Building A Fairer and More Harmonious Workplace in Singapore

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Building A Fairer and More Harmonious Workplace in Singapore

November 2023
One Asia Lawyers Group
Singapore office
Lawyer (Singapore, Japan and NY, USA)
Tetsuo Kurita
Lawyer (Singapore)
Victoria Wah 

The Singapore Government has recently accepted the final set of recommendations by the Tripartite Committee on Workplace Fairness for next year’s introduction of a new set of employment legislation called the Workplace Fairness Legislation. Such legislation seeks to entrench the fair employment standards that Singapore has built over the years, and strengthen key areas in the workplace fairness framework. The Workplace Fairness Legislation complements the existing Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices, and it is a step forward towards providing better protection for employees by, among other things, legislating protections against workplace discrimination,  ensuring fair access to opportunities for the local workforce, protecting workers from retaliatory actions by employers for reporting workplace discrimination and harrassment, mandating employers to establish grievance handling procedures, and provide redress for victims of workplace discrimination. The final set of recommendations will be implemented as part of the new Workplace Fairness Legislation in 2024.

You can download a summary of the final set of recommendations by the Tripartite Committee on Workplace Fairness as at 4 August 2023 here.

This article is produced by our Singapore office of One Asia Lawyers Singapore: Focus Law Asia LLC and does not constitute legal advice. It is intended to provide general information only. Please contact our lawyers if you have any specific queries.