Employers in Singapore, Thailand, China, and Indonesia must follow certain rules
BY Fatim Jumabhoy and Nurul Ayu Fajarani 15 Jun 2023
In our continuing Asia comparative series, we focus on several key issues when carrying out redundancies across Singapore, Thailand, Mainland China, and Indonesia.
The decision to carry out redundancies involves a myriad of considerations.
Below, we compare issues across the region, from selection criteria, protected classes of employees and providing alternatives to redundancies.
Singapore: No. However, there are government advisories such as the Tripartite Advisory on Managing Excess Manpower and Responsible Retrenchment which provides that employers should adopt objective and consistent selection criteria.
The Advisory also emphasises the need to maintain a strong "Singaporean Core" and to ensure that redundancies should not result in a reduced proportion of local employees.
While the Advisory is non-binding, employers are expected to comply with it.
Mainland China: No, but employees should generally be selected based on fair and objective criteria.
Thailand: No, but employees should generally be selected based on fair and objective criteria.
Indonesia: No, but employees should generally be selected based on fair and objective criteria.
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