Legal & Compliance

What We Offer

APSCo Southeast Asia offers a comprehensive suite of services designed to support our members, including our Legal and Compliance Helpdesk, Accountancy Helpdesk, APAC Compliance Helpdesk, International Compliance Helpdesk, Quarterly Board Briefings and Model Contracts.

Quick member access to our helpdesk services

Singapore Legal & Compliance Helpdesk - SG_Legal@apsco.org
Malaysia Legal & Compliance Helpdesk - MY_Legal@apsco.org
Singapore Accountancy & Tax Helpdesk - SG_Accountancy@apsco.org
Malaysia Accountancy & Tax Helpdesk - MY_Accountancy@apsco.org
APAC Compliance Helpdesk - Complete this form
International Compliance Helpdesk covering EMEA, the USA, and Canada - Complete this form

Legal & Compliance Helpdesk

We have selected the employment team of leading lawyers Rajah & Tann to deliver this service to our members. Rajah & Tann are an APSCo Affiliate Member and one of the largest full-service law firms in Asia with a team of over 800 fee earners across ten jurisdictions, and a wealth of experience working with the recruitment sector. This invaluable service provides initial email and telephone legal guidance on a range of day-to-day recruitment and employment issues including:

Recruitment legislation and regulations
Employment law, policies and employee rights
Establishment and termination of employment
Data Protection
CEI (Singapore) & Certifications
Managing Confidentiality, Restraint of Trade and Non-competes
Executive Compensation
Restructuring, Reorganisation and Retrenchments
Occupational Health and Safety
Mergers and Acquisitions

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Accountancy Helpdesk

APSCo Southeast Asia has partnered with a leading global provider of audit, tax and consulting services, RSM to provide free technical advice and support for APSCo Southeast Asia members. RSM’s long-standing presence in Asia Pacific provides clients with the knowledge to unlock the market’s potential.

This means that APSCo members can contact the accountancy helpdesks for initial email and telephone compliance guidance on:

Compliance
Corporate finance
Investment strategies
Corporate set-up
Transfer pricing
Cross border challenges and international VAT issue
Share incentive schemes for key employees
Taking profits from the business in a tax efficient manner
Travel and subsistence schemes advice
Salary sacrifice schemes
Taxation associated with company cars/car allowances
Budget impact clarifications
Sources of finance and methods of improving working capital
Financial due diligence
Valuing a recruitment business
Preparing a business exit strategy

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APAC Compliance Helpdesk

APSCo has partnered with CXC, a global leader in workforce compliance and contractor management solutions, to provide members with access to APAC compliance guidance and support. Members will receive up to 20 minutes of free, impartial and confidential compliance guidance, covering topics such as contractor engagement, worker classification, local regulatory considerations, insurance requirements, and general employment-related compliance guidance across APAC jurisdictions. To use the APAC Compliance Helpdesk, please complete this website form and provide some basic information on your query, including the country concerned, your work email address, and contact telephone details.

Complete the APAC Compliance Helpdesk form

International Compliance Helpdesk

APSCo has partnered with Workwell Global, the international expert supplier of contractor payroll and management solutions to the recruitment market, to provide members with global compliance advice in EMEA, the USA, and Canada. Members will receive up to 20 minutes of free, impartial, confidential compliance advice on issues such as recruitment regulation, contractor compliance, insurance, and general basic employment advice for jurisdictions outside the UK. To use the International Compliance Helpdesk, please complete this website form and provide some basic information on your query, including the country concerned, your work email address and contact telephone details.

Complete the International Compliance Helpdesk form

When can members access our Helpdesks?

The Legal & Compliance, Accountancy and APAC Compliance Helpdesks are available from 09:00 am to 05:30 pm SGT, Monday to Friday. The International Compliance Helpdesk is based in the UK and available during UK timezone hours 09:00 am to 05:30 pm, also Monday to Friday.

The turnaround target is 24 hours, and you will receive up to 20 minutes of free specialist advice.

Please note that our helpdesks cannot cover complex, ongoing issues, tax issues, review of contracts, correspondence, or written advice. If your issue does not fall within the scope of the helpdesk, you may want to enter into a commercial agreement with your own solicitors or with one of our specialist affiliate members.

Disclaimer

The Helpdesk can only form opinions and provide generic guidance based on the information provided by the user of the Helpdesk. Information provided by the Helpdesk should not be treated as legal advice. The Helpdesk is not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and no lawyer/client relationship will exist between the Helpdesk advisor and the user.

If partial or incomplete information is provided to the Helpdesk the opinion given is likely to differ to that which would be given if based on the full facts. To the fullest extent permissible by law, APSCo and its advisors hereby exclude all liability for any claim, loss, demands or damages of any kind whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use of the Helpdesk and/or any information, opinion, or advice given. APSCo recommends that users consider taking independent legal advice before acting on any advice given by the Helpdesk.

Quarterly Board Briefing

Our Inside Legal & Compliance briefing is produced quarterly and aims to provide members’ boards, legal and compliance teams with a steer on upcoming legal changes and guidance affecting the professional recruitment sector to enable a proactive response and potentially competitive advantage.

Access the latest Inside Series Briefing