Ensuring Uber's Employment Practices are In Line with Singapore's Tripartite Standards

Mr Ang Hin Kee asked the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Ministry plans to engage the new management team of Uber's new Asia Pacific Regional Hub to ensure that the company's manpower management will be better this time round and complies with tripartite standards so as to avoid a repeat of employees and contract staff who were left in a lurch during the company's sudden exit in 2018; and (b) whether there remains unresolved disputes among ex-staff and contract workers with regard to their sudden termination.

Following news of Uber's sudden exit last year, MOM intervened to work closely with Uber's management team to ensure that the Grab-Uber merger was managed sensitively and responsibly. We have been in touch with Uber and will continue to engage them on relevant employment issues. They also pro-actively sought MOM's advice on a subsequent transaction, and appropriately handled the HR issues in that case.

All employees who were affected by the merger have been provided their contractual entitlements, including retrenchment benefits in accordance with the Tripartite Advisory on Managing Excess Manpower and Responsible Retrenchment. There are no unresolved disputes to our knowledge.