As we hit mid year, the employment landscape across Asia has started to move away from only focussing on Covid-19 related emergency measures. Our Asia Employment, Pensions and Incentives update this month looks at: the recent decision in Malaysia in Ahmad Zahriv AIMS Cyberjaya Sdn BHd in relation to fixed term employment contracts; the restrictions … Read more

Our Asia Employment, Pensions and Incentives update this month looks at: the new measures in South Korea introducing paid emergency childcare leave to ease the burden on working parents; the Employment Adjustment Subsidy in Japan, intended to try and prevent employers from resorting to immediate redundancies; in Thailand, the new data protection rules and how … Read more

1) This morning the Government announced that an online Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme will be launched on 26 May for small and medium-sized employers to recover Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) payments they have made to their employees due to COVID-19-related absence. Employers with a PAYE payroll scheme that was created and started on … Read more

Yesterday the Government updated guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). The guidance has now been split into a number of separate web pages and the text moved between or within pages, but the only substantive changes are: The guidance now reflects this week’s announcement confirming the extension of the CJRS in its current … Read more

This week saw the applications for the Federal Government’s JobKeeper scheme officially open. To apply, or to access more information on the JobKeeper scheme, please follow the link or visit the ATO website. Some other key developments in the employment space this week are outlined below. A reminder that at any time you can visit … Read more

As anticipated, the main focus of the Employment sector this week has been on the newly introduced JobKeeper scheme. Although there is still more information to be released, the JobKeeper rules have been re-released and the Australian Tax Office (ATO) has published more formal and comprehensive guidance about the steps that employers must take to … Read more

We hope our readers are staying well through this difficult period and adjusting to the new work from home arrangements. Our Asia Employment, Pensions and Incentives update this month looks at: what constitutes redundancy in New Zealand, the decision in National Legal Service Authority vs Union of India and what it means for transgender employees in … Read more

This week has been characterised by a number of significant and unprecedented changes in the employment landscape. Over the next couple of weeks, the main one that we expect many businesses will be grappling with is the JobKeeper legislation that passed through Parliament last night and received royal assent today. Although the rules supporting the … Read more