Employment Notes

Japan: Improving the Treatment of Non Regular Workers

Japan: Increased Protection for Fixed Term Employees

In an earlier bulletin, we looked at a landmark Tokyo District Court decision that clarified the circumstances under which benefits given to permanent …

Japan: Differing Conditions Between Permanent and Fixed Term Employees

On 14 September 2017, the Tokyo District Court interpreted and applied the meaning of "unreasonable differences" to the benefits enjoyed by permanent and …

Spain: Broader restrictions in the use of subsequent fixed-term employment contracts

The Spanish Supreme Court (the ‘Supreme Court’) has confirmed that the employment relationship between a temporary employee and its employer may not be …

Japan: Conversion of fixed term employees to permanent employment

In a recent article published by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Ministry has clarified its position regarding the entitlement of …

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 …

Singapore: Focus on fixed-term employees

On 31 July 2017 the Tripartite Alliance issued the Tripartite Standard on Employment of Term Contract Employees (First Standard), (Tripartite Standards). …

Malaysia: Limit of liability for fixed-term contracts

In the case of Malayan Banking Berhad v Mahkamah Perusahaan Malaysia & Anor [2016] MLRHU 1, the High Court in Malaysia ruled that, in an action for …

Singapore: Compliance check - contract workers

The Singapore Ministry of Manpower has recently issued new guidelines in relation to contract workers as part of the drive to protect such workers from …

Japan: Non-renewal of fixed-term employment contract not justified by redundancy of role

Generally, when fixed-term employees have been continuously employed by the same employer for a number of years and the fixed-term contract has undergone …

UK: Employers can face 'series of acts' detriment claims from fixed-term employees where treatment spans a number of discrete fixed-term contracts

Where a fixed-term or part-time employee is subjected to less favourable treatment in the form of a series of similar acts or failures, the time limit …

Asia: Fixed term contracts of employment

We bring you a comparison of the rules governing the use of fixed-term contracts in Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, the People’s Republic of China, the …