What is the legarl process in retrenching an employee?

Debtors can always call the police when they encounter any of the above scenarios. Alternatively, debtors may also make a complaint to the Credit Collection Association of Singapore (CCAS). CCAS is an association of debt collection agencies that seeks to ensure that their members engage in professional conduct.

Depending on what business you are running, you can hire the handicapped people if they can manage to cope up with the business world. Some handicapped are gifted in somethings that we are not expecting. It is still an option to hire them. There is no law that says that you cannot hire handicapped persons.

Statutory and salary related claims should be filed within 1 year after the dispute arose if you are still employed by the company and within 6 months from your last day at work if you are no longer employed. If you are wrongfully dismissed while you are pregnant without being payed your maternity benefits then you should file it within 2 months from your confinement. For other wrongful dismissal claims, you must file it within 1 month from your last day at work.

The program supports the elderly who had low incomes through life and now have little or no family support. The Silver Support Scheme is targeted at the bottom 20% of Singaporeans aged 65 and there is no need to register. To be eligible, you must be a Singapore citizen who is 65 and above, and must meet all of the criteria: Total CPF contributions of not more than $70,000 by age 55, Self-employed persons must have a yearly net trade income of not greater than $22,800 when you were between the age of 45 and 54, live in an HDB flat that is 5-room or smaller, not own and or have a spouse who owns a 5-room or larger HDB flat or private, live in a household with a monthly income of not more than $1,100.

In every company, there are people who work hard to feed their families. But there are some cases that the employer does not pay the employees at the right amount. Before you start your work, there is a contract that should be signed. All the terms and conditions are there and the benefits that you are gonna get. If the employer breaches the contract, you can demand them to the authorities if the company would not cooperate.

You are entitled to 11 paid public holidays a year. If you are required to work on a public holiday, your employer should pay you an extra day’s salary or grant you off in lieu. The 11 gazetted public holidays are New Year’s Day, Chinese New Year – first and second day, Hari Raya Puasa, Hari Raya Haji, Good Friday, Labour Day, Vesak Day, National Day, Deepavali, Christmas Day.