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UK: Are 'zero-hours contracts' an alternative to the use of agency workers?
In a recent survey on employment trends in 2012, the CBI reported that the increased costs and complexity brought about by the Agency Workers …
UK: New national minimum wage rates
From 1 October 2012 the national minimum wage hourly rate for workers aged 21 and over increases to £6.19, the hourly rate for workers aged 18-20 and …
Case law developments on outsourcing and contract labour in Indonesia and Korea
The ability to use atypical workers through outsourcing or labour hire as a device for employers to avoid employment costs and liabilities is becoming …
UAE: Labour Law – enforceability of employment contracts
There have been two material recent developments in UAE employment law in relation to the enforceability of employment contracts: More, not less The …
Spain: Annulment of dismissals of top executives
In its decision dated 18 June 2012, the Spanish Supreme Court declared that the dismissal of a top executive was null and void due to breach of his …
UK: Recruitment - failure to disclose information may shift burden of proof for discrimination claim
Employers can refuse to provide recruitment information to an unsuccessful job applicant who meets the advertised job criteria, but risk this being used …
UK: Repeated renewals of fixed term contract - justified if for recurring temporary cover
EU law requires the repeated use of fixed term contracts to be objectively justified. In Great Britain employees who have been continuously …
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