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Europe: EU employers face significant financial risk due to holiday pay ruling
In May 2014 the European Court of Justice ruled that pay for statutory holiday entitlement under the EU Working Time Directive must reflect 'normal …
Australia: Important releases by the Federal Government into the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption and the Productivity Commission Review of the Federal Workplace Relations Framework
Two important announcements were made by the Federal Government on 19 December 2014: Firstly, two volumes of the interim report of Honourable John …
Hong Kong: Second minimum wage increase
On 16 January 2015, the Chief Executive in Council gazetted a legal notice to increase the statutory minimum wage in Hong Kong for the second time. Hong …
UK: Disciplinary and grievance procedures: changes to Acas Code
In December 2013 Acas consulted on changes to its Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures to reflect the EAT ruling in Toal v GB Oils. …
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 …
PRC: Harsher personal and corporate penalties for work safety accidents in China
China will impose harsher penalties on companies and their executives in order to prevent work safety accidents and to protect workers. Late last year, …
Australia: Foreign employers and the Fair Work Act
In recent years, the Australian Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has prosecuted a number of non- Australian corporations in respect of alleged breaches of …
Singapore: Amendments to the Industrial Relations Act
The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill (‘IRAB’), which seeks to amend the Industrial Relations Act (‘IRA’), was introduced to Parliament on 3 November …
Hong Kong: Paternity leave laws in force from 27 February 2015
The Hong Kong Legislative Council has finally introduced laws to entitle private sector male employees to paternity leave. From 27 February 2015, …
Hong Kong: Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Ordinance 2014 in force and Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Ordinance 2014 delayed
The Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Ordinance 2014—Ordinance No. 19 of 2014 came into force on 12 December 2014. The amended ordinance can be found here. …
Hong Kong: Amendments to the Labour Tribunal Ordinance – security for awards and orders
The Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance 2014 (the “Ordinance”) was gazetted and came into effect on 24 December 2014. …
UK: New resources
BIS has made available a new online calculator for maternity, paternity and shared parental leave. It has also updated its shared parental leave …
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