Our final Asia Employment, Pensions and Incentives update for 2019 looks at: the changes to immigration policies in China, that came into effect 1 August 2019 and relax the requirements for highly-skilled foreign workers and students which had previously been in place; in Malaysia, the amendments outlined in the Industrial Relations Bill which while not … Read more

Further to our previous updates, there have been a number of recent developments to licensing schemes in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. Most notably: Victoria: The Victorian Labour Hire Authority has announced that where a completed application is submitted to the Authority before midnight on 31 December 2019 and there is no evidence of non-compliance, … Read more

Following last week’s election victory for the Conservatives, employers contemplating what may lie ahead for employment law may welcome indications from the Conservative manifesto that it will largely be business as usual.  Unlike Labour, the Conservatives did not announce any radical new proposals and the focus on themes raised by the Theresa May-commissioned Taylor Review … Read more

Updates recently added to our Employment Notes blog include updates on important rulings on unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, legal advice privilege and publicity for tribunal claims, as well as news on NDAs, the Conservative manifesto and other developments. Please click on Read More for a full list and links to the relevant posts.  Wishing all our … Read more

Employment rights have been a key political battleground during both the Brexit process and the current general election campaign and, unsurprisingly, the approaches of the two main political parties are very different.  On Brexit, the Conservatives seek to reserve the right to deviate from EU employment laws while also committing to maintain high standards of … Read more

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in Herbai v Hungary that the European Convention Article 10 right of freedom of expression can protect opinions which are on matters of interest only to specific professions.  It is not limited to comments that demonstrably contribute to debate on matters of public interest. The Court held … Read more

A recent Supreme Court decision highlights the importance of a thorough investigation of the purported grounds for dismissing an employee, particularly if there could be reasons why a line manager might have engineered the grounds.  The Court ruled in Royal Mail Group v Jhuti that, if a person in the hierarchy of responsibility above an … Read more

An employment tribunal has ruled that ‘workers’, ie those who are not employed or self-employed but work under a contract personally to do work, qualify for protection under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006. TUPE implements the EU Acquired Rights Directive, which provides for the transfer of rights and obligations arising from … Read more