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Australia
Vincent Young
The personal liability arising under Division 9 of Part 5.3 A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Act) often provides one of the greatest risks facing administrators...
Holman Webb
Employers should proactively review employment agreements to consider if contact outside of working hours is necessary.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Employers should consider the implications of the changes immediately, noting key commencement deadlines.
MDC Legal
Comprehensive and well drafted written contracts should set out the relationship between persons working in a business.
Canada
Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
Since December 1, 2022, new provisions of the Canada Labour Code (CLC) have required federally regulated employers to provide their employees with up to 10 days of annual paid medical leave.
Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
Over the years, we have reported on the enforceability of termination clauses (or lack thereof in most cases). Just when we thought all possible arguments had been exhausted and considered by the courts...
Gowling WLG
Ontario courts have relentlessly scrutinized and struck down termination provisions that purport to contract out of an employee's entitlements to reasonable notice at common law.
Aird & Berlis LLP
This two-part article addresses recent updates to the Canada Labour Code and explores recent scrutiny from an Ontario court on the interpretation of a termination provision...
Littler - Canada
In Dufault v. The Corporation of the Township of Ignace, 2024 ONSC 1029, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that the termination provisions of a fixed-term employment contract were illegal and unenforceable ...
Littler - Canada
In United Steelworkers Local 14193 v. Cameco Fuel Manufacturing Inc., 2023 CanLII 115899 (ON LA), an arbitrator dismissed a union's policy grievance on the grounds that, contrary to the union's assertion...
Fasken
In a recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found that the termination clause in an employment agreement was unenforceable for, among other reasons...
CCPartners
Stop us if you have heard this before: the Ontario court system's latest decision undermines the enforceability of employment agreements.
Ecuador
Biz Latin Hub Group
As the eighth largest economy in Latin America, investing in Ecuador allows businesses to share in steady economic growth.
Hong Kong
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.
India
Ius Laboris
India's 2013 law on sexual harassment of women in the workplace (the so called ‘POSH Act') requires the Internal Committee of each covered organisation to submit an annual report.
Indonesia
Herbert Smith Freehills
It is theoretically possible for a foreign entity to engage an employee to perform work in Indonesia. While the employment will generally be subject to employment laws in Indonesia...
Ireland
William Fry
Following a public consultation