Written Answer to PQ on Tripartite Guidelines on Restraint of Trade Clauses in Employment Contracts

NOTICE PAPER NO. 3286 OF 2024 FOR THE SITTING ON 07 JANUARY 2025
QUESTION NO. 6936 FOR ORAL ANSWER

MP: Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan

To ask the Minister for Manpower whether there is any update on the Ministry’s plan to issue tripartite guidelines on the inclusion of restraint of trade clauses in employment contracts.

Answer:

1. The Ministry of Manpower is discussing with its tripartite partners – the National Trades Union Congress and the Singapore National Employers Federation – on how and when restrictive clauses in employment contracts can and should be used, based on established principles that the Courts have articulated.

2. More details will be made available in due course.