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Australia: Flexible work requests - achieving compliance with legal obligations
Flexible work arrangements have been in the spotlight again this year with the categories of employees who can request these arrangements expanded …
UK: Grievances - implied duty to provide impartial appeal
Employers should ensure that appeals against a grievance decision are heard by an appropriate senior manager other than the original decision-maker, …
Australia: High Court now likely to rule on status of implied term of mutual trust and confidence
Summary A majority of the Full Federal Court has found that the Commonwealth Bank of Australia breached the implied term of mutual trust and confidence …
Australia: The implied term of mutual trust and confidence and company policies: CBA v Barker
A majority of the Full Federal Court has found that the Commonwealth Bank of Australia breached the implied term of mutual trust and confidence for …
Hong Kong: High Court considers reasonableness of restrictive covenant
In Pure International (HK) Ltd v Lo Yan Chan Kenneth [2013] HKEC 1092 the Court of First Instance considered the validity of a six-month restriction …
UK: Government to review the use of "zero-hours" contracts
In late 2012 we have looked at zero-hours contracts as a possible solution to temporary staffing needs. However, last month, the Business Secretary, …
Employees in Russia can now work from home
Recent developments in Russian employment law arising out of the President's Order given on 14 March 2011 allow employees to work from home. These …
UK: Collective agreement clause could not be construed as giving employer choice of two pay rates
Overturning the EAT, the Court of Appeal has construed a contractual clause in a collective agreement, which provided that the employer would increase …
UK: Court of Appeal upholds bonus ruling in Dresdner Kleinwort v Attrill
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal from the High Court's ruling that Dresdner Kleinwort had contractually committed to a minimum bonus pool from …
Japan: Changes to employment law effective from 1 April 2013
As of 1 April 2013, Japan's minimum retirement age will increase to 65 years, with further restriction on scope to refuse re-employment after an earlier …
Australia: 'Sham contracting’ in the spotlight
A renewed regulatory focus on sham contracting and a recent decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court (Full Court) highlights the need for …
UK: Employers should review and consider redrafting Pilon clauses
The Supreme Court has ruled that, where an employer dismisses an employee with immediate effect in breach of the employment contract, the employee can …
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