The engage session shared with participants how to formulate the re-employment policies should they wish to implement it before the re-employment laws are enacted in January 2012. When formulating the re-employment policies, we have to rely on the tripartite guidelines and advisory on re-employment. However, this may not be sufficient, as ultimately the company may need to define or understand the following:

• Who is eligible to be covered under the re-employment laws?

• Who is covered under the Retirement Age Act and what is the bearing on exemption notification?

• Would the application of re-employment policies be the same for common law employees (PMEs) and statutory employees?

• How to define medically fit and performance criteria for re-employment?

• Can an employee be dismissed with notice or without notice just before reaching the retirement age?

• Would the re-employment policies be different for unionised and non-unionised companies?

• How to administer the EAP? Should it be based on financial performance, length of service, salary of retirees etc?

Speaker

Arthur Khong, Chairman, Employment Laws and Industrial Relations, SHRI

Arthur Khong is currently the General Manager, Human Resources of Keppel Energy Pte Ltd.  He has 16 years of senior HR management experience and he is an adjunct faculty member of SIM University where he lectures in Employment Laws; and Industrial Relations. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Econs) degree, Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree, and a Master of Management degree majoring in Human Resource Management.  He is a council member of SHRI, fellow member of Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and non-practitioner member of The Law Society of Singapore. He is also the author of Human Resources Practitioners Guide on Employment Laws published by LexisNexis.