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China: Policy review needed following abolition of one-child policy
In light of the decrease of the working-age population and the increase of the number of people of over 60 years old, China's central government has …
Australia: Courts continue to fetter the employer's discretion when awarding bonuses
Recent decisions of the Australian Courts have highlighted the limits, in the form of an implied term, on an employer’s contractual discretion to award …
UK: EAT rejects appeal on inclusion of commission in holiday pay
The EAT gave its judgment on the appeal in Lock v British Gas Trading yesterday. It upheld the tribunal's ruling that words can be written into the …
UK: Draft gender pay gap reporting regulations published
The Government has today published its draft regulations providing for mandatory gender pay reporting, for consultation until 11 March 2016. …
EU: Compromise reached on General Data Protection Regulation
After almost four years of debate, the European Commission, Parliament and Council finally reached political agreement on the proposed General Data …
UK: Proposals for reform to tribunal and court process
The way in which employment claims are processed is likely to be the subject of some upheaval in the coming years. An interim report on the Civil Courts …
UK: New resources from Acas and government
Acas have published a guide on 'legal highs' and analysis of key workplace trends for 2016. The Department for Work and Pensions have …
EU: Data protection - proposed EU-US Privacy Shield
The EU Commission and the US have agreed on a new framework to facilitate the transfer of EU personal data to the US, the EU-US Privacy Shield, following …
UK: Zero hours workers - remedies now available
On 11 January 2016 individuals on zero hours contracts were finally given a legal remedy where their employer penalises them for breaching an …
UK: Bonus decisions - Wednesbury unreasonableness test is relevant
Last year's Supreme Court ruling (see here) that employers may be required to consider all relevant factors and discount irrelevant ones (the public …
UK: Voluntary redundancy - excluding employee eligible for early retirement is prima facie age discrimination
The EAT has confirmed that excluding an employee who is eligible for early retirement from voluntary redundancy, due to the higher severance costs, is …
UK: Race discrimination - care needed over instructions on language to be used in the workplace
The recent EAT ruling in Kelly v Covance Laboratories serves as a reminder of the discrimination risks inherent in prohibiting employees from speaking in …
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