On 12 May 2021, Spain’s Official State Journal (Boletín Oficial del Estado, or BOE) published Royal Decree-Law 9/2021, of 11 May, which amends the recast Spanish Workers’ Statute Law, approved by Legislative Royal Decree 2/2015, of 23 October, which guarantees the labour rights of people who deliver for digital platforms (RDL 9/2021 or the Riders … Read more

Following a three-month industry consultation period, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has released the Consultation Conclusions Paper on Implementation of Mandatory Reference Checking Scheme to Address the “Rolling Bad Apples” Phenomenon (Consultation Conclusions) dated 3 May 2021. Through the mandatory reference checking scheme (MRC Scheme), the HKMA will establish a common protocol for reference … Read more

A busy start to 2021 for Hong Kong employers with a number of new changes coming into effect or on the horizon. The Government has recently announced that employers can now seek reimbursement for the additional statutory maternity leave which came into effect in December 2020. From next month, new mothers will also benefit from … Read more

This month the Asia EPI bulletin starts with a look at a new case in Singapore in which an employee was awarded SGD $1.4million in damages for unlawful dismissal. A timely reminder to ensure that employers follow due process when terminating employment, even in supposedly employee-friendly jurisdictions. You can read the case update here. Continuing … Read more

We have seen now different countries rolling out various COVID-19 vaccinations. Employers and employees are keen to see some sort of semblance of how things were or at least a lifting of restrictions, but with such novel vaccines there are many questions that are still unanswered. By now, many Hong Kong employers will have established … Read more