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UK: Dismissal for long-term sickness - new medical evidence at internal appeal
Employers should ensure they investigate any evidence that a long-term sick employee may soon be able to return to work before deciding to dismiss, even …
UK: ECJ rules dress code requiring neutral appearance may be lawful
The European Court of Justice has finally handed down its judgment in two cases involving employees dismissed for wearing an Islamic headscarf at work, …
Australia: Victorian Government Announces Changes to OHS Laws
Last week, the Victorian Government announced its intention to make a series of changes to different aspects of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) …
Indonesia: Religious Holidays Allowance
Last year the Ministry of Manpower issued an important regulation regarding religious holiday allowances, in the form of Minister of Manpower Regulation …
Singapore: Compliance Check - Workplace Incident Reporting
The Ministry of Manpower requires employers, workplace occupiers, and doctors to report workplace incidents where an employee, a self-employed person, or …
South Korea: Changes to Occupational Safety and Health Regime
In response to a recent spate of incidents involving employers covering up industrial accidents, proposed amendments to the Occupational Safety and …
UK: The Marathon decision – is it right that employees can unlawfully remove confidential documents and not pay damages?
The High Court has recently considered the approach to assessing "licence fee damages" in a claim against two former employees of Marathon Asset …
UK: Court of Appeal rules on subject access requests
HR practitioners know only too well what an effective weapon a subject access request (SAR) can be in the hands of an aggrieved employee or …
Australia: Key decision on directing employees to see a doctor
The Full Federal Court has handed down a decision on an employer’s right to direct attendance at a medical appointment, and whether an employer can …
China: Labour authorities tighten enforcement activities
The Chinese government recently issued three sets of measures to strengthen labour law enforcement in China. These measures are aimed at cracking down on …
Australia: Full Bench upholds termination of enterprise agreement decision
The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission's decision in CFMEU v AGL Loy Yang Pty Ltd t/a AGL Loy Yang [2017] FWCFB 1019 has preserved the …
UK: Supreme Court refuses to hear statutory holiday pay case
The Supreme Court yesterday refused British Gas permission to appeal the Court of Appeal ruling that statutory holiday pay must include results-based …
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