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

NOTICE PAPER NO. 3317 OF 2024 FOR THE SITTING ON OR AFTER 08 JANUARY 2025
QUESTION NO. 6410 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Ms Hazel Poa

To ask the Minister for Manpower when will the Ministry release the tripartite guidelines on restraint of trade clauses in employment contracts which were previously said to be released in the second half of 2024.

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.