Covid-19 management
Lawyer’s response on Singapore’s legal FAQs – salaries, layoffs, and retention
Be it unpaid leave, layoffs, or wage-saving measures, ensure your every business decision is aligned with the legalities in Singapore.
DATE
18 May 2020
TIME
10 – 11.10am
(GMT+8)
DURATION
70 mins
PRICE
35 USD
Webinar details:
Singapore government’s Solidarity Budget, and the subsequent boost of S$3.8 billion following the extended Circuit Breaker announcement, is a potential game-changer for the corporate world. But what are you, as employers and employees, entitled to? How can you ensure compliance with the strict requirements of the relief measures, especially when it comes to salaries? Retrenchment is being considered by some companies but what about retention options?
In the latest in Human Resources Online’s webinar series, we draw on the expertise of seasoned lawyer, Amarjit Kaur, to share the hard-hitting legal obligations of employers during the Circuit Breaker period and the realities of business survival in the toughest of times. This live session also includes a real-time, dedicated Q&A session for participants to get questions answered. We will also provide an ‘upvote’ option to help the speaker identify and prioritise answering the most popular questions.
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Covid-19 management
Lawyer’s response on Singapore’s legal FAQs – salaries, layoffs, and retention
Be it unpaid leave, layoffs, or wage-saving measures, ensure your every business decision is aligned with the legalities in Singapore.
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Some of the key discussion points:
Clearing up the grey areas regarding eligibilities and entitlements for employers from Singapore’s Resilience and Solidarity budgets
How can you claim the extended foreign worker levy waiver and rebate?
Treating your employees fairly and responsibly: Can you put employees on unpaid leave during this time? What wage-saving measures are you allowed?
What are some of the legal obligations that you must continue to adhere to when making employees redundant?
How can you undertake retrenchments as humanely as possible?
What are some best practices for employee retention amidst a recessionary environment?
And more!
After the session, you will be equipped with knowledge on managing salaries and costs, layoffs, and retention strategies for tough times!
Know what you are entitled to as part of the Resilience and Solidarity budgets and apply for the relief grants and support measures right away.
How can you ensure compliance with the strict requirements of the relief measures, especially when it comes to salaries and wage-support schemes?
Tools to design retention plans for your employees instead of resorting to layoffs.
Speaker details:
Amarjit Kaur, Partner, Withersworldwide
Amarjit is a partner in Withers KhattarWong’s dispute resolution team. She is a commercial disputes lawyer who has acted in high-value and complex litigation and international arbitration matters.
She has represented Fortune 500 companies and ultra high-net-worth individuals in shareholder, employment, corporate insolvency, and large scale professional negligence / construction disputes. Amarjit advises clients on contentious and non-contentious employment issues. She has guided companies and executives through complex employment issues arising out of investigations, reduction in force exercises, business transfers and M&As. Amarjit is a frontrunner in training and performing cultural assessments on #MeToo and diversity & inclusion issues.
In 2017, Amarjit was recognised by the Singapore Business Review as one of Singapore’s most influential lawyers aged 40 and under. She sits on the Project Law Help Committee under the auspices of the Law Society’s Pro Bono Services and is a strong proponent of pro bono work.