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Australia: Fair Work Amendment Act 2013 - Summary of Amendments
On 4 April 2013, Herbert Smith Freehills published a summary of the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013 (Cth) (Bill), which proposed a number of changes to the …
Spain: Extension of the initial duration of collective bargaining agreements
Law 3/2012, enacted on 8 July 2012, amended article 86.3 of the Spanish Workers' Statute. According to that amendment, if one year elapses from the …
Australia: Grocon contempt application successful
On 24 May , Justice Cavanough of the Supreme Court of Victoria handed down judgment in the applications brought by Grocon against the …
France: Important changes to employment law
Last week the French Parliament adopted a major employment law which will have a significant impact on companies with a workforce in France. …
Australia: Leverage and the Collective Bargaining Equation
Collective bargaining is a central feature of employment regulation in Australia. Almost 20 percent of Australian workers are covered by collective …
UK: Union recognition: existence of "sweetheart" union recognised only for peripheral rights will not thwart application
The Central Arbitration Committee has ruled that an independent union's application for statutory recognition cannot be thwarted by the existence of a …
Australia: Bullying, flexible work and unions: Implications for employers regarding proposed amendments to the Fair Work Act
Industrial relations is gearing up to be a significant issue in the upcoming Federal election. The Federal Government has recently announced its …
Hong Kong: The year of dragon - key employment cases to note
The year of the dragon was relatively prosperous for employment law[yers] with three high profile employment case decisions (almost unheard of in Hong …
France: New rights to workers and greater flexibility to employers
After several months of negotiations between the French social partners, employers' associations and employee trade unions, a national inter-professional …
Australia: Changes to Fair Work legislation
There have been recent changes to the Fair Work legislation in the following areas: transfer of business bargaining time limitations for unfair …
UK: New resources - November 2012
MoD consultation (closing date 18 January 2013) on reform of the reserve forces regime, including possible legislation to prevent discrimination …
The employment and social security implications of the strike in Spain
The largest of Spain's trade unions, including CCOO and UGT, called a general strike on 14 November 2012. This is the second general strike to take …
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