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UK: Agency workers - meaning of "temporary"
Workers supplied by an agency on an open-ended basis, rather than for a fixed term, are not covered by the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 as these apply …
UK: Collective redundancy obligations - Woolworths case referred to ECJ
The Court of Appeal has decided to refer to the European Court of Justice the case of USDAW v Woolworths on the trigger for collective redundancy …
UK: Whistleblowing - sequence of communications protected
The EAT has confirmed that employees seeking to establish whistleblowing protection can rely on multiple communications taken together to establish a …
UK: Termination - scope of "without prejudice" protection
The EAT has confirmed that there is clearly a "potential dispute" giving rise to "without prejudice" protection where an employer has announced an …
UK: Disability - employers cannot outsource judgement on whether individual disabled
Employers should apply their own minds to the statutory test for deciding whether an employee is disabled and should not simply accept occupational …
UK: Disciplinary process - implied right to fair process enforceable by injunction
The Supreme Court has ruled that there is an implied contractual right to a fair disciplinary process, a serious breach of which could enable an employee …
United States of America: Uncertainty over scope of whistleblower protections under the Dodd-Frank Act
The Dodd-Frank Act, enacted in 2010, offered new protections against retaliation to employees who report violations of the federal securities laws at …
United Arab Emirates: Proposed reform to retirement and pension law
The Federal National Council (FNC) has called for widespread reform to retirement and pension laws in an effort to encourage more Emiratis to work in the …
Thailand: Sexual harassment in the workplace
Sexual harassment in Thai workplaces has been attracting increased attention in recent times. One reason for this is that the Thai government is placing …
Spain: Royal Decree Law on measures to increase stability when hiring employees and improving worker employability
A Royal Decree Law (16/2013) that came into force on 22 December 2013, amends certain provisions of the Spanish Workers’ Statute by introducing …
Singapore: Changes to the Employment Act
Further to our report last year on the proposed amendments to Singapore’s Employment Act (EA) (see our Bulletin), the Singapore Parliament passed a bill …
Malaysia: New Personal Data Protection Act
The Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA) came into force on 15 November 2013. The PDPA applies to personal data which relates to a ‘commercial …
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