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Ng Zhao Yang is a principal in the Employment Practice Group in the Singapore office. He has over 10 years of experience advising regional and multinational clients on employment law and immigration matters in Singapore.
He is ranked Band 3 by Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific 2025 after being recognised as an “Up and Coming” individual in the Singapore Employment: Domestic category for 4 consecutive years prior. A client praised him for being “a key ally” of theirs, and his services as “significant”, “given the large workforce presence [they] have in South-East Asia.” He is also recognised as a “Next Generation Partner” by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 in the Singapore Labour and employment: Local firms category for the 4th consecutive year. Clients commended him as a “very switched-on and plugged in transactional employment lawyer whom [he/she] has no hesitation in recommending” and for providing “outstanding client service.”
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Address from Manpower Minister on Updates to the Fair Consideration Framework and a Logistics Firm first to be Charged with False Declaration on Fair Hiring of Singaporeans

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Executive Summary On 14 January 2020, the Minister for Manpower, Mrs. Josephine Teo announced several updates to the Fair Consideration Framework (“FCF”). These updates seek to impose greater deterrence against any form of workplace discrimination in Singapore. On the same day, a logistics firm became the first entity to be…

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An authoritative test for severance in English law: Tillman v Egon Zehnder [2019] UKSC 31

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One situation that a non-compete clause seeks to avoid is a former employee joining a direct competitor almost immediately after termination. However, if such a clause prohibits even shareholdings in a competitor, the former employee can seize upon this overreaching effect to void the entire clause for being in unreasonable restraint of trade (even…

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Singapore: Wrongful Dismissal Claims What We Now Know

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When the Employment Act (Amendment) Bill (“EA”) was released in October 2018 (click here to read more), the issue that sparked the most discussion was the ability for an employee to bring wrongful dismissal claims against the employer (i.e., a claim that the dismissal was “without just cause or excuse”). While it was…