Employment has been an area of especial focus in Singapore even before her independence, given its extensive impact on the general population. Various employment legislation enacted since the founding of Singapore sought to deal with pertinent issues of the time, be it the influx of immigrants in the 19th century, the industrial unrests in the 1950s, or the economic restructuring in the 1980s.

Employment Law in Singapore – Cases and Materials consolidates and traces the development of the various legislation which regulate employment practices in Singapore (including the Employment Act, the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, the Employment Agencies Act, the Work Injury Compensation Act, the Workplace Safety and Health Act and the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015) which as a whole seeks to strike a delicate balance between the competing needs of the various stakeholders such as workers, employers, employment agencies, insurers, and the general public.

Cases featured in this book include not only those pertaining to employment offences, but also administrative infringements and work injury compensation. It will serve as a useful handbook to practitioners and persons interested in the regulatory aspect of employment law in Singapore.

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"It offers insights on several considerations informing the prosecution and adjudication of employment cases, and highlighting how and why certain outcomes were reached. By shedding valuable light on how certain claims for work injury compensation were reached and including summaries of previously inaccessible and unreported cases, this publication serves as a timely and important addition to our legal literature.”

The Honourable Attorney-General V K Rajah

Author(s)/Editor(s)/Contributor(s):

Benjamin Yim

Contributors

Benjamin Yim

Jason Too

Ong Yao-Min, Andre

Edwin Er Kim Heng

Dilip Vasu Theavan

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