J.Lee
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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…
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A construction company terminated a senior manager under its contract, paid more than the notice due and gave no reason. The tribunal rejected his mental health discrimination claim but still found the dismissal was without just cause or excuse, and awarded $11,437.50 for harm.
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Reaching retirement age does not let an employer end the job on the spot. In [2026] SGECT 5 the Employment Claims Tribunals awarded an employee retired with immediate effect two months’ salary in lieu of notice and an employment assistance payment of $14,750, because the six-month re-employment offer he refused did not meet the one-year…
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In [2026] SGECT 4 the Employment Claims Tribunals accepted that the one-year limit for a commission claim could run from the date of underpayment, and held in the alternative that using formal internal grievance channels was not dead time. A clause making the employer’s pay plan committee the final word on ambiguity could not keep…
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In [2026] SGECT 3 the Employment Claims Tribunals held that section 45 of the Employment Act creates no statutory right to a retrenchment benefit, that a non-contractual HR policy and past practice do not, without more, bind the employer, and that share options need not vest for an employee serving notice. The employer won every…
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Employer Says It Kept No Attendance Records? The Tribunal Drew an Adverse Inference ([2026] SGECT 2)
In [2026] SGECT 2 the Employment Claims Tribunals awarded an employee $20,000 in unpaid overtime after finding that the employer had attendance records and was denying their existence. The decision shows how section 95 of the Employment Act and the adverse inference under section 21(2) of the Employment Claims Act shift the risk of missing…