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Australia: High Court rules no implied term of mutual trust and confidence in Australian employment contracts
In brief The High Court has unanimously held there is not an implied term of mutual trust and confidence in Australian employment contracts. The High …
China: Harsher Personal and Corporate Penalties for Work Safety Accidents
China will impose harsher penalties on companies and their executives in order to prevent work safety accidents and to protect workers. On 31 August …
UK: Termination - employees can be held to notice period and need not be paid if they refuse to work
Last year the Supreme Court ruled that, where an employer dismisses an employee with immediate effect in breach of the employment contract, the employee …
UK: Restrictive covenants - Court of Appeal refuses to correct poor drafting
A recent case highlights the importance of careful and tailored drafting of covenants. Read literally, a covenant prohibited an ex-employee from working …
UK: Disciplinaries - no right to increase sanction on appeal unless express provision
An employer has no contractual right to increase a disciplinary sanction on appeal under a contractual disciplinary policy unless the policy expressly …
UK: New resources - flexible work form, SPL guide, illegal work, disabled employees
The Government has published the following new resources for employers: a standard form for employees to use when making a flexible working …
UK: Zero hours contracts - consultation on anti-avoidance measures
The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill includes a provision banning the use of exclusivity clauses in contracts which do not guarantee any …
UK: Whistleblowing - reform proposals and guidance
The Government has published a consultation seeking views by 30 September 2014 on how to implement the proposed duty on prescribed …
Singapore: Restrictive covenants in employment contracts
In the recent decision of Lek Gwee Noi v Humming Flowers & Gifts Pte Ltd [2014] SGHC 64, the Singapore High Court raised some interesting questions …
Australia: Anti-bullying jurisdiction of the Fair Work Commission (FWC)
The Australian Fair Work Commission (FWC) has been faced with an interesting range of issues to consider since 1 January 2014 when it was granted the …
USA: US Federal Appeals Court holds that the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower anti-retaliation provisions do not apply extraterritorially
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Liu Meng-Lin v. Siemens AG, 13-4385-cv (2d Cir. N.Y. Aug. 14, 2014) upheld a lower-court's decision to …
France: Temporary protection against dismissal for new fathers
The new law on equality between men and women, published in France on 5 August 2014 has introduced (amongst other things) protection for fathers, …
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