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Mayer Brown
The primary piece of legislation, the Employment Ordinance (the "EO"), prescribes certain basic rights and protection for most employees.
Ius Laboris
An online luxury retail company was fined HKD 145,000 by a court in Hong Kong for failing to pay the wages of eleven of its employees on time.
Mayer Brown
The long-awaited Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance Cap 645 (Ordinance) will come into force on 29 January 2024.
Mayer Brown
After a year of preparation, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) launched Phase 1 of the Mandatory Reference Checking (MRC) Scheme on 2 May 2023 to tackle "rolling bad apples".
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
Analysing Chow Kai Yan by Man Wai Tong, his next friend v. Kingsway Cars Service Limited (DCEC 376/2019) judgment of 29 March 2022.
Mayer Brown
The Hong Kong Government gazetted today that with effect from 1 May 2023, the minimum wage rate in Hong Kong will be increased to HK$40 per hour.
Envoy Global, Inc.
Hong Kong will increase its statutory minimum wage to HK $40 per hour on 1 May 2023
Herbert Smith Freehills
In issue in this case was whether the stroke suffered by the Employee constituted an "injury by accident" under that provision.
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.
Mayer Brown
The Competition Commission (the Commission) recently published an advisory bulletin (the Advisory Bulletin) regarding competition concerns over the sharing of information...
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...
Mayer Brown
The Group cannot dismiss you within three years upon the commencement of this employment agreement.
Herbert Smith Freehills
In a recent Hong Kong District Court decision Chow Kai Yan v Kingsway Cars T Service Ltd [2022] HKDC 165, the Court confirmed that an employee who suffered a stroke at work had not ...
Mayer Brown
Our Employment & Benefits team in Hong Kong have published the Asia Employment Law: Mid-Year Review – 2022 H1, a publication covering 14 jurisdictions in Asia.
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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...
Herbert Smith Freehills
We look at the changes in immigration policies as Mainland China downgraded COVID-19 from a Class A to a Class B infection with effect from 8 January 2023. Click here for a summary...
Herbert Smith Freehills
an update on the new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 in India. As the name suggests, the bill only covers processing of digital personal data. Consider the implications of the bill on employee data here.
Herbert Smith Freehills
our review of a recent Hong Kong case, Tan Shaun Zhi Ming v Euromoney Institutional Investor (Jersey) Ltd [2022] HKDC 622, where a male employee accused of...
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