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Japan: Court guidance on implementation of fixed overtime allowances
Under the Japanese Labour Standards Act (LSA) an employer must enter into an agreement regarding overtime and holiday work with a union or employee …
France: Challenges to working time arrangements (forfait jours)
Working time practices based on a maximum number of working days per annum (rather than weekly limits on working hours) may be unlawful following recent …
UK: Appeal news- collective redundancy, calculation of holiday pay and commission
The appeal in the case of USDAW v Woolworths on the trigger for collective redundancy consultation obligations for multi-site employers has been listed …
UK: Statutory holiday - contractual clause for nominal pay in lieu on termination invalid
An employment tribunal has held that payments in lieu of untaken statutory holiday on termination of employment must be calculated to reflect normal pay. …
UK: Statutory holiday pay - overtime pay must be taken into account
Voluntary overtime pay should be taken into account when calculating statutory holiday pay for a worker's 4 week EU-derived holiday entitlement, …
UK: Holiday - right to carry over can be limited to 4 week EU-derived entitlement
Recent ECJ case law has established that workers unable to take statutory holiday due to sickness must be permitted to carry over their unused …
UK: Legislative consultations - reservists and tax break for health-related interventions
Following consultation, the Government has published a White Paper setting out its plans for the future of the UK’s reserve armed forces, including the …
UK: Employee working outside EU could not claim UK statutory holiday pay
The principle that UK laws which are derived from EU law must be construed as permitting claims in England, where English law is the proper law of the …
Singapore: Changes proposed to Employment Act
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has announced proposed changes to the Singapore Employment Act (EA), following a public consultation. Of significance, MOM …
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 …
Pay in lieu of holiday: EU law allows calculation using pay rate applicable when accrued
Employers may be able to pay in lieu of accrued but unused annual leave on termination only at the rate of pay applicable during the period the leave was …
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