As SME leaders focus on driving business success, building a strong and engaged workforce is just as critical for long-term growth. To scale effectively, leaders need competent and experienced people who can support and stabilise core operations amidst growth. Attracting and retaining the right talent starts with getting the HR fundamentals right.
This half-day workshop is designed to equip SME owners, directors, and senior managers with essential HR knowledge and practical know-how.
Participants will gain a clear understanding of employment contracting obligations and learn confident to adopt fair and progressive employment practices based on the Tripartite Guidelines.
Through real-world examples and actionable insights applicable to SME context, this session will provide participants with practical considerations and proven techniques across core HR areas such as performance management, learning and development, and career management to create a positive and sustainable workplace culture that supports both people and business goals.
On the completion of this course, you will:
- Interpret employment contracting requirements with confidence and ensure compliance with Singapore’s contracting regulations
- Apply Tripartite Guidelines on Fair and Progressive Employment Practices to foster an engaging an inclusive and attractive SME workplace for employees
- Understand key success factors that drive employee engagement, apply effective techniques to support employees in developing their skills, enhancing performance and growing professionally.
Programme Outline
Overview of People Trends & Challenges in Singapore
- Poll on people issues & priorities in SMEs
- HR as business enabler for SME leaders
Regulations & Guidelines Governing HR Practices in Singapore
- Key Employment Terms - Contracting
- TAFEP Guidelines - Fair & progressive HR practices
Employment Contracting Obligations
- Key employment terms (KETs) & regulatory requirements
- Case scenarios on common pitfalls in SME contracts and how to avoid them
Leveraging Tripartite Guidelines for Fair and Progressive Practices
- Overview of Tripartite Guidelines relevant to SMEs
- Applying fair and progressive practices in recruitment, managing performance, and handling employee relations
- Group discussion how Tripartite Guidelines can help to connect with and address people issues & priorities in SMEs
Enhancing Staff Engagement
- Key success factors that drive employment engagement in SMEs
- Key techniques for SME leaders to support employees in in developing their skills, enhancing performance and growing professionally
- Provision of ready-to-use HR documents for SME leaders to deploy in their workplace
Training Methodology*
Workshop style with SME case studies and exercise
Closing Date for Registration*
18 August 2025
Intended For
For SME Business Owners/Entrepreneurs and SME Professionals
Competency Mapping
Others = 3.50 Hours
Schedule & Fees
Date & Time
22 Aug 2025 (1:30 PM - 5:00 PM)
Fee (inclusive of GST)
SGD pricing -
For Members:
$ 163.50
For Non-Members:
$ 163.50
Programme Facilitator(s)
William Thien
Venue
60 Cecil Street
Singapore 049709
Testimonial
Funding
No funding Available!
Programme Facilitator(s)
William Thien
Mr William Thien is a consultant and trainer with over 20 years of experience. He is a certified Practicing Management Consultant (PMC), Certified Productivity Consultant (CPC) and a Certified Workplace Learning Specialist (CWLS). He is an Associate Consultant with the Singapore Productivity Centre as well as the Centre for Learning and Performance of the Institute for Adult Learning (IAL).
Professionally, he holds a Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management from the Singapore Institute of Management and has also completed the Advance Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) from the Institute for Adult Learning (IAL).
As a consultant, his work reflects his wide and in-depth hands-on experience in human resource management. He leads a team of consultants to provide services to several organisations. He is a pre-qualified consultant for the Innovation and Capability Voucher (ICV) scheme administered by SPRING Singapore. He has also worked with Singapore National Employers' Federation (SNEF) and various SME Centres as associate consultant to extend his consultancy services.
As an author, William is the key contributor for 'The Hands On Guide - Human Resource Manager, Singapore' and 'HR Letters, Forms and Policies, Singapore’ published by CCH Asia Pte Ltd since 1999. He also co-authored the Singapore chapters of ‘Employment Law Asia’ by the same publisher. He has been an editorial advisor of the publication People Strategies.
As SME leaders focus on driving business success, building a strong and engaged workforce is just as critical for long-term growth. To scale effectively, leaders need competent and experienced people who can support and stabilise core operations amidst growth. Attracting and retaining the right talent starts with getting the HR fundamentals right.
This half-day workshop is designed to equip SME owners, directors, and senior managers with essential HR knowledge and practical know-how.
Participants will gain a clear understanding of employment contracting obligations and learn confident to adopt fair and progressive employment practices based on the Tripartite Guidelines.
Through real-world examples and actionable insights applicable to SME context, this session will provide participants with practical considerations and proven techniques across core HR areas such as performance management, learning and development, and career management to create a positive and sustainable workplace culture that supports both people and business goals.
On the completion of this course, you will:
- Interpret employment contracting requirements with confidence and ensure compliance with Singapore’s contracting regulations
- Apply Tripartite Guidelines on Fair and Progressive Employment Practices to foster an engaging an inclusive and attractive SME workplace for employees
- Understand key success factors that drive employee engagement, apply effective techniques to support employees in developing their skills, enhancing performance and growing professionally.
Programme Outline
Overview of People Trends & Challenges in Singapore
- Poll on people issues & priorities in SMEs
- HR as business enabler for SME leaders
Regulations & Guidelines Governing HR Practices in Singapore
- Key Employment Terms - Contracting
- TAFEP Guidelines - Fair & progressive HR practices
Employment Contracting Obligations
- Key employment terms (KETs) & regulatory requirements
- Case scenarios on common pitfalls in SME contracts and how to avoid them
Leveraging Tripartite Guidelines for Fair and Progressive Practices
- Overview of Tripartite Guidelines relevant to SMEs
- Applying fair and progressive practices in recruitment, managing performance, and handling employee relations
- Group discussion how Tripartite Guidelines can help to connect with and address people issues & priorities in SMEs
Enhancing Staff Engagement
- Key success factors that drive employment engagement in SMEs
- Key techniques for SME leaders to support employees in in developing their skills, enhancing performance and growing professionally
- Provision of ready-to-use HR documents for SME leaders to deploy in their workplace
Training Methodology*
Workshop style with SME case studies and exercise
Closing Date for Registration*
18 August 2025
Intended For
For SME Business Owners/Entrepreneurs and SME Professionals
Competency Mapping
Others = 3.50 Hours
Programme Facilitator(s)
William Thien
Mr William Thien is a consultant and trainer with over 20 years of experience. He is a certified Practicing Management Consultant (PMC), Certified Productivity Consultant (CPC) and a Certified Workplace Learning Specialist (CWLS). He is an Associate Consultant with the Singapore Productivity Centre as well as the Centre for Learning and Performance of the Institute for Adult Learning (IAL).
Professionally, he holds a Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management from the Singapore Institute of Management and has also completed the Advance Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) from the Institute for Adult Learning (IAL).
As a consultant, his work reflects his wide and in-depth hands-on experience in human resource management. He leads a team of consultants to provide services to several organisations. He is a pre-qualified consultant for the Innovation and Capability Voucher (ICV) scheme administered by SPRING Singapore. He has also worked with Singapore National Employers' Federation (SNEF) and various SME Centres as associate consultant to extend his consultancy services.
As an author, William is the key contributor for 'The Hands On Guide - Human Resource Manager, Singapore' and 'HR Letters, Forms and Policies, Singapore’ published by CCH Asia Pte Ltd since 1999. He also co-authored the Singapore chapters of ‘Employment Law Asia’ by the same publisher. He has been an editorial advisor of the publication People Strategies.