Agoda, the Asian travel booking service now owned by Dutch firm Booking.com, laid off people in Singapore and somehow their lawyer thought it was a good idea to write that they will revoke severance payments if workers reported this to the Singapore government

"In one portion of the severance agreement seen by CNA, employees were instructed not to make reports with any government agencies, statutory boards or trade unions including the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) and Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP).

They were also asked to refrain from bringing any mediation requests, claims or proceedings on their employment or termination against the company.

Those who do so and breach the terms in the agreement will have their severance entitlements revoked, the document stated. If any severance payments were made by Agoda to the employee, they would have to repay the company "in full" and "on demand"."

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/agoda-layoff-retrenchment-staff-travel-agency-severance-package-5353771

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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/agoda-retrenchment-layoff-mom-ntuc-response-5354451

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Agoda confirms layoffs of Singapore, Shanghai and Budapest employees; affected staff say severance terms unfair

A severance agreement, which was seen by CNA, said employees who make reports to government agencies such as MOM will no longer be entitled to a severance package.   

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@skinnylatte That's worse than the company who asked me to sign an NDA, on my way out the door!
@skinnylatte there's nothing in the rulebook that says you can't report them to _other countries'_ labor unions. 🤔🤔🤔🤔
@skinnylatte and yet they'll probably get away with it. :(