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Singapore: Restrictive Covenants

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AT A GLANCE - Restrictive covenants are a common feature in an employment context, especially for senior employees with special trade connections or who have access to trade secrets....more

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Singapore High Court Dismisses Application to Restrain Former Employee from Accepting Work with Competitor

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In Shopee Singapore Private Limited v Lim Teck Yong [2024] SGHC 29 (Shopee v Lim), the Singapore High Court (HC) heard and dismissed an application by an international ecommerce platform, Shopee, to restrain its former...more

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Where an Employee Makes Secret Profits: Extending the Net of Persons Liable

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In Sumifru Singapore Pte Ltd v Felix Santos Ishizuka (2022), the Singapore High Court found that where an employee is placed in a position of trust they will owe fiduciary duties to their employer (similar to the duties owed...more

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Responding To The 2019 Novel Coronavirus: Guidance For Singapore Employers

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The Singapore government has introduced additional control measures to minimize the risk of further transmission of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the community. Employers in Singapore must take proactive steps within the...more

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Singapore Keeps Older Employees Working

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Singapore is sitting on a demographic time bomb. According to UN projections, nearly half (47%) of the country’s population will be 65 years or older by 2050 and the median age is expected to grow from 40 years old in 2015 to...more

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Termination of Employment Contracts for Misconduct: Practical Guidelines

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The observations of the Singapore Court of Appeal (“CA”) in a coda to their judgment in Phosagro Asia Pte Ltd v Piattachanine, Iouri [2016] 5 SLR 1052 (“Phosagro”) raise some practical considerations for employers to bear in...more

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Understanding Singapore’s Employment Act and Its Recent Amendments

As of April 1, 2016, the Singapore Ministry of Manpower is enforcing amendments to its Employment Act (EA), which was originally enacted in 1968 and revised in 2009. The amendments involve enhanced requirements for pay stubs,...more

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