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Webinar and seminar: Practical tips for managing employee issues in multi-jurisdictional business transfers
We invite you to join panel discussions with our transactional and employment lawyers who will share their top tips for managing employee transfers …
Cross-border guide: Multi-jurisdictional business transfers – employee issues
A quick reference guide to law governing employee transfers in 32 key jurisdictions in EMEA, South and Central America and Asia-Pacific: Australia, …
Japan: Yet more potential labour law reform
Following the recent election the government is again examining ways of introducing more flexibility in employment contracts. The government proposes to …
Singapore: Foreign hiring requirements to be tightened
Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) recently announced that it will introduce new rules requiring firms to advertise job vacancies on a new ‘jobs …
Africa: Prohibition of post-employment non-compete clauses in certain francophone jurisdictions
In the large majority of francophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa (i.e. those which are members of the Organisation pour l’Harmonisation en Afrique du …
China: Illegal foreigners targeted by China's new exit-entry law
Bigger fines will be imposed on foreigners illegally entering, living or working in China. Foreign executives of companies that fail to pay full …
Thailand: Government extends a deadline for the registration of migrant workers
The Cabinet has agreed to another four-month extension to a deadline for the registration of undocumented foreign workers from Burma, Cambodia and Laos. …
European Commission publishes employment and recruitment sector guide: Corporate responsibility to respect human rights
The European Commission has published guidance for the employment and recruitment sector on meeting the corporate responsibility to respect human rights …
China clarifies when cross-border secondments give rise to taxable establishments
New rules regarding seconded personnel and taxable establishments in China will be effective from 1 June 2013. We recommend that non-resident enterprises …
Engaging foreign employees in Russia
Compliance with local employment and migration laws remains an area of increasing interest to Russian regulatory authorities. Consequently, international …
UK: Employee working outside EU could not claim UK statutory holiday pay
The principle that UK laws which are derived from EU law must be construed as permitting claims in England, where English law is the proper law of the …
Russia: Foreign Employees - What's New?
Recent amendments to Russian law have opened up employment opportunities for foreign employees whilst simultaneously creating harsher sanctions for …
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