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The Worker (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill has this week received Royal Assent. The Act will give workers and agency workers the right twice a year to request a predictable work pattern if their work is currently unpredictable, ie their contract is for 12 months or less, or is for an unpredictable number of hours … Read more
Recent cases have highlighted the importance of HR teams and managers having a basic knowledge of the types of challenges neurodivergent individuals can face in dealing with common recruitment and workplace processes and practices, but not assuming that everyone with a given condition will have the same difficulties. It will always be important to obtain … Read more
The precise date of a TUPE transfer can be important for determining an employee’s right to claim unfair dismissal and against which party, but the date may not be obvious where the transfer involves a series of transactions over a period of time, all the more so where part of the operations are based outside … Read more
In this podcast, Andrew Taggart, Jenny Andrews, Sian McKinley and Maura McIntosh discuss the types of dispute that are most frequently brought as employment class actions, the procedures that apply, and the strategic challenges and issues that arise for those defending such claims. The presenters are all authors of Class Actions in England and Wales, a textbook … Read more
On 4 September 2023, the Federal Government introduced the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 (Cth) (Bill) in the House of Representatives. This Bill is significant, running to 278 pages and covering 28 distinct parts. It proposes reforms that will have a substantial impact on employers, employees, principals, and contractors. In many respects, the Bill … 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 the Australian Human Rights Council (the AHRC) has published its Guidelines for Complying with the Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (the Guidelines). These Guidelines are the AHRC’s comprehensive legal guidance on the duty, and the AHRC has indicated it will be using these guidelines to assess compliance. As you … 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
As usual, the weeks before the Summer Parliamentary recess have seen a flurry of consultation announcements and legislative progress. Our round-up is below: Legislation Reforms to right to request flexible work: The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill received Royal Assent on 20th July 2023. It requires regulations to be implemented, but once in force will: … Read more