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UK: Collective redundancy consultation - resignation in response to pay cut counts towards consultation threshold
In applying the threshold for collective redundancy consultation obligations of 20 proposed dismissals, all dismissals which are for a reason unrelated …
UK: ECJ follows Advocate General's opinion and reinstates previous law on collective redundancy threshold
The European Court of Justice has given its judgment in the case of USDAW v Woolworths on the trigger for collective redundancy consultation obligations. …
UK: Appeal news - collective redundancies, tribunal fees
The ECJ has confirmed that it will deliver its ruling on the UK trigger for collective redundancy consultation in the Woolworths case on 30 April 2015 …
PRC: Draft Rules issued on employee redundancy
Employee redundancies have become more common in recent times. In response, the Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has issued the …
UK: Pro-employer ECJ Advocate General opinion on test for collective redundancies consultation
A year ago the Court of Appeal referred to the European Court of Justice the case of USDAW v Woolworths on the trigger for collective redundancy …
Australia: Clarification of requirements for ‘genuine redundancy’
The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has ruled on the requirements for a ‘genuine redundancy’ and the modern award consultation obligation to give …
Asia: Comparing employment laws across the region
We asked our lawyers to tell us three need-to-know employment law facts in Singapore, Hong Kong, PRC, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia and Japan. The …
UK: Remuneration - deduction of training costs from final salary payment on termination could lead to breach of national minimum wage regulations
Deductions from a final salary payment to repay training costs can only be ignored when calculating whether the employee has received the national …
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