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Singapore: Foreign hiring requirements to be tightened
Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) recently announced that it will introduce new rules requiring firms to advertise job vacancies on a new ‘jobs …
Spain: Government budget proposal for 2014 - notes for employers
The Spanish Government has announced a rise of five points for the contributions to social security system applicable to the maximum contribution …
China: Employers in China obliged to keep personal data confidential
Data protection in China has been regularly in the news this year. Not only have new data protection regulations been issued, but prosecutions have …
Australia: complexity and risk for employers under the Fair Work Act’s bargaining regime continues
Summary Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to present our fourth volume of ‘Bargaining under the Fair Work Act’. The paper examines the most …
Singapore: Data protection guidelines issued for Singapore
Following a public consultation conducted between February and April this year, Singapore's relatively newly formed Personal Data Protection Commission …
UK: Directors' Remuneration Reports – comprehensive overview of the new regime
Paul Ellerman, Mark Ife and Jemima Coleman explain the new regime for disclosure and shareholder approval of directors' remuneration for listed companies …
UK: Problem, process and prognosis - the UK legal challenge to the bonus cap
Yesterday afternoon it was announced that the UK Government has launched a legal challenge in the Court of Justice of the European Union against the cap …
EU: Gender Balance on Company Boards - draft EU Directive "does not go far enough" argues the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
As previously reported, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a gender Directive which plans to introduce a 40% “minimum objective” for the …
UK: Directors' remuneration reports - GC100 and Investor Group guidance on new policy and reporting requirements
The GC100 (the association of general counsel and company secretaries of the FTSE100) has published guidance, in collaboration with BIS and shareholder …
Australia: High Court decision clarifies industrial action payment rules in the Fair Work Act
Summary In Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union v Mammoet Australia Pty Ltd, the High Court of Australia has clarified that the prohibition …
Australia: High Court now likely to rule on status of implied term of mutual trust and confidence
Summary A majority of the Full Federal Court has found that the Commonwealth Bank of Australia breached the implied term of mutual trust and confidence …
UK: Good news for AIFMs - helpful guidance from the FCA on the AIFMD remuneration rules
The FCA has now published the long awaited consultation on the implementation of the AIFMD remuneration rules in the UK as part of its general …
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