WORK RIGHTS SINGAPORE

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Every Work Rights SG guide in one place, written in plain English and cited to the Ministry of Manpower, the Employment Act, and TADM. Pick the topic closest to your situation.

Losing your job

Retrenchment rights in Singapore
Retrenchment benefit, notice, fair selection, and the MOM rules.
Retrenchment benefit calculator
Estimate your payout and statutory notice from salary and years of service.
Notice pay calculator
Turn your statutory or contractual notice period into an estimated dollar figure.
Unfair dismissal in Singapore
When a dismissal is unfair, the MOM/TADM claim route, time limits, and remedies.
Wrongful dismissal in Singapore
The legal grounds under the Employment Act, and your remedies at the ECT.

Money you are owed

Salary claims in Singapore
Filing a TADM salary claim, the deadlines, and what you can recover.
Insolvency and winding up in Singapore
Unpaid wages as a preferential debt, and creditor claims in a winding up.

Contracts and the process

Notice period and pay in lieu
Statutory notice by length of service, salary in lieu, probation, and waiving notice.
Employment contract disputes
Key employment terms, notice, restrictive covenants, and your options.
The employment dispute process
Raise it, TADM mediation, then the Employment Claims Tribunals, step by step.
What happens at a TADM mediation session
Who can attend, how long it runs, what happens if you miss it, and how it ends.
Evidence checklist for a TADM claim
The documents TADM asks for, what carries weight for your situation, the fee, and how long filing takes.
MOM, TADM, TAFEP, or a lawyer: who to contact
Which body actually handles your problem, and when a lawyer helps.
The Employment Claims Tribunals
What the ECT hears, the claim limits, the deadlines, and how a hearing works.
TADM mediation vs the Employment Claims Tribunal
Side by side: who decides, the cost, the claim limit, and why mediation always comes first.
Labour lawyer in Singapore
When a lawyer helps versus the free MOM/TADM route, and how to start.

Data and statistics

Retrenchment & wrongful dismissal claims statistics
MOM and TADM’s own numbers on retrenchment volumes and claim outcomes, sourced and dated.

Work injury (WICA)

Work Injury Compensation Act (WICA) in Singapore
What WICA covers, who is eligible, and the no-fault distinction from a common-law claim.
How to claim work injury compensation
The MOM claim sequence end to end, from reporting the accident to payment.
The WICA time limit
Your claim is deemed made once your employer has notice; what the 1-year figure actually governs, and the shorter deadlines inside a claim.
WICA compensation calculator
An indicative range for permanent incapacity or death, from MOM's published limits.
Medical leave wages under WICA
The AME-based rates for hospitalisation leave, outpatient MC, and light duty.
Permanent incapacity compensation
How the % PI assessment and the lump-sum formula work.
Objecting to a Notice of Assessment
The 14-day dispute window and process for a NOA or NOC.
WICA versus common law
Why you cannot run both, and the 1-year window to choose.
Work injury compensation for foreign workers
Coverage for Work Permit and S Pass holders, even if the work pass is cancelled.
Light duties and return to work
How light-duty pay is calculated, and the CPF rule that still applies.
If your employer refuses to report the accident
MOM's reporting deadlines and penalties, and how to alert MOM yourself.
If your WICA claim is disputed or rejected
The objection process, the evidence that matters, and what happens next.

For senior management and executives

Employment law for senior executives
The hub for higher-value senior and executive matters.
Executive severance and exit packages
Notice, bonus, equity, garden leave, and negotiating a senior exit.
Non-compete and restrictive covenants
When a non-compete is enforceable in Singapore, and when it is not.
Bonus, commission and share options
Recovering a contractual bonus, commission, or ESOP shares on leaving.
Senior and director dismissals
How dismissal differs for managers and directors, and where large claims are heard.

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