One Bad Employment Contract Can Cost You More Than Your Seed Round
You just incorporated in Singapore. Congratulations — and welcome to a minefield of MOM regulations, CPF deadlines, PDPA obligations, and TAFEP rules most founders only discover after the fine lands.
The EPS HR Starter Pack gives you every contract, policy, checklist, and template you need to hire your first employees legally, confidently, and without betting the company on a Google search.
The Problem: What You Don’t Know Will Cost You
Here’s what nobody tells you when you register your Pte Ltd:
- MOM fines of up to SGD 5,000 per offence for non-compliant employment contracts — per employee, per violation.
- CPF late payment penalties of 1.5% per month, plus interest, plus possible personal prosecution of directors.
- Wrongful dismissal claims settled via TADM and the Employment Claims Tribunal — even a “small” claim eats 40+ hours of founder time and SGD 10,000+ in legal fees.
- PDPA breaches can trigger penalties of up to 10% of annual turnover. Your employee data counts.
- TAFEP complaints over job ads, hiring decisions, or workplace treatment — one complaint can jeopardise your Employment Pass quota.
- Bad first hires with no probation clauses, no performance frameworks, and no documented policies become impossible to exit cleanly.
Every day you operate without proper HR foundations, the risk compounds. And when something goes wrong, founders discover the uncomfortable truth: you are personally liable.
The Solution: Compliant From Day One
The EPS HR Starter Pack is the complete HR foundation every newly incorporated Singapore company should have on day one of their first hire.
Built by fractional HR specialists who spend every day in the trenches with Singapore startups, the pack gives you EPS-branded, Employment Act-compliant, ready-to-customise templates for every HR situation you’ll hit in your first 24 months. No legal jargon. No generic US templates retrofitted for Singapore. No guessing.
What’s Inside the Pack
1. Employment Contract Templates
Full-time, part-time, fixed-term, and independent contractor agreements — all compliant with the Singapore Employment Act, Key Employment Terms (KETs), and the latest MOM guidance.
Protects against: unenforceable clauses, misclassification claims, wrongful dismissal suits, MOM audit findings.
2. Employee Handbook Template
14 sections covering every statutory leave entitlement, Flexible Work Arrangements (FWA), TAFEP fair employment principles, PDPA data handling, and a full disciplinary framework.
Protects against: inconsistent policy application, unfair dismissal claims, TAFEP complaints, PDPA breaches.
3. Singapore HR Compliance Checklist
10 categories, every deadline, every government reference — MOM, CPF Board, IRAS, TAFEP, PDPC. Know exactly what’s due, when, and where to file.
Protects against: missed CPF deadlines, late tax clearances, expired work passes, compounded fines.
4. First Hire Onboarding Checklist
53 tasks across 6 phases — from offer acceptance through 90-day review. The exact sequence used by EPS clients to onboard their first 10 employees cleanly.
Protects against: disengaged first hires, unclear expectations, probation period disputes.
5. “When to Call EPS” Growth Roadmap
A milestone-based guide telling you exactly which HR problems to expect at 5, 10, 20, and 50 employees — and when a DIY template isn’t enough.
Protects against: scaling blindly into problems avoidable with a 30-minute consult.
6. Leave Tracker (Excel)
5 sheets with auto-calculating annual leave, medical leave, and hospitalisation balances. Preloaded with 2026 Singapore public holidays.
Protects against: payroll disputes, incorrect leave encashment, leave-related grievances.
7. Job Description Templates
12 common early-stage roles, each structured for both MOM work pass applications and real hiring.
Protects against: rejected EP applications, mis-hires, weak job ads that attract the wrong candidates.
8. Singapore HR Risk Watch Service
A subscription to Singapore HR Risk Watch, EPS’s compliance intelligence service. We monitor the regulatory environment so you don’t have to. Every alert we publish identifies a change that could affect how you hire, pay, manage, or exit employees — and tells you what you actually need to do about it.
