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South Korea: Compliance Check- Working Hours
The National Assembly has approved amendments to the Labour Standards Act to reduce the total working hours over a 7 day period from 68 hours to 52 …
India: Maharashtra Adopts Model Shop and Establishments Legislation
By way of the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Act, 2017, the state of Maharashtra has adopted the Central Government's model legislation intended to …
Singapore: Amendments to the Singapore Employment Act
Following a public consultation on the review of the Singapore Employment Act (the "EA"), the Ministry of Manpower ("MOM") announced on 5 March 2018 that …
UK: working time rights and injury to feelings awards
Two recent cases have established that tribunals cannot award compensation for injury to feelings where a worker is prevented from exercising his working …
UK: No short cuts when calculating holiday pay for casual workers
The EAT in Brazel v The Harper Trust has ruled that employers must calculate holiday pay for term-time (or other casual) workers using the normal rate of …
Hong Kong: Labour Department Enforcement Actions in 2017
The Legislative Council Panel on Manpower has released a report on enforcement actions taken by the Labour Department during 2017 (Paper) which shows an …
UK: Government responds to Taylor Review with 'Good Work plan'
The government has this morning issued a press release announcing its response to the independent Taylor Review published last year (see our summary …
UK: Working time rest breaks - compensatory rest must be one continuous period
Employers in certain sectors can rely on the exemption from the ordinary rest break requirements in the Working Time Regulations (or 20 minutes for every …
Taiwan: Further Changes to the Labor Standards Act
Prompted by criticisms from both employers and employees to its amendments to the Labor Standards Act (the "Act") in December 2016 (the "first …
UK: proposed reforms to fitness for work, statutory sick pay and mental health protections
An independent review of mental health at work, commissioned by the Prime Minister, has been published. The Stevenson/Farmer review calls on employers to …
UK: gig economy developments, including important ECJ ruling on holiday pay, Uber and Deliveroo rulings on worker status, and delay to government proposals
The ECJ has agreed with the Advocate-General's opinion in King v Sash Windows that workers denied paid holiday can carry over their 4 weeks' statutory …
France: The Loi Travail - Introduction
One of Emmanuel Macron's key campaign promises was the reform of laws relating to employees partly, in order to help French companies respond in a more …
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