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Philippines: Crack Down on Contracting
The Philippines Government has been stepping up its efforts to crack down "labor-contracting" to protect workers' rights, as evidenced by the increase in …
Singapore: Amendments to the Singapore Employment Act
Following a public consultation on the review of the Singapore Employment Act (the "EA"), the Ministry of Manpower ("MOM") announced on 5 March 2018 that …
UK: Unfair dismissal rulings on reasonable responses test, bumping, and egregious breaches
An employee's refusal to accept that they have breached their duties is relevant to whether dismissal is within the range of reasonable responses for …
UK: working time rights and injury to feelings awards
Two recent cases have established that tribunals cannot award compensation for injury to feelings where a worker is prevented from exercising his working …
UK: jurisdiction clause in settlement agreement did not prevent proceedings where employee domiciled
The Commercial Court has ruled that a Dutch jurisdiction clause in a settlement agreement waiving claims on termination did not prevent an employer suing …
UK: pregnancy discrimination update
The ECJ has confirmed that there is no EU law requirement to give priority to a pregnant worker in the context of collective redundancies. The …
UK: No short cuts when calculating holiday pay for casual workers
The EAT in Brazel v The Harper Trust has ruled that employers must calculate holiday pay for term-time (or other casual) workers using the normal rate of …
UK: Disability discrimination update on 'pre-cancerous cells', use of occupational health advice, and long hours culture
Employers should note that an employee may still have cancer for the purposes of protection against disability discrimination even though the medical …
Australia: Public consultation now open: The model WHS Act is under review
Safe Work Australia is undertaking an examination and report on the content and operation of the model WHS Act. The review will consider: whether the …
UK: EAT rules that clustering of women at low end of a pay grade was insufficient to establish indirect discrimination
The use of length of service as a criterion for pay may indirectly discriminate against women and therefore require objective justification to be lawful …
UK: Agency worker regulations require term by term comparison
The EAT has confirmed that once agency workers have accrued 12 weeks on one assignment, they will be entitled to the same pay and certain terms as …
Australia: Petroleum and gas industry faces changes
In anticipation of amendments to the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (Qld) (Act), companies covered by the Act should begin turning …
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