J.Lee
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MOM’s latest phantom worker operation, announced on 4 September 2026, brought four more arrests over CPF contributions used to inflate foreign worker quotas. A former MOM prosecutor explains the EFMA offence, why imprisonment is the sentencing norm, director liability, and what to do if MOM queries your CPF records.
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Ten checks for Singapore employers before a dismissal, drawn from nine 2026 Employment Claims Tribunals decisions: decide the real reason, prove it, hold an inquiry where misconduct is alleged, keep records, call your decision-makers, and follow the process the law attaches to redundancy, retirement and medical accommodation.
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What a cancelled work pass and a Special Pass actually mean in Singapore: whether you can stay, whether you can work, and the obligations your employer keeps until you leave. Written by a former MOM prosecutor.
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When a non-Muslim dies without a will in Singapore, the Intestate Succession Act 1967 fixes who inherits: a spouse with children takes half, and the children share the rest. Here is the full distribution table, how Letters of Administration work, and when the Public Trustee lets you skip lawyers entirely.
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Six 2026 decisions of the Employment Claims Tribunals on salary-related claims: missing attendance records are presumed against the employer, internal grievances can postpone the one-year clock, pay plan clauses cannot oust the tribunal, and loan deductions above a quarter of salary must be refunded in full.
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A former MOM prosecutor explains why EP and S Pass applications fail under COMPASS, how the 3-month appeal window works, and the criminal exposure hidden in inaccurate work pass declarations.
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Six 2026 decisions of the Employment Claims Tribunals explain when a dismissal is without just cause or excuse under section 14(2) of the Employment Act. Paying notice does not answer the question, an employer must prove the reason it states, and a forced resignation is a dismissal.
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A manager with 5 months and 27 days’ service was dismissed by a letter promising salary in lieu of notice, which was paid a week later, after he had filed at TADM. The Employment Claims Tribunals held it had no jurisdiction to hear his wrongful dismissal claim and dismissed it without deciding whether the dismissal…
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Under section 31(5) of the Employment Act an employer recovering a loan from salary may deduct no more than one-quarter of the salary due in any period. In [2026] SGECT 11 the Employment Claims Tribunals held that an instalment above that cap is unlawful in full and must be repaid entirely, not only the excess,…
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In [2026] SGECT 10 the Employment Claims Tribunals held that an employee recovering from cancer treatment was forced to resign when her employer refused to engage with medical advice recommending light duties and insisted on a certificate in its own prescribed form. The tribunal found the resignation was a dismissal without just cause or excuse…