PME-only tribunal to be ready next year

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A mechanism to help all professionals, managers and executives (PMEs) who earn more than S$4,500 a month settle disputes with their employers will be ready in 2015.

As they are not covered under the Employment Act, it also means they are not protected in areas such as the timely payment of salary, paid sick leave and hospitalisation leave as well as unfair dismissal.

When ready, the Employment Claims Tribunal hopes to provide workers with a fast and affordable dispute resolution mechanism.

The composition of the tribunal is still being worked out, but it is expected to include experts in areas such as industrial relations and labour issues.

Besides facilitating dispute resolution, the aim of having the tribunal is also to minimise the incidence of such disputes in the first place. This is in line with the recent introduction of a set of Tripartite Guideline.