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Australia: Key employment tax changes announced in the Federal Budget
Greenwoods + Herbert Smith Freehills have highlighted the above key changes employers should be aware of following the Federal Budget announcement in …
Hong Kong: Warning on Potentially Anti-Competitive Employment Practices
The Hong Kong Competition Commission (the "Commission") recently released an advisory bulletin indicating that it has encountered a number of situations …
Australia: Latest Data on Enterprise Bargaining Wages Trends - December 2017 quarter
The ‘Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining’ report for October-December 2017 was released by the Department of Jobs and Small Business in the first …
UK: no direct discrimination in failure to enhance shared parental leave pay to match maternity pay; indirect discrimination claim to be reheard
Many employers who enhance maternity pay have chosen not to mirror this for shared parental leave, pending clarity as to whether this could be direct or …
UK: Supreme Court implies term that notice only starts to run once employee has received and had an opportunity to read it
The Supreme Court has ruled that, in the absence of an express contractual provision to the contrary, notice of dismissal by post starts to run when the …
UK: employers should update template termination agreements in light of April tax changes and developments on NDAs
The tax treatment of payments for termination of employment has changed for terminations taking place on or after 6 April (see our earlier blog post …
EU: Commission publishes draft whistleblowing directive
The European Commission has published a new draft directive to strengthen whistleblower protection across the EU. The proposal is to provide …
Asia: Using Incentives to Effectively Retain Key Employees
Effective remuneration and incentive models are crucial to ensuring that management teams and key personnel are incentivised to stay with the business …
APAC: Dismissal for Poor Performance
This month we consider some common questions when considering the dismissal of poor performing employees. First off we look at the position in key …
China: Implementation Measures for Foreign Talent Visas (R Visas)
On 28 November 2017, the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Public …
Japan: Differing Conditions Between Permanent and Fixed Term Employees
On 14 September 2017, the Tokyo District Court interpreted and applied the meaning of "unreasonable differences" to the benefits enjoyed by permanent and …
Hong Kong: The Requirement of Being 'Fit and Proper'
In many industries, it is a requirement that certain individuals performing regulated activities are, and remain, fit and proper. For example, these …
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