Asia Employment, Pensions and Incentives Update April 2020

We hope our readers are staying well through this difficult period and adjusting to the new work from home arrangements.

Our Asia Employment, Pensions and Incentives update this month looks at:

• what constitutes redundancy in New Zealand,
• the decision in National Legal Service Authority vs Union of India and what it means for transgender employees in the work;
• the circular issued by the Philippines Economic Zone Authority for IT enterprises in relation to changes to alternate work arrangements during the pandemic; and
• our compliance check this month, which considered the changes in Singapore to the advertising requirements when hiring foreign workers and shows a continued move towards strengthening the local workforce.

In addition, as our breakfast seminars have been put on hold, we have been recording webinars to keep clients updated on key developments.

Our first webinar looked at measures introduced in the PRC to assist companies impacted by Covid-19 and also discussed the key requirements and restrictions around redundancies. You can listen to that webinar here.

Our second webinar looked at the proposed reforms to the employment landscape as part of the Omnibus Bill in Indonesia. Listen to proposed reforms here.