This month’s update covers the following: We look at the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA), India’s first comprehensive data privacy legislation. While the effective date of the legislation has not yet been announced, employers will need to consider how the law may impact the way they manage employee data. Click here to find … Read more

This month’s update covers the following: We look at recent updates in major cities across Mainland China, including changes in contribution bases for social insurance and housing fund in Beijing, extrajudicial commentary on specific employment issues in Shanghai and the implementation rules on the application of employment contract law in Tianjin. Click here to see … Read more

This month’s update covers the following: the upward revision in minimum salary and recent average salary figures in major cities across Mainland China, here. in South Korea, the Supreme Court abolished the long-standing “social norms reasonableness” exception. The Court held that the consent of the majority trade union or employees must be obtained before making … Read more

This month’s update covers the following: We look at recent guidelines in Indonesia which require employers, amongst others, to set up a task force to address workplace sexual violence and deal with complaints. Click here for our take on the guidelines. Over in Mainland China, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the … Read more

In recent months, governments in both the United States and the United Kingdom have announced their intention to propose sweeping changes to non-compete clauses in employment contracts. This appears to have arisen out of an interest to address allegedly anti-competitive behaviours in the labour market. Read more

This month’s update covers the following: a recent Singapore case where the court dealt with an appeal against damages for the non-delivery of shares granted to employees as part of an incentive scheme. The court considered whether termination of employment could deprive an employee of their unvested shares, even though the termination was only days … Read more

This month’s update covers the following: changes in employment and immigration requirements in Mainland China after the management of COVID-19 was downgraded from Class A to Class B. Click here for a list of frequently asked questions for employers. in Singapore, the General Division of the High Court in Siemens Industry Software Inc v Inzign … Read more

Our March update covers the following: We look at statutory mechanisms for cross-border transfer of personal information in Mainland China, including the new standard contract formulated by the Cyberspace Administration of China. Click here to see the implications for employers. In Taiwan, terminating employment on the basis of poor performance is challenging so we set … Read more