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Singapore: Amendments to the Singapore Employment Act
Following a public consultation on the review of the Singapore Employment Act (the "EA"), the Ministry of Manpower ("MOM") announced on 5 March 2018 that …
France: Important new decision in relation to the automatic transfer of employees
The French Supreme Court has recently issued an important new decision relating to the automatic transfer of employees in the case of asset transfers …
Updated HSF multi-jurisdictional guide to employee issues in business transfers
Employment law issues rarely determine the strategy for a multi-jurisdictional business acquisition, but they can certainly give rise to significant …
UK: TUPE can apply to part of service split along functional lines
The EAT has confirmed that, where a service being provided by a transferor is split along functional lines, with two separate activities carried out by …
UK: Employees on long-term sick leave are not 'assigned' for TUPE transfer if absence is permanent
Case law has established that temporary absence from work, for example on sick leave or family-related leave, does not prevent an individual being …
UK: TUPE: employee suspended by contractor following client request for removal may still be assigned to contract
Businesses that outsource services may wish to retain the right to oblige a service-provider to remove a particular employee from working on that …
UK: TUPE transferee's duty to agree reasonable adjustments to role offered pre-transfer
Where a disabled employee of the transferor will be redundant on transfer due to relocation, the transferee should indicate a willingness to make …
Updated HSF multi-jurisdictional guide to employee issues in business transfers
We have recently updated our multi-jurisdictional guide discussing potential employee issues in business transfers (first published in October 2013). The …
UK: TUPE - SPC despite service being provided to more than one client
The EAT has ruled that there can theoretically be a change of service provider covered by TUPE even where the service is provided to more than one client …
France: Transfer of employees between group companies - an update
1. Previous practice Previously, transferring French employees to another group company (whether in France or overseas) with their …
UK: TUPE - impact of transfer on time limit for harassment claim
A transferee may face claims for pre-transfer harassment lodged more than three months after the transfer where the perpetrator continues to harass …
France: Law requiring employees to be informed two months in advance of an intention to sell shares or assets in small and mid-size companies (Loi ESS – 31 July 2014)
Following our earlier post on the controversial Law of 31 July 2014, setting out an obligation for small and mid-size companies to inform employees in …
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