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While freelance tutors have a duty to teach his students well, the High Court notes that such workers deserve to be treated fairly by their employers.
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SINGAPORE - Relations between bosses and workers can get fraught at the best-run firms, but it might pay for all of us to take note of the lessons learnt from a bitter stand-off between a freelance tutor and his tuition centre.
Like many disputes, this one has a host of contradictory claims and counter-claims, but it focuses on the notion that all employers should treat their workers well, including those on freelance contracts.
