Pay 2 months of compensation to company for quitting

AYYX SG

I PM him and he told me the name of the school liao

I knew someone would think of this......

Go forth and sexpose the school ba......

Franceso Totti SG

students who study for halfway, dropout still need to pay for the balance of the course fee. letters have been sent to them to demand them to pay up, if not legal action will be taken. worse is those who signed and then drop out after 1 or 2 modules.

soul_rage SG

The money the company have to pay to employ a lawyer to sue you is probably more than your 2 months salary.

Even if you lose the case, they still make a net loss leh.

Say lawyer fee is 10k. You pay them 2 motnhs salary which is 6k as compensation. They still lose 4k leh

Not necessary.

They can argue that if you pay upright, its 2 months.

But if you refuse to pay, then they can pursue a court case, in which they can ask for the 2 months + court fees incurred + lawyer fees incurred.

Maybe even psychological trauma costs incurred by the company (just kidding)

It is up to the judge to decide how much the losing party should pay. Of coz, outside of the legal things they can do, there are things called loss of reputation, loss of face (for 'bullying' a small employee), which are quite impt for a company.

I thought MOM has upped the protection from 1.6k to 2k? Pls double confirm, I remembered some months back, this has changed.

Short Ninja SG

Any employers that cooked up such conditions in your work contract is not worth working for.Be very careful where you put your signature next time.

maxsee SG

The thing is since u sign already....there is nothing much u can do with it.....at least the lesson learn is to read everything carefully before u put down ur pen next time...

eagle SG

I used to have a clause in my contract, stating that I am not to work for any rival company that is in the same business as my ex-company for 2 years, starting from the effective date of my resignation. But I understand that in court, this clause is not really enforceable.

Soul_rage, I also have this clause, but it's for 1 year...

Then again, I know pple who moved to work in this company from other companies with the same clause, who didn't even bother. Guess it applies mostly for those who handle super duper sensitive stuff....

Franceso Totti SG

singapore laws on protecting against company exploitation and abuses are quite non existent.

basically the company do this is due to high turnover rate. every week and month you can see staff from resigning. so by incorporating this stupid clause, is meant to deter staff from resigning within the first year, but then it doesnt stop staff from resigning if they find a better paying job. it should be find why the staff turnover rate is high and look into ways to compensate and retain staff. usually the pay is the main grouse for most staff. if you pay very little, of course the staff is not going to be loyal once he/she has found a better paying job.

Franceso Totti SG

a first class country with a third world HR exploitation policies.

Short Ninja SG

a first class country with a third world HR exploitation policies.

Gone are the days where a handshake is as good as the contract itself.Where there are lawyers there will always be shrewd people who would think of ways to screw others.

Franceso Totti SG

Gone are the days where a handshake is as good as the contract itself.Where there are lawyers there will always be shrewd people who would think of ways to screw others.

our government has failed us in this respect.we need a legislation, even for PMET, not only those who earned 1.6 and is educated up to A levels, to protect employees from being exploited by unsrupulous employers. what's the use of MOM if it cant even protect us from these lousy companies.

many years ago, I remembered working for this company selling mobile equipment. the co required its employees to work for 6 days a week, from 9am to 6pm, only off on sunday, 6 days a week. after you knock off on saturday at 6pm, you are already very tired and just go home straight to rest. you do not even want to go out on sunday, as monday is a working day. needless to say, there are a lot of staff quitting and there are not many singaporeans working there, malaysians the majority of the staff there.

fireng SG

so did TS pay compensation anot? whats the outcome now?

Franceso Totti SG

i received a call in midweek, think its the call from the company's HR, but I did not pick it up, heck care.

didnt receive any letter from the company this week, so I think they should be doing something now, like asking their lawyer to send me a letter of demand. If I receive it, I also heck care, as its not from the court. I may go to MOM for further advise, or go to my MP to write a letter to them in reply, or I may name this company in this forum or go to newpaper lol, if I receive a letter of demand.

anyway I dun see it as if I am owing them money, its not as if I borrowed money from them or use their services. If I borrowed money from them, as in receiving advance salary from them, then they have a case, but I dun. the only crime I did here, was worked for them for less than 1 year only and resigned. the 2 weeks I worked for serving notice, I did not receive any salary from them.

fireng SG

i received a call in midweek, think its the call from the company's HR, but I did not pick it up, heck care.

So now you found a new job already?

Your notice period is only 2 weeks? Still under probation so serve 2 weeks notice nia?

keeptouch SG

This company is MDIS. TMC also have this clause.

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