Employment Notes
Tag: migrant workers
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Compliance Check: Indonesia - New Rules for Foreign Workers
Indonesia’s Ministry of Manpower ("MOM") has issued a new regulation, MOM Regulation No. 10 of 2018 on Procedures for the Utilisation of Foreign Workers …
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 …
China: Implementation Measures for Foreign Talent Visas (R Visas)
On 28 November 2017, the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Public …
UK: Employees overseas - need for caution in using standard employment contracts
The fact that an employee working overseas is on an employment contract governed by English law is a relevant factor in determining whether he can bring …
Myanmar: New investment law
The Myanmar legislature enacted the Myanmar Investment Law (the "MIL") late last year. The MIL repealed the 2012 Foreign Investment Law (the "FIL"). In …
PRC: Is Hiring Expatriates Becoming More Difficult?
PRC authorities have launched New Work Permit Rules in April 2017. Consistent with the PRC authorities' attitude to "welcome high-end, control mid-level …
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 …
UK: April 2017 changes - apprenticeship levy, tribunal compensation limits, national minimum wage, statutory benefits and immigration skills charge
From 6 April 2017 UK employers with an annual pay bill of or over £3 million will be required to pay an apprenticeship levy at a rate equivalent to 0.5% …
Asia: Human rights - modern slavery and labour issues
Concerns in relation to “modern slavery” are increasingly important for businesses to recognise. This is especially so in Asia, where poor enforcement …
UK: Government announcements - workers' rights post Brexit, employee representation on boards, employment of foreign workers, and review of modern employment practices
At the Conservative Party conference, Theresa May announced plans to repeal the 1972 European Communities Act, which gives direct effect to EU law in the …
UK: No race discrimination claim where vulnerable migrant workers abused due to immigration status
The Supreme Court in Taiwo v Olaigbe and Onu v Akwiwu has ruled that less favourable treatment due to a vulnerable immigration status was not direct race …
Singapore: Measures tightening the rules on hiring foreign workers
The Ministry of Manpower has announced measures to ensure fair employment opportunities for Singaporeans, including two main proposals: MOM has …
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