Employment Notes

UK: impact of English jurisdiction clause on ability to bring unfair dismissal claim

Korea: More Changes To The Employment Regime

South Korea continues to overhaul its labour and employment landscape. We look at some upcoming changes to the notice of dismissal provisions and the …

Compliance Check: Indonesia - Hiring Local Employees Without A Local Entity

There are complicated rules which govern when and how a foreign entity can operate in Indonesia without establishing a local entity. Companies should pay …

Compliance Check: Vietnam - Hiring Local Employees Without a Local Entity

There are complicated rules which govern when and how a foreign entity can operate in Vietnam without establishing a local entity. Companies should pay …

UK: Jurisdiction - claims for EU-derived rights may only be brought in the UK if working within the EU

In Wittenberg v Sunset Personnel Services the EAT has reiterated its view, originally given in Hasan v Shell International (see our blog post), that …

Updated HSF multi-jurisdictional guide to employee issues in business transfers

Employment law issues rarely determine the strategy for a multi-jurisdictional business acquisition, but they can certainly give rise to significant …

Hong Kong: Which laws apply in cross-border employment?

The Macau Judicial Base Court recently held that Macau law (not Hong Kong law) governed an employment relationship between a Hong Kong citizen and his …

UK: Anti-suit injunctions - Court of Appeal rules that EU jurisdiction rules should prevail over US exclusive jurisdiction clause

The Court of Appeal has overturned a controversial High Court ruling (summarised in our blog post here) concerning the enforcement of non-EU exclusive …

UK: Court of Appeal due to consider whether US exclusive jurisdiction clause or EU jurisdiction rules should prevail

The Court of Appeal is due to consider whether a UK-domiciled employee's right under EU rules to be sued only in the UK should be given precedence over …

UK: Peripatetic employee based abroad not entitled to bring statutory UK employment claims despite work here

Spending more time in England than any other country does not necessarily mean that a peripatetic employee can claim unfair dismissal here; the key …

Updated HSF multi-jurisdictional guide to employee issues in business transfers

We have recently updated our multi-jurisdictional guide discussing potential employee issues in business transfers (first published in October 2013). The …

UK: Unfair dismissal - 'virtual' employee teleworking from overseas for UK business can bring claim here

Employers should bear in mind the scope for employees working abroad to bring claims here, even where it has been the employee's choice to …