteria To Raise In 2025

Effective January 1, 2025, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has revised the salary criteria for Employment Pass holders. The new criteria will require a minimum salary of at least SGD 5,600...

Singapore Employment

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Fakhoury Global Immigration

Court Denies Injunction To Prevent Employee From Joining Competitor

An employee resigned and started working for a competitor. His former employer sought an interim injunction to prevent him from doing so, and from soliciting clients and employees...

Singapore Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Singapore Employers, Are Your Hiring Practices In Order For The Next TAFEP Request?

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

Singapore Employment

OD

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Retrenchment In Singapore, Lazada Lay-offs

The recent round of layoffs at e-commerce giant Lazada caused a minor stir in Singapore and triggered a number of media reports reflecting on the rights of the employees...

Singapore Employment

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Gowling WLG

Understanding Employment Contracts In Singapore: A Comprehensive Guide

Singapore Employment

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Gloria James-Civetta & Co

Future Of Consumer APAC: Employee Misconduct In The Consumer Sector (Podcast)

Fatim Jumabhoy and Shivchand Jhinku focus their predictions on four key areas, particularly as consumer companies grapple with their post-covid positions, including managing employee wellbeing, return to work issues, ...

Worldwide Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

New Points-based System For Employment Pass Applications To Be Implemented

Effective September 2023, the Singaporean government will start using a new Complementary Assessment Framework (COMPASS) for evaluating Employment Pass (EP) applications.

Singapore Immigration

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Fakhoury Global Immigration

At A Glance: APAC Employment & Incentives Developments – H1 2021

We hope you are well and we are happy to share with you our latest newsletter which aims to capture the major legal developments in various Asia Pacific jurisdictions between January and June 2021.

Worldwide Employment

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Linklaters

Updates To Mandatory Retrenchment Notifications

Mandatory retrenchment notifications enable relevant agencies in Singapore such as Workforce Singapore, the Ministry of Manpower.

Singapore Law Practice

LG

L&E Global

Singapore Removes LOC For Accompanying Spouses

Singapore Employment

MB

Mayer Brown

Singapore To Require Work Permits For All Dependents Working With A Dependent's Pass

Singapore Employment

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Envoy Global, Inc.

A Year In Review – 2020: Thoughts From An Employment Lawyer

Singapore Employment

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Bird & Bird (Singapore)

New Reporting Requirements Announced For Work Pass Holders

Singapore Employment

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Envoy Global, Inc.

Singapore Dialogue: The COVID-19 Impact

Singapore Coronavirus

CO

Carey Olsen

When An Employee Acquires Confidential Information Without Consent: Case Update On I-Admin (Singapore) Pte Ltd V Hong Ying Ting And Others [2020] SGCA 32

Singapore Employment

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CNPLaw LLP

Singapore Set To Amend The Law To Enhance Seafarers' Rights Under The MLC 2006

Singapore Employment

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Clyde & Co

Resumption Of Business At The Workplace After Circuit Breaker Period

Singapore Employment

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CNPLaw LLP

COVID-19 Employment: Singapore's Suspension Of Workplace Activities And What It Means For Employers

Singapore Coronavirus

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Clyde & Co

Employment Law Guide 2020

Singapore Employment

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CNPLaw LLP

An Update On The Impact Of The Coronavirus On Business In Singapore

Singapore Employment

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DLA Piper UK LLP

The Coronavirus: Specific Issues For The Chinese Workforce

Worldwide Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Harsher Penalties On Discriminatory Employment Practices In Singapore

Singapore Employment

DP

DLA Piper UK LLP

The New Work Injury Compensation Act – Steps Towards Enhanced Protection For Employees And Employers

Singapore Employment

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Dentons

A Guide To Myanmar Labour Policies

Singapore Employment

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Dentons

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Michael Byrnes appeared on Breakfast with Tim Webster on 2SM on 23 July 2025 to discuss workplace relationships and that Coldplay concert

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Swaab

Inside Employment Podcast Series - Episode 2: Policy Parallels – Industrial Relations And Immigration (Video)

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

[Live] Regulatory Framework For Doing Business In Indonesia And India: Opportunities And Challenges (Video)

HS

Hammurabi & Solomon

Fostering Awareness Among Employees On Insider Trading Compliance (Video)

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Corporate Professionals

Employment Relations Podcast #42 – What could the proposed ban on "non-competes" mean for Australian employers?

PA

Piper Alderman

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