{"id":177702,"date":"2025-06-12T06:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/177702\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T06:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:34:10","slug":"singapores-employment-act-overhaul-to-shake-up-leave-wages-and-dismissal-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/177702\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore\u2019s Employment Act overhaul to shake up leave, wages and dismissal rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAs the population ages and more Singaporeans work into their later years, existing laws and policies must be updated to support older workers meaningfully,\u201d Doraisamy says.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annual leave under pressure as employers brace for higher costs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Doraisamy also points to long-standing gaps in statutory leave that no longer reflect the expectations of today\u2019s workers. Currently, employees are entitled to a minimum of seven days of paid annual leave after one year of continuous service, capped at 14 days, and Doraisamy believes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcamag.com\/asia\/news\/general\/mom-releases-revisions-to-employment-act\/151812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the current setup<\/a> is no longer sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf the various statutory leave entitlements that may be affected by the upcoming review, annual leave stands out as the most likely candidate for amendment; this provision has remained substantively unchanged over the years,\u201d he says. \u201cThere is a growing recognition that the existing minimum entitlement may be inadequate to meet the legitimate needs of today\u2019s workforce, particularly in light of rising levels of occupational stress, fatigue and burnout.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the policy goals may be well-intentioned, employers are unlikely to welcome all of them. In particular, increased leave entitlements, higher salary thresholds and the requirement to provide reasons for termination could raise costs and operational complexity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe anticipated changes to <a href=\"https:\/\/sso.agc.gov.sg\/Act\/EmA1968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Employment Act<\/a> may face resistance from employers,\u201d Doraisamy says. \u201cEmployers may be concerned about the increased operational and administrative costs these changes could bring.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAs the population ages and more Singaporeans work into their later years, existing laws and policies must be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3092],"tags":[51,73319,41979,897,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-177702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-employment-act","10":"tag-employment-law","11":"tag-jobs","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114669005438304900","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}