Singapore court examines whether employee solicited clients during notice period
Singapore's Magistrate's Court recently dealt with an employment dispute involving a data science team leader who claimed payment of one month's salary, one month's severance payment, a half month's discretionary bonus, and flexible benefits totalling $27,700.
The employer argued the worker had breached his employment contract by soliciting clients while on garden leave and therefore was not entitled to the claimed payments.
The worker's main arguments centred on denying he solicited clients, claiming he had obtained prior approval for external business activities, and asserting the severance payment was an "undertaking" that qualified as an enforceable contract.
He argued his emails to former colleagues were merely inquiries and that he was entitled to the payments promised in his termination letter.
The worker was employed by the data innovation company from 3 January 2022 to 31 January 2024, initially as a data science team lead. In March 2023, the employer promoted him to head of data science consulting for financial services. His salary increased from $9,000 to $10,080 following the promotion.
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