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Chapter 3: Terms of the Contract of Employment - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 3: Terms of the Contract of Employment
Express Terms (oral subject to exceptions- police officers, cleaners or writing)
letter of appointment
pre-contractual negotiations or advertisements
forms, notices, collective agreements
staff handbook, company websites, company rules and regulations
question on how documents or contents are incorporated into contract
Part of the contract
(B) not referred to in the contract BUT is the established intention of both parties
ABB Holdings Pte Ltd v Sher Hock Guan Charles: awareness and applicability of handbook to himself, applied handbook to run company efficiently
Datin Peggy Taylor v Udachin Development Sdn Bhd: custom and practice (whether general Singapore custom of incorporating handbooks (considered in ABB case)
(A) incorporate by reference AND various factors like wording, context, importance of provision to the over-all bargain
express precedence over incorporated terms if inconsistent
Alexander v Standard Telephone & Cables (No 2)
ABB Holdings Pte Ltd v Sher Hock Guan Charles
Griffin Travel Pte Ltd v Nagender Rao Chilkuri
instructions or policy NOT terms
(C) not expressly or impliedly incorporated BUT upheld variation of contract eg. promissory estoppel
Mano Vikrant Singh v Cargill TSF Asia Pte Ltd: reasonable expectations of parties tied to promissory estoppel
Not part of the contract: not referred to in the contract AND not established intention of both parties
Intergraph Systems South East Asia Pte Ltd v Tong Wen Li: employee handbook terms held to be inapplicable due to unestablished intentions
Griffin Travel Pte Ltd v Nagender Rao Chilkuri: 'Staff Manual'. no 'Policy Manual'
Reasonable expectations of the parties
Albion Automotive Ltd v Walker
Mano Vikrant Singh v Cargill TSF Asia Ptee Ltd