He served two months of a six-month notice, then got the bill for the rest
A manager who quit after serving two of six months' notice must pay S$36,000, District Judge Evans Ng ruled on 27 July 2026.
The case came out of Singapore's Magistrate's Court and turned on a question many employers quietly worry about: what happens when a senior hire walks out before a long notice period runs its course.
The employee had joined an aircraft and spacecraft repair company in 2023 as a quality, environment, health and safety manager, on a monthly salary of S$9,000. His contract set the notice period for either side at six months, and it allowed each party to end the relationship early by paying salary in lieu of the unserved time. On 1 April 2025 he handed in his resignation, said he would serve only two months, and left on 31 May 2025. The company sued for S$36,000, four months' pay for the portion of notice he never served.
The employee ran three defences, and the court rejected each. He first argued that he had struck a deal with a company director to cut the notice period to two months, pointing to a phone call, an email, a WhatsApp exchange and a later letter. The judge read the correspondence differently, finding it did not show the company had agreed to shorten the period or give up its right to payment. On the employee's own account, the director had been indignant on the calls and insisted on payment. "The evidence therefore does not prove the alleged abridgment agreement,"...
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