Statutory Repudiation, Natural Justice and Section 13(2) of the Employment Act

• Main Author: CHAN, Gary Kok Yew
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: Dispute Resolution and Arbitration; Labor and Employment Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/723
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article examines two main issues. The first issue concerns the legal effect arising from the absence from work of an employee without prior leave. Does the employee’s conduct amount to an automatic repudiation so as to entitle the employer to terminate the employment contract? The second issue...