At the last of the global launches of our Asia-Pacific Employment Law Guide taking place in London on 11 June we will be discussing recent developments and trends in employment laws in the region.
With the expansion of global companies into Asian economies, the employment laws in Asia-Pacific have been evolving rapidly to address social and economic issues. Unlike the West, where changes happen gradually over decades, Asia is seeing enormous change taking place over much shorter time-frames. The challenge for companies and lawyers is to ensure compliance with changes in each country and each system.
Our speakers, Gareth Thomas, partner in our Hong Kong office, and Tara Grossman, returning to the UK from a two-year secondment in Asia, will give a brief overview of the recent significant developments across the region, including:
- review of recent interesting cases,
- new approach to discrimination and harassment,
- tightening of privacy and data protection rules,
- changes to employment and pensions rights,
- outsourcing and workers dispatch rules, and
- increased importance of industrial relations.
Gareth and Tara will also discuss current trends in the employment market and will foreshadow the key upcoming changes.
The event will be of interest to employment lawyers, HR heads, and in-house generalists, with responsibilities for dealing with employment law and HR issues.
Date: 11 June 2013
Time: 9.00 - 10 am (breakfast served from 8.30 am)
Venue: Exchange House, Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2EG
About speakers
Gareth Thomas is a litigator with extensive experience in advising international companies on employment litigation and discrimination claims. Gareth advises financial institutions and corporates in various sectors on executive severances, board reorganisations, workforce restructurings and redundancies. Gareth has been working in Hong Kong for 15 years.
Tara Grossman is an English and Hong Kong dual qualified lawyer. She has spent the last two years advising international clients on all aspects of employment law in Asia, and, according to Chambers Asia-Pacific, "she is particularly rated for her expertise in contentious issues".
Gareth and Tara contribute a monthly column on employment law issues to South China Morning Post.
About the Guide
Our Asia-Pacific Employment Law Guide is comprehensive collection of country-specific Q&A on employment law and practice in 18 jurisdictions, covering: Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, People’s Republic of China, The Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Copies of the Guide will be available to collect at our breakfast launch on 11 June.
Earlier this year events to promote our guide have been held in Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore and Hong Kong.
About our practice
Our Asia-Pacific employment practice is a part of our Global Employment, Pensions and Incentives team of over 150 lawyers in over 15 offices worldwide.
Our Asia-Pacific team supports regional HR managers and in-house counsel, assisting clients on national and multi-jurisdictional and cross-border employment law issues that arise in the region, and provide clients with access to a vast network of local employment law experts for any jurisdiction-specific employment law issues that may arise.
For more information about our Global Employment, Pensions and Incentives practice, and to register to attend, please contact Magdalena Flynn.
Key contacts
Steve Bell
Managing Partner - Employment, Industrial Relations and Safety (Australia, Asia), Melbourne
Emma Rohsler
Regional Head of Practice (EMEA) - Employment Pensions and Incentives, Paris
Disclaimer
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP has a Formal Law Alliance (FLA) with Singapore law firm Prolegis LLC, which provides clients with access to Singapore law advice from Prolegis. The FLA in the name of Herbert Smith Freehills Prolegis allows the two firms to deliver a complementary and seamless legal service.