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Hong Kong: Categorising individuals as contractors or employees
As budgets tighten and approved headcounts lowered, employers are increasingly looking for creative ways to engage staff to meet demands. In this …
New Zealand: Fair and reasonable dismissals
The New Zealand Court of Appeal has ruled on the standard for employers in justifying dismissal decisions, finding it requires an overall assessment of …
Taiwan: Compliance checks - changes to Labor Standards Act
On 6 December 2016, a number of amendments to the Labor Standards Act (Act), relating to rest days, national holidays, annual leave, breaks between …
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: Working time - employers must ensure that workers can take rest breaks
Employers should review their working arrangements to ensure they allow workers to take their statutory rest breaks. Rejecting earlier conflicting EAT …
UK: Autumn Statement - taxation on termination payments and salary sacrifice
Our July-August 2016 ebulletin highlighted HMRC proposals to change the taxation of termination payments from April 2018, and in particular to provide …
UK: New statutory benefit and minimum wage rates confirmed
The national minimum wage increases have been confirmed: the hourly rate for those aged 25 or over will be £7.50 from April 2017. The Department for Work …
UK: New publications - marriage and civil partnership discrimination, religion in the workplace
The following new employment law-related resources have been published: Acas has published workplace guidance on marriage and civil partnership …
UK: 'Gig economy' employers - business model under threat from litigation and legislative review
Companies engaged in the 'gig economy' should be alive to the threat recent employment law developments could pose to their business model. Where the …
UK: Consultation on reform to employment tribunals
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Ministry of Justice have jointly launched a consultation on reforming the employment …
UK: Breastfeeding at work - employers may need to adjust employee hours
Employers should ensure that employees who are breastfeeding are able to express milk at work sufficiently regularly to avoid medical problems (in …
UK: Discrimination - Supreme Court asked to consider ambit of associative discrimination
The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal has ruled that it was direct associative discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation for a bakery to refuse …
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