Employment Notes

Australia: Overview of Labour Hire Licensing in Australia

UK: scope of hirer liability for compensation for breach of agency worker rules

UK: pay gap reporting - yet more guidance on gender reports

France: Gender Pay Gap

Asia Employment, Pensions & Incentives Update

Taiwan: Hiring Disabled Employees

In a bid to increase the diversity of workforces, and increase access to employment for those with disabilities, Taiwan has a quota for the number of …

Asia Comparative Article: Transfer of Business/Undertaking

This month in our comparative table here, we consider the legal obligations on employers considering a transfer of business/undertaking, focussing …

Korea: More Changes To The Employment Regime

South Korea continues to overhaul its labour and employment landscape. We look at some upcoming changes to the notice of dismissal provisions and the …

Compliance Check: Indonesia - Hiring Local Employees Without A Local Entity

There are complicated rules which govern when and how a foreign entity can operate in Indonesia without establishing a local entity. Companies should pay …

UK: ECJ cases raise doubts over the inclusion of regular voluntary overtime in holiday pay calculations and over record-keeping requirements

Comments made in an ECJ judgment on a German working time case have raised doubts as to the correctness of the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal's rulings …

UK: Court of Appeal confirms broad approach to permissible equal pay comparators and procedural requirements

The Court of Appeal has given two rulings in the long-running equal value claim against Asda, in both cases ruling on preliminary points in favour of the …

Brexit: updated "no deal" guidance for EEA citizens

On 28 January 2019 the UK Government published guidance for EEA and Swiss citizens arriving in the UK after 29 March 2019 in the event of a “no deal” …