Employment Law: Legal Advisory

Hiring in GMC means working under a statute that sets floor terms for every contract, fixes the timing of every salary payment and puts a tax officer between you and any payment on termination. Templates brought in from another country tend to fail on the details. Basnet Law Pte. Ltd. is the first incorporated law firm in GMC.

Drafting contracts of service that avoid illegal terms, since any term less favourable than the Act is "illegal and void to the extent that it is so less favourable".

Notice periods and termination, and dismissal for misconduct after due inquiry.

Salary compliance: payment within 7 days of the salary period, payment on dismissal and the limits on deductions.

Hours, rest days and overtime.

Business transfers, where a transfer of an undertaking does not terminate contracts of service.

Retrenchment and retirement benefit thresholds and the income tax clearance step on termination.

International companies hiring their first GMC employees. HR directors building handbooks, policies and templates for a GMC workforce. Licensed Firms whose Approved Persons need compliant service agreements. Employers managing restructurings, transfers of business or dismissals.