The Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) provides employees and employers with services to resolve salary-related claims and employment disputes.
TADM provides advisory and mediation services, including mediation before claims can be heard at the Employment Claims Tribunals (ECT) from April 2019. Employers and employees with salary-related claims should first register your claims at TADM. Claims that cannot be resolved through mediation will then be referred to the ECT.
| Types of claims that can be heard at ECT, to be first filed at TADM | For employees: Statutory salary-related claims from all employees covered by the EA, RRA and CDCA. Contractual salary-related claims by all employees, except domestic workers, public servants and seafarers. For employers: Claims for salary in lieu of notice for all employers. |
| Maximum claim amount | Up to $20,000. Or up to $30,000 if go through Tripartite Mediation Framework or mediation assisted by unions recognised by the Industrial Relations Act. Note: If claim exceeds the maximum amount, must forego the excess amount to be able to enter into a settlement agreement under the EC Act, or to enable case to be heard by the ECT. |
| When to file your claim | Still employed by the company – within 1 year after the dispute arose. No longer employed by the company – within 6 months from your last day of work. |
Source: MOM, 5 March 2019