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Herbert Smith Freehills
The recent Court of First Instance decision in Tahoe Life Insurance Company Ltd v Cheung Wai Yi [2024] HKCFI 782 serves as a reminder that employers...
Herbert Smith Freehills
The District Court in Hum Matthew Ta v Allied Way Security Management Limited [2024] HKDC 134 recently dismissed an employee's claim for wrongful dismissal against his former employer.
Mayer Brown
The primary piece of legislation, the Employment Ordinance (the "EO"), prescribes certain basic rights and protection for most employees.
Ius Laboris
A Hong Kong court decision holding an employer liable for various payments and benefits owed to a former employee highlights the importance of making prompt payment of all amounts due upon termination of employment.
Ius Laboris
Under Hong Kong's court rules, the Labour Tribunal has exclusive jurisdiction over claims for money damages arising from an employment contract or the Employment Ordinance.
Mayer Brown
In the recent case of 周露娜 v. 中旅货运物流中心有限公司 [2023] HKDC 1115, the Court found that a logistics company (the "Employer")...
Ius Laboris
A Hong Kong employee dismissed via WeChat while in hospital has been awarded substantial damages for pregnancy discrimination.
Lewis Silkin
The Claimant was a former employee of the Respondent, a logistics company. Between 2007 – 2011, the Claimant was employed by affiliated companies within the same group.
Stephenson Harwood
This case concerned service out of the jurisdiction of a writ based on a tort claim.
Mayer Brown
In Black Marble Securities Limited v. Lee Yan Chi [2023] HKCFI 1084, the employer (Company) sought to recover financial losses by enforcing a contractual indemnity against a former account executive (Broker)...
Mayer Brown
Hong Kong's District Court upheld an employee's claim for unpaid bonus and refund of wrongful deductions in Kan Kin Tong v. Man Leong Fire Services Ltd [2023] HKDC 513.
Mayer Brown
Following the removal of the vaccine pass requirement earlier this year, the vaccination provisions that were introduced in June 2022 into the Employment Ordinance...
Mayer Brown
Hong Kong's Court of First Instance (CFI) dismissed a plaintiff company's application for a springboard injunction in DCL Communication Limited v Lam Yim Chi Julia and Reach Technology Solutions Limited [2023] HKCFI 98.
Mayer Brown
In Breton Jean v 香港丽翔公务航空有限公司 (HK Bellawings Jet Limited) [2022] HKCA 1736, the Court of Appeal (CA) upheld the District Court (DC) decision in allowing the employee's claim for unpaid and untaken statutory rest days.
Ius Laboris
Hong Kong has relaxed its Covid travel rules, removing the need for inbound travellers to self-isolate in a quarantine hotel. What will change for employers?...
Herbert Smith Freehills
An employer agrees to a clause in an employment contract requiring it to pay an employee two years' salary if it terminates the employee's employment within the first three years of the contract.
Lewis Silkin
During a press conference on Friday, 23 September 2022, Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee announced the Government's long-awaited new rules for inbound travellers traveling to Hong Kong from overseas places.
Herbert Smith Freehills
The Hong Kong District Court has provided a timely reminder to employers of the importance of ensuring that fair and proper processes are followed in the handling of sexual harassment complaints.
Mayer Brown
In the case Dock Brian v. Pacific Gourmet Holdings Ltd [2022] HKCFI 444, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (CFI) heard an appeal from the Labour Tribunal (LT) concerning a purported settlement...
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Global reductions in force (RIFs) continue to be a hot topic on multinational employers' minds in 2023. In February, Seyfarth's specialist International Employment Law team covered the top...
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