Patrick Tay is a Member of Parliament of Pioneer SMC and Assistant Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress. He currently chairs the Government Parliamentary Committee for Education and co-chairs the Financial Sector Tripartite Committee with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. 

He heads up the Legal and Strategy Departments in NTUC and is the Executive Secretary of the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers’ Union (SMMWU) and United Workers Electronics and Electrical Industries (UWEEI). He is a leading industrial/employment relations professional and advises/represent unions/union leaders/union member in complex and contentious disputes in the space of employment/labour law as well as in the Industrial Arbitration Court. He has been involved in the lobbying and promulgation of the many employment/labour/manpower policies and legislation in Singapore.