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Global employment, pensions and benefits e-bulletin

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, China, European Union, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam
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  • April 18 2013

A renewed regulatory focus on sham contracting and a court recent decision in ACE Insurance Limited v Trifunovski highlights the need for employers to

The “real” retirement age of 75?

  • Stamford Law Corporation
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  • Singapore
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  • February 4 2013

The recent High Court case of Ng Kum Thong v Moktar Bin Yusof 2012 SGHC 254 has brought into question how many years one can realistically expect

Key legislative and regulatory developments in 2012

  • Rajah & Tann LLP
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  • Singapore
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  • January 30 2013

This Update provides a brief summary of the key statutory and regulatory developments in 2012. Three Amendment Acts were passed in 2012 and came into

2012 in review: key legal and regulatory developments

  • Allen & Gledhill LLP
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  • Singapore
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  • December 20 2012

This table provides an overview of the key developments in 2012 to date

Singapore High Court interprets Work Injury Compensation Act in relation to term "notice of assessment"

  • Allen & Gledhill LLP
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  • Singapore
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  • December 20 2012

The Singapore High Court in Abdul Hadi bin Hamdan v Goldin Enterprise Pte Ltd considered when an employee is entitled to withdraw a claim made under the

General Counsel update - legal guide edition 32

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • November 29 2012

A summary of major developments in key areas

Singapore court holds “forfeiture-for-competition” clause unenforceable

  • ATMD Bird & Bird LLP
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  • Singapore
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  • November 8 2012

In Mano Vikrant Singh v Cargill TSF Asia Pte Ltd 2012 SGCA 42, the Singapore Court of Appeal has held that a clause under which deferred incentive awards to an employee would be forfeited if he competed with the company (Forfeiture-for-competition clause) was a restraint of trade

Singapore Court of Appeal finds restrictive covenants with no time limit are unreasonable in restraint of trade, preparatory acts to compete not in breach of duty of good faith and fidelity

  • Allen & Gledhill LLP
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  • Singapore
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  • September 27 2012

In Smile Inc Dental Surgeons Pte Ltd v Lui Andrew Stewart 2012 SGCA 39, the Court of Appeal considered the scope of restraint of trade clauses in an employment contract in the dental industry and found them to be unreasonable as they were unlimited in duration

Singapore Court of Appeal holds deprivation of employee's legal right to vested monies is restraint of trade

  • Allen & Gledhill LLP
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  • Singapore
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  • September 27 2012

In the recent case of Mano Vikrant Singh v Cargill TSF Asia Pte Ltd, the Singapore Court of Appeal held that a clause forfeiting an employee's benefits when he competes with his ex-employer after the termination of his employment was one that falls within a scope of the restraint of trade doctrine

Implied duties of good faith, fidelity and fiduciary duties

  • Colin Ng & Partners LLP
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  • Singapore
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  • September 18 2012

In our previous article "Beyond the Four Walls of the Employment Contract - Good Faith, fidelity and Fiduciary Duties" published on 28 March 2012, we