9. 30 Days of HR Support
Any HR question that comes up in your first 30 days — whether it’s about the pack or not — gets a direct, practical answer from an EPS consultant. Contracts, CPF, performance management, a difficult conversation you’re not sure how to handle: ask anything, via email or WhatsApp/SMS. Need support beyond 30 days? Extensions are available on a chargeable basis.
Covers: any HR situation you’re navigating — not just questions about the pack.
10. Optional 30-Minute Onboarding Call
A one-to-one call with an EPS consultant to walk you through the pack, answer your immediate questions, and confirm you’re rolling out the right documents in the right order. Optional — but recommended for first-time founders or anyone bringing on their first employee.
Who It’s For
- Newly incorporated Singapore Pte Ltds setting up for their first hire
- Founders hiring employees 1–10 who need foundations, not a 6-figure HR hire
- Startups preparing to scale who want to get it right before things get complicated
- Incorporation and accounting firms looking to add real value for their startup clients
If you have more than 10 employees or an active MOM investigation, you need more than templates — book a call with EPS.
Why EPS
Expert People Solutions is Singapore’s fractional HR partner for founders who need senior HR expertise without a senior HR salary.
We live and breathe the Employment Act, MOM regulations, TAFEP guidelines, and PDPA requirements every single day. We’ve built HR foundations for dozens of Singapore startups and SMEs — from pre-seed to Series B. Every document in this pack is something we actually use with paying clients.
Every Day Without This Is a Day of Compounding Risk
Employment issues don’t announce themselves. They accumulate quietly — a missing clause here, an undocumented warning there, a handshake deal that sounded fine at the time — until one disgruntled employee files a TADM claim and suddenly you’re reconstructing 18 months of HR history from WhatsApp screenshots.
By the time you feel the pain, the cost is 10x what prevention would have been. The founders who sleep well at night are the ones who set their HR foundations before they need them. The ones who don’t, learn the hard way.
Pricing
EPS HR Starter Pack — SGD 299 (one-off)
Everything listed above. Delivered instantly. Yours to keep and reuse across every hire you ever make.
🚀 Launch Offer: First 50 founders get the pack at SGD 299 — regular price SGD 499.
Includes all 10 components, 12 months of update access, and an optional 30-minute onboarding call with an EPS consultant. Optional add-on modules available at checkout.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this legal advice?
No. The HR Starter Pack is a set of professionally drafted templates and guidance documents based on current Singapore employment law. It’s not a substitute for legal advice on specific disputes. For those, talk to us or a Singapore employment lawyer.
Can I customise the documents for my company?
Yes — that’s the point. Every template is supplied in editable formats (Word and Excel) and designed to be branded, tailored, and deployed quickly.
How do I actually implement this?
Each pack includes a 30-minute onboarding call with an EPS consultant to answer your specific questions and walk you through which documents to roll out first.
What happens when regulations change?
You get 12 months of free updates. When MOM, CPF, or TAFEP rules change materially, we push updated templates to every pack holder.
Can I get a refund?
Because this is a digital product delivered immediately, we don’t offer refunds. What we do offer is a 30-minute pre-purchase call if you’re unsure whether the pack is right for your stage.
What if I need more than templates?
The pack is designed to hook directly into EPS’s full fractional HR services. When you hit the limits of DIY — usually around employee 5–10 — we’re already familiar with your setup and can step in seamlessly.
Is this suitable for foreign-owned Singapore companies?
Yes. The templates are built around Singapore law, which applies regardless of shareholder nationality. Work pass and EP considerations are flagged where relevant.
Who actually wrote these documents?
The documents were developed in-house by the EPS team — practising fractional HR consultants who use these exact documents with paying Singapore clients every week.
Don’t Wait for the Fine to Find You
The cheapest MOM fine you’ll ever pay is the one you prevent with a properly drafted contract. The cheapest TADM claim is the one you avoid with a compliant handbook. The cheapest PDPA penalty is the one that never happens because you knew the rules before you stored your first CV.
Set your foundations now. Sleep better tonight.
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