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UK: Industrial action - UK prohibition on secondary action upheld; independent review of law
Employers will welcome news that secondary industrial action, or 'sympathy strikes', remains unlawful despite the RMT's challenge before the European …
Australia: Targeting unlawful picketing in Victoria - new police powers and severe fines
In brief Unlawful picketing is generally designed to cause significant damage to the 'target' in a relatively short span of …
France: Information and consultation with French works councils – precisions on the minimum periods for obtaining an opinion
Reminder : an opinion of the French works council must be obtained in advance of making final decisions in relation to certain matters affecting the …
Australia: Coalition Government Fair Work Amendment Bill 2014
On 27 February 2014, the Government introduced the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2014 (FWA Bill), which gives effect to a number of aspects of the …
Australia: Abbott Government announces a Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption
In brief On Monday 10 February 2014 a Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption was announced. The terms of reference for the Royal …
Employment & Workplace Relations in Australia 2014
The Herbert Smith Freehills Employment team is pleased to again publish their annual guide to Australia’s employment laws. The Guide to Employment …
France: Minimum time periods for information and consultation of French works councils – longer potential periods, but more certainty?
On 27 December 2013 the French Government finally published the Decree setting out the minimum time limits for information and consultation with works …
Australia: Coalition Government begins to implement pre-election policies
Australia’s recently-elected Federal Coalition Government has begun implementing its pre-election policy relating to employment and workplace …
Spain: Simplification to collective consultation processes where multiple places of work involved
Amendments have been made to core aspects of the employment law reforms implemented in 2012 with regard to certain collective consultation processes. The …
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 …
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 …
France: Law to secure employment
A major new law ('Loi sur la sécurisation de l'emploi') was passed in June, following an agreement in January between representatives of employer …
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