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Singapore: Mandatory retrenchment notifications from 1 January 2017
From 1 January 2017, employers will be required to notify the Ministry of Manpower of certain retrenchments. Employers should take note of this mandatory …
UK: Redundancy - suspending employee during consultation could be unfair
Employers should consider carefully whether it is necessary to suspend an employee at risk of redundancy and prohibit contact with colleagues or clients …
Asia: redundancy notifications
The current global economic slowdown has meant that companies have started to look at redundancies as a cost-saving measure. This month, we take a look …
Australia: Reasonable notice update
A recent judgment of the District Court of South Australia has held that a term providing for termination on reasonable notice should not be implied into …
Asia: Mutual separations and exiting employees
HR practitioners and in-house counsel have often had to think about mutual separations as a way to 'exit' employees. This month, we take a look at some …
Malaysia: Punitive damages in unfair dismissal cases
What happens when an employer dismisses an employee on the grounds of redundancy, but is later unable to prove that there was a genuine redundancy in …
UK: What are my rights if my job is relocated due to Brexit?
The following article by Andrew Taggart was first published in Financial News, 22nd April 2016. If your employer decides to relocate your job and you do …
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 …
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