Employment Notes

Vietnam: Improved Employee Rights Under Draft New Labour Code

Thailand: Amendments to the Labour Protection Act

The draft amendment to the Labour Protection Act (the LPA) has now been approved by the National Legislative Assembly on 29 June 2017, and is awaiting …

UK: Discrimination arising from disability - ‘unfavourable treatment’ test does not require comparison

The EAT has overturned a tribunal ruling that it was unlawful disability-related discrimination for an ill health early retirement pension to be based on …

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, …

United Arab Emirates: Proposed reform to retirement and pension law

The Federal National Council (FNC) has called for widespread reform to retirement and pension laws in an effort to encourage more Emiratis to work in the …

Spain: Proposed amendments to Spain's state pension system

On 7 June 2013, a committee of experts appointed by the Spanish government was asked to prepare a report on the “sustainability factor” of the social …

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 …

The key elements of Spanish labour reform: Act 3/2012, of 6 July, of urgent measures to reform the employment market

Act 3/2012, of 6 July, of urgent measures to reform the employment market was published in the Official State Journal on 7 July, following the passing of …

UK: Age discrimination - Supreme Court tinkers with law on retirement ages

In Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes the Supreme Court has confirmed that employers need to give careful consideration when seeking to justify …

UK: Age discrimination - degree requirement needs to be justified

Employers should only impose requirements for job holders to have a degree if these can be justified. Where an employee was coming up to compulsory …

UK: Statutory default retirements - notices invalid if fail to refer to statutory provision

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that employer notices to retire employees under the old statutory default retirement age regime given prior to 6 April …

UK: Retirement - requests to continue working must be considered in good faith

The EAT has upheld a tribunal ruling that requests to continue working past retirement age (under the now defunct default retirement age statutory …