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Japan: Court guidance on implementation of fixed overtime allowances
Under the Japanese Labour Standards Act (LSA) an employer must enter into an agreement regarding overtime and holiday work with a union or employee …
Indonesia: Further restriction on employment of expatriates in the oil and gas industry
On 24 October 2013, the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) issued ESDM Decree No. 31/2013 on Expatriate Utilization and …
Hong Kong: The law relating to termination of employment contracts
Subject to certain exceptions, employers and employees in Hong Kong may terminate their employment relationship by providing the other with requisite …
France: Challenges to working time arrangements (forfait jours)
Working time practices based on a maximum number of working days per annum (rather than weekly limits on working hours) may be unlawful following recent …
Australia: Application of the Sex Discrimination Act to workplace participants
A recent Federal Court of Australia decision provides useful guidance on the application of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SD Act) to …
Africa: Guinean legislative body votes up a new Labour Code
A new Labour Code, not yet published, was unanimously voted up by the Conseil National de la Transition (National Transition Council or CNT). During its …
UK/Hong Kong: Injunctions and Trade Secrets
The English High Court recently considered the test to be applied when deciding whether to grant an interim injunction against a former employee to …
Singapore: Breakfast briefing - Launch of multi-jurisdictional business transfers - employee issues guide
Date: Tuesday 25 February 2014 Time: 9.00am - 10.00am (Breakfast served from 8.30am) Venue: 50 Raffles Place, #24-01 Singapore Land Tower, Singapore, …
UK: amendments to TUPE finalised and in force 31 January 2014
Parliament has now approved the final regulations amending TUPE and collective redundancy law, with effect (in most part) from 31 January 2014; a …
Hong Kong event: Who's afraid of the personal data (privacy) ordinance?
Please join us for a breakfast briefing on Wednesday 12 February 2014 at our Hong Kong office. The Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance was introduced …
Australia: Misusing social media – where can employers draw the line?
The Full Federal Court has handed down its decision in Linfox Australia Pty Ltd v Fair Work Commission. The Full Court upheld the decision of the Full …
Hong Kong: Employers must be well primed before saying 'you're fired'
Given the absence in Hong Kong of an unfair dismissal regime similar to that which exists, for example, in the UK and Australia, the termination of an …
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