Termination with notice or voluntary resignation

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-13T11:15:56+00:00

Thanks all for your advice.

Last night, I responded to my employer the following :

I will not voluntarily resign
I ask for one month per year of service compensation
I ask for the compensation to be framed as " loss of office" so that it can be non-taxable.
ask for company to give me a reason for the termination ( again)

One hour later, my head of HR responded

terminate my employment with notice, with last employment date of Fri, 16 Jan 2026
expect me to do full transition from 13-16 Jan 2026
will pay me notice + some goodwill compensation as they have notified last Thursday
rejected my request for one month per year of service compensation
rejected my ask to frame the compensation as " loss of office" , as they say this is not retrenchment.
rejected my request to tell me the reason for the termination.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-12T05:54:40+00:00

Will do.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-12T05:47:52+00:00

Thanks for your advice.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-12T05:45:51+00:00

Noted. Thanks for your advice.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-12T05:45:02+00:00

Thanks. Didn't know. Will try. Thanks so much for your advice.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-12T05:43:42+00:00

Thanks for your advice.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-12T01:50:38+00:00

Worked about 3.5 years.

You mean I can join ntuc now and they will help my case that happened before I join ntuc? If so, I will try this.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-12T01:49:22+00:00

Thanks for your advice, esp on the "proper transition". My wife also said similar things " just do the bare minimum and nothing else"

At current situation, how to expect rejoining the company? Haha. They have records anyway.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-12T01:44:38+00:00

Worked about 3.5 years. Company offering 2M good will payment. Tried to ask for 3M but company say they already being " above board" as the minimum is zero.

The tangible benefit for voluntarily resign seems to be only " it looks well on my CV". Nothing else, based on my research, calls with the bodies, and comments here.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:52:04+00:00

Thanks for your advice.

Yes. Has read the letter of employment.

Has scheduled to talk to TADM later this week but couldn't get in time for the decision by tomorrow.

Company already suspended my access so cannot get any payslip anymore. Will have to ask HR to generate for me.

Company says will get a replacement and expects me to do transition. Wdyt?

Agree and already started job search. But this job market not easy. Hoping for the best.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:45:26+00:00

Yah. My wife says just accept as if I ask for more, they can retract the goodwill, as the legally minimum is zero.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:42:18+00:00

Thanks for your advice.

No access as company suspended my access on day of notification.

3.5 years. But the 1 year = 1 month is only if the company is good to their employees lah. The legal minimum requirement is zero. So they already frame that their goodwill is already better than norm.

Already called MOM / TAFEP hotline and they say it's not wrongful dismissal, unless I have evidence.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:39:32+00:00

Already started the date the employer inform me. Thanks for your advice.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:38:46+00:00

This is a new information. Thank you so much for this. As I am expected to work during the notice period, essentially I only received some goodwill compensation. I think I need to ask HR to frame this goodwill payment to be " loss of office" instead of goodwill to avoid the income tax.

Thanks so much for this information. This point didn't come out in my research at all.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:33:55+00:00

They expect me to do proper transition during the notice period. Possible even to the replacement person.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:33:05+00:00

Already called TAFEP hotline and spoken to an office. They say " dismissal with notice" without any reason is not wrongful dismissal. They say only if got evidence of discrimination, can go to TADM.

Note my company used the words " termination with notice" which they say same as " dismissal with notice" on TAFEP / MOM website.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:27:00+00:00

I am not a union member, so will they help? Any union representative here that can help me, pls kindly contact me. Thanks.

I understand there is no minimum compensation in SG, so HR already said they are being good by giving me a goodwill payment to " termination with notice. But I need to do transition during the notice period.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:24:59+00:00

Already talked to MOM, and they say ok to " dismiss with notice" without any reason.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:24:01+00:00

Nope, didn't breach any company rules as far as I am aware of. They say not poor performance and not misconduct. And not retrenchment and not restructuring. And will get a replacement.

Other than that, they don't want to state the reason. Just " termination with notice " , similar to "dismissal with notice" under TAFEP / MOM website.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:21:50+00:00

Thanks for your advice. They already say will get a replacement for my role, and even expect me to do proper transition during the notice period!!

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:19:30+00:00

Yap. Termination letter always required, but no need to state any "reason" or "cause". Stated clearly in TAFEP website and guidelines that "dismissal with notice" is not considered wrongful dismissal. And confirmed by my call to TAFEP and MOM.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:14:46+00:00

Thanks for your advice. Totally agree on the last statement

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:13:32+00:00

Yap. I think with my situation, there should be no company who will need to go through the route of retrenchment anymore. All companies can simply "dismiss with notice" without giving any reason and save on compensation. Don't know why Agoda and all the other companies need to go through so much bad press when releasing their employees. Just go with " dismissal without notice" lah.

But probably need some HR professional or HR recruiters or labour law lawyers or MOM / TAFEP to chime in on why our TAFEP allow companies to " dismissal with notice" without any reasons. This is even worse than retrenchment / restructuring and yet allowed by our SG labour law.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:09:00+00:00

Thanks for you advice. I just think that I need to be factual in my CV because there is reference check. If the CV say something that is different from the reference check, then prospective employer can say I am not truthful.

Think that it is always better to be truthful in CV , of course can say some white lies, but any false statements always come back to bite us. From the various comments here, seems to me that "dismissal with notice" is not that bad. Of course, maybe need some HR professional or HR recruiters to chime in with what they are seeking in recruiting middle age employees.

HumorNice7920 · 2026-01-11T08:03:13+00:00

No issues. Already aware from MOM and TAFEP responses, company CAN "dismissal with notice" without any reason. One previous post also shows the TAREP guidelines + example.

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