Practical Law: Employment - Fixed-Term Contracts, Changing Terms of Employment, and Notice of Termination - Singapore (2025)

11 November 2025

Allen & Gledhill contributed the 2025 update to the following practice notes on employment contracts for Practical Law:

• Contributed by Partner Yeo Boon Kiat, Fixed-Term Contracts (Singapore) sets out the key issues concerning fixed or definite-term employment contracts (“FTCs”) in Singapore. Topics covered include the different types of FTC, the advantages and disadvantages of using an FTC, when FTCs are permitted, the limitations on the duration of an FTC, the rights of fixed-term employees, and tips when drafting an FTC.
• Contributed by Partners Yeo Boon Kiat and Christine Tee, Changing Terms of Employment (Singapore) deals with the legal and practical considerations which arise when an employer wishes to change the terms of an employee’s (or a number of employees’) employment contracts in Singapore. It addresses what changes an employer is permitted to make and whether an employer can make any unilateral changes.
• Contributed by Partners Yeo Boon Kiat and Christine Tee, Notice of Termination (Singapore) provides an overview of the obligations on the employer and the employee when providing notice of termination of employment in Singapore, including the required length of notice or payments in lieu of notice, and how to provide notice.

Reproduced from Practical Law with the permission of the publishers. For further information, visit www.practicallaw.com.