Woman who resigned after being put on performance improvement plan loses wrongful dismissal claim

The woman's role was expanded shortly after she passed her probation period to include creative functions, for which she was found to be lacking in a later performance improvement plan.

A view of the State Courts building in Singapore. (File photo: CNA/Ili Nadhirah Mansor)

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SINGAPORE: A woman who joined a company as a senior social media executive was placed on a performance improvement plan (PIP) after her role was expanded to include "creative" functions.

When she did not pass the PIP, she was offered a chance to be redeployed or resign, and she chose to resign.

The woman later filed a wrongful dismissal claim, initially seeking S$20,000 (US$15,660) but later recalibrating it to S$4,000, or one month of her salary.

She argued that her dismissal was the result of performance issues around her creative functions which she had "never been contractually appointed to".

In a judgment published on Tuesday (Sep 29), an Employment Claims Tribunal (ECT) dismissed the woman's claim, saying she had been dismissed with just cause or excuse.

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