Employment Notes

Middle East: The new DIFC Employment Law – 16 key changes

UK: revised Code on right to work checks, consultation on national minimum wage rules, age discrimination guide

The Home Office has published a revised Code of Practice on preventing illegal working, which reflects the ability for employers to check certain …

Hong Kong: Proposed changes to discrimination laws

On 30 November 2018, legislation was gazetted which proposes various amendments to the Sex Discrimination Ordinance, Disability Discrimination Ordinance, …

UK: Indirect discrimination - Supreme Court ruling makes it easier for claimants to establish prima facie indirect discrimination

Employers should review whether their policies and practices could be disadvantaging employees with a particular protected characteristic. The Supreme …

Hong Kong: The labour policy promises of the new Chief Executive

On 26 March 2017, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was elected as the city's next (and first female) chief executive, after winning 777 votes from a …

Singapore: Amendments to the Retirement and Re-employment Act

On 9 January 2017, the Parliament of Singapore passed the Retirement and Re-employment (Amendment) Bill 2016 (Bill). The Bill abolished employers' right …

UK: Voluntary redundancy - excluding employee eligible for early retirement is prima facie age discrimination

The EAT has confirmed that excluding an employee who is eligible for early retirement from voluntary redundancy, due to the higher severance costs, is …

UK: Appeal news - tribunal fees, unfair dismissal compensation cap, retirement age

UNISON has been granted permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal in its judicial review application challenging the introduction of tribunal fees, …

UK: New publications - subject access requests, tribunal claim statistics, age discrimination in provision of services

The Information Commissioner's Office has updated its Code of Practice on handling subject access requests, available here. The Ministry of Justice …

UK: Enhanced redundancy pay - risk of age discrimination claims

Employers should carefully consider whether enhanced redundancy schemes paying more to older workers can be justified. The ECJ has ruled that a Danish …

UK: New resources

The Information Commissioner's Office has published a code of practice on dealing with subject access requests. Age Action Alliance has published a …

UK: Age discrimination - partnership mandatory retirement age of 65 lawful

Readers will be aware of the Supreme Court ruling in Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes that a mandatory retirement age of 65 in a law firm partnership …