Woman fired for ‘poor performance’ wins Rs 22 lakh after company fails to prove claim

4 min readNew DelhiJul 30, 2026 02:48 PM IST The woman, who earned Singapore Dollar 11,500 a month, was entitled to compensation equal to three months’ salary, amounting to Singapore Dollar 34,500, for her lost income. (AI generated image) A woman based in Singapore has won the highest compensation allowed under the Employment Claims Tribunals (ECT) after a magistrate ruled that her employer dismissed her in a “sudden and unjustified” manner at the end of her probation. In a judgment released on Tuesday, the tribunal found that the company had failed to prove its claim that the audit manager’s performance fell below the required standard, according to a report by The Straits Times. However, it dismissed her allegations that she had been fired because she did not speak Korean or because she