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UK: Disability discrimination - duty to make reasonable adjustments to attendance management policy
Employers should take particular care when applying an attendance management policy to disabled employees. Overruling previous EAT authority (see our …
EU: Article published on jurisdiction rules applying to claims against directors
A recent decision of the CJEU has considered a number of jurisdiction questions which have significant implications for claims against …
Australia: Fair Work Amendment Act 2015 - Summary of Changes
The Fair Work Amendment Act 2015 (Cth) (FW Amendment Act) came into force on 27 November 2015 and amends the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act). This …
US: Second Circuit decision protecting internal whistleblowers creates circuit split
A recent decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (Bergman v Neo@Ogilvy LLC) held that the Dodd-Frank Act protects employee whistleblowers who …
UK: European Court of Justice ruling on working time creates headache for employers of peripatetic workers
The European Court of Justice has ruled that, for peripatetic employees with no fixed or habitual workplace, time spent travelling from home to the first …
UAE: New labour laws to come into force
The UAE Ministry of Labour (the "MoL") has issued three Ministerial Decrees aimed at bringing greater transparency to labour contracts. Offer letters: …
Thailand: Test for employment relationship
Employers may sometimes try to avoid statutory obligations under Thai labour law by entering into contractor agreements instead of employment agreements. …
Spain: Consolidation of labour law
On 23 October 2015, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved Legislative Royal Decree 2/2015, of 23 October, which approves the amended Spanish Workers' …
Singapore: Responding to mass resignations
In a recent decision, the Singapore High Court (SGHC) declined to grant a "springboard injunction" to an employer who sought to prevent a number of its …
Japan: Worker Dispatch Act amended
A number of amendments to the Worker Dispatch Act were passed by the Japanese Diet on 11 September 2015. Key amendments are as follows: For dispatches …
Indonesia: New ministerial regulation on requirements for employment expatriates
On 23 October 2015, the Ministry of Manpower issued a new ministerial regulation (No. 35 of 2015) which amends and clarifies certain requirements under …
Germany: Facilitated entry for asylum seekers to the German employment market
In the light of increased numbers of refugees seeking asylum in Germany, legal acts have been issued over the last few years to facilitate entry into the …
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