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

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

Our update this month takes a look at the periods of how fixed term contracts are calculated in Cambodia to avoid deemed permanent employment. Read more about that here. Over in Japan, combatting power harassment continues to be an important objective for the National Diet. We consider the latest legislative changes here. India has introduced … Read more

New provisions regulating workplace harassment and bullying set out in South Korea’s amended Labour Standards Act (the “LSA“) were recently implemented on 16 July 2019. Employers should ensure that their internal policies are in line with these changes. Read more

We hope our readers have had an enjoyable Easter break. As we all get back into the swing of work, our latest e-bulletin looks at some of the key developments across the region. Starting in the Philippines, we look at the move towards normalizing working from home, and the requirement to ensure the employees working … Read more

The South Korean National Assembly recently passed legislation requiring employers to tackle workplace bullying and harassment. The amendments to the Labor Standards Act and the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act dealing with Work Rules, penalties and handling bullying or harassment incidents will take effect on 29 May 2019. Read more