Our law firm, SBA Stone Forest and Singapore Enterprises Center jointly launched a series of live courses for the public interest to help Singapore companies get through the pandemic situation. On 7 May, 2020, last live course has been carried out online. Our managing partner Ms. He Lijuan, and Hannah, who is the senior consultant and project implementation manager of SBA Stone Forest’s Salary and Personnel Consulting Department, jointly provided relevant explanations and comprehensive policy guidance from professional perspectives for labor adjustment and labor relationship processing.

    The theme of presentation was employment adjustment for enterprises, legal risks of change of labor contract and termination of labor contract, which was divided into three parts. First, Ms He introduced employment policy under COVID-19 epidemic. She mainly introduced Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Properly Handling Labor Relation Issues during the Period for Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus-infected Pneumonia Epidemic (Ren She Ting Fa Ming Dian [2020] No.5), Opinions on Stabilizing Employment Relationship during the Period for Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus-infected Pneumonia Epidemic to Support Enterprises in Resuming Work and Production（Ren She Bu Fa [2020] No. 8）, Guiding Opinions on Handling Labor Dispute Cases Affected by the Epidemic Situation. It mainly covers the adjustment of remuneration, issues concerning salary payment standards in special periods and relevant measures for guaranteeing employment and stability in enterprises.

    In the second part, Lawyer He introduced several basic provisions of the Labor Contract Law, including provisions on the conclusion and type of labor contracts, provisions on the renewal of labor contracts, and how to formulate labor rules and regulations. Finally, Lawyer He focused on the legal risks of labor contract change and dissolution, mainly from the point of view of consultation dissolution, employer dissolution at any time, employer's notice dissolution, and employer's economic layoffs.

    After the live broadcast, Lawyer He interacted actively with the audience, answering the related labor law questions. The series of public welfare courses for the epidemic situation ended successfully.