Practical Law: Employment and Employee Benefits in Singapore

7 March 2024

Allen & Gledhill Partners Kelvin Wong and Yeo Boon Kiat authored the Employment and Employee Benefits in Singapore: Overview Q&A for Practical Law. The Q&A provides a high-level overview of the key practical issues relating to employment and employee benefits law in Singapore, including the scope of employment regulation, background checks, regulation of the employment relationship, working time, holidays and flexible working, illness and injury of employees, rights created by continuous employment, provisions for fixed-term, part-time and agency workers, discrimination and harassment, termination of employment, and resolution of disputes between an employee and employer. Also covered are consequences of a business transfer, employer and parent company liability, employer insolvency, employers’ health and safety obligations, taxation of employment income, restraint of trade, and relocation of employees.