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The Employment Claims Tribunals hear and decide certain salary-related and wrongful-dismissal disputes in Singapore that remain unresolved after TADM mediation.

An Employment Pass is a Singapore work pass for foreign professionals, managers and executives who meet its requirements; it is distinct from permanent residence.

A foreign worker quota limits how many workers a Singapore company can employ under certain work passes, based on its workforce and sector.

Tripartism in Singapore is collaboration among government, employers and trade unions on workforce and workplace matters.

In Singapore employment, AWS means Annual Wage Supplement, a single yearly payment often called the 13th-month payment.

In Singapore work and school contexts, an MC is a medical certificate stating that a patient is medically unfit for work or attendance.

In Singapore, an MDW is a migrant domestic worker: a foreign worker employed as a household helper under a Work Permit.

MOM is Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower, responsible for workforce and workplace policies, including employment conditions, workplace safety and foreign manpower.

In Singapore, NS means National Service, compulsory service for liable male citizens and permanent residents in the SAF, SCDF or SPF.

ORD is the Operationally Ready Date when a full-time national serviceman completes full-time NS and moves into the operationally ready phase.

Polytechnic centres on practice-based diploma study, while junior college is a shorter academic route preparing mainly for A-Level or IB examinations.

PSLE is Singapore’s Primary School Leaving Examination, taken at the end of Primary 6 as a checkpoint before secondary school.

Retrenchment is dismissal because a job becomes redundant or an employer reorganises its business or work.