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Australia: Top 10 Trends in Employment and Industrial Relations - 2018
Just in time for your holiday reading, we've compiled our Top 10 Trends in employment and industrial relations in Australia for 2018. Click here to …
Hong Kong: Proposed changes to discrimination laws
On 30 November 2018, legislation was gazetted which proposes various amendments to the Sex Discrimination Ordinance, Disability Discrimination Ordinance, …
Australia: Fair Work Amendment (Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2018 receives royal assent
The Fair Work Amendment (Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2018 passed both houses of Parliament on Thursday 6 December 2018 and also …
Thailand: Proposed Amendments to the Labour Protection Act
On 21 September 2018, the Minister of Labour announced the National Legislative Assembly's ("NLA") in principle approval of the draft amendment ("Draft …
Hong Kong: Proposed Changes to Laws Impacting Employers
In the 2018 Policy Address on 10 October 2018, the Chief Executive of the HKSAR Carrie Lam announced several key proposals in respect of benefits …
UK: further detail on parental bereavement rights published
The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill received Royal Assent in September and is expected to come into force in 2020. It provides for 2 …
UK: new government proposals covering tips, job adverts and publication of parental leave and pay policies
On 1 October 2018 the government announced new measures to support workers: New legislation is "to be introduced at the earliest opportunity" to …
UK: Diversity Developments - presentation of pay gap data, proposals on parental leave and dress code guidance
The Government Equalities Office has published the findings of a commissioned study (here) concluding that the clearest and most accessible way of …
Australia: What employers need to know about upcoming changes to long service leave in Victoria
Victoria introduces new Long Service Leave Act 2018 (Act) In our previous post here, we discussed the proposed changes to existing long service leave …
UK: no direct discrimination in failure to enhance shared parental leave pay to match maternity pay; indirect discrimination claim to be reheard
Many employers who enhance maternity pay have chosen not to mirror this for shared parental leave, pending clarity as to whether this could be direct or …
UK: consultation on parental bereavement leave and pay
The Government is supporting a private member's bill which, subject to Parliamentary approval, will require the Secretary of State to introduce …
UK: April 2018 changes to statutory benefits, tribunal compensation, minimum wage
From 6 April 2018, the cap on the unfair dismissal compensatory award increases from £80,541 to £83,682 and the cap on weekly pay (used to calculate …
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