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UK: Whistleblowing- Court of Appeal decision on agency workers
Employers should note that agency workers may be able to bring whistleblowing claims against both the end-user and the third party introducer. The fact …
UK: Whistleblowing- employer belief that disclosure is not protected is no defence
A recent Court of Appeal decision has highlighted the need for caution when dismissing an employee for making a disclosure. If objectively the tribunal …
Europe: Statutory holiday pay claims- EU Advocate-General publishes opinion on workers denied paid holiday
The ECJ Advocate-General has given his opinion in King v The Sash Window Workshop that employers must make ‘adequate facilities’ (eg, contractual rights …
UK: Statutory holiday pay claims - EAT upholds time limits
Employers will welcome a recent EAT ruling in relation to claims for statutory holiday pay, which must be brought within three months of the end of each …
UK: Recruitment - employers may need to consider adjustments to psychometric testing or other processes which could disadvantage disabled candidates
Employers should give careful consideration to requests to adjust recruitment processes where a disabled applicant asserts that the particular method …
UK: Indirect discrimination - Supreme Court ruling makes it easier for claimants to establish prima facie indirect discrimination
Employers should review whether their policies and practices could be disadvantaging employees with a particular protected characteristic. The Supreme …
UK: tribunal rules that failure to enhance pay for shared parental leave is sex discrimination
A tribunal has ruled that an employer's failure to enhance pay for shared parental leave (SPL) to the same level as enhanced maternity pay is direct sex …
Australia: ABCC v Powell - Right of entry and the OHS Act
In an important Full Court appeal decision, Bromberg J’s decision in Director of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate v Powell [2016] FCA 1287 …
Singapore: Compliance checks- changes to entitlements effective 1 July 2017
Changes to shared parental leave and adoption leave entitlements as well an increase in the re-employment age ceiling will take effect from 1 July 2017. …
Australia: Wage theft and non-compliance of the Superannuation Guarantee
The Senate Economics References Committee has released its report 'Superbad – Wage theft and non-compliance of the Superannuation Guarantee' following …
PRC: Is Hiring Expatriates Becoming More Difficult?
PRC authorities have launched New Work Permit Rules in April 2017. Consistent with the PRC authorities' attitude to "welcome high-end, control mid-level …
Hong Kong: How far does the Labour Tribunal's duty to investigate extend?
Two recent Court of First Instance decisions in Hong Kong - Fung Tsun Tong v A Link Network (HK) Ltd (Fung Tsun Tong) and Vermeerbergen Peter Alfred v …
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