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Global employment, pensions and benefits e-bulletin

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • 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

Singapore High Court rules on breach of employment contract discovered during garden leave

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Singapore
  • -
  • July 14 2011

In the March 2011 decision of Surteco Pte Ltd v Siebke Detlev Kurt and another 2011 SGHC 74, the Singapore High Court upheld the summary dismissal of an employee during a period of garden leave

Doing business in Israel

  • Rodyk & Davidson LLP
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  • Israel, Singapore
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  • April 13 2012

The State of Israel is a Western-style modern democracy in the Middle East located along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea

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

Pang Chew Kim (next of kin of Poon Wai Tong, deceased) v Wartsila Singapore Pte Ltd & anor 2011 SGHC 194 (Singapore, High Court, 23 August 2011)

  • Wong Partnership
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  • Singapore
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  • November 28 2011

This case dealt with the question of whether an employee that passes away during a business trip but while resting in his hotel room has been involved in an accident 'arising out of and in the course of' his employment for the purposes of the Work Injury Compensation Act ("WICA"

Employment Act - termination with notice now subject to MOM intervention for “unfair dismissal”

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Singapore
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  • July 3 2009

Employers will know that the Employment Act (EA) was amended with effect on 1 January 2009 to "update the EA to ensure that it remains relevant and responsive to the changing labour market conditions"

2012 in review: key legal and regulatory developments

  • Allen & Gledhill LLP
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  • Singapore
  • -
  • December 20 2012

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

Employer succeeds against former sales manager in Singapore High Court for breach of duty of fidelity and good faith

  • Allen & Gledhill LLP
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  • Singapore
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  • February 25 2010

In Baldor Electric (Asia) Pte Ltd v Liew Chin choy & Ors, the Singapore High Court found that an employee had breached his duties of fidelity and good faith which he owed to his employer as its Sales Manager

Singapore High Court allows application to strike out plaintiff's claim for dismissal alleged to have been made unfairly and in bad faith

  • Allen & Gledhill LLP
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  • Singapore
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  • August 31 2011

The striking out application in the Singapore High Court case of Chan Miu Yin v Phillip Morris Singapore Pte Ltd raised the following interesting question: is it open to a former employee who was dismissed in accordance with the terms of the employment contract to pursue a claim, which is founded on allegations that the dismissal was made unfairly and in bad faith, against the former employer

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

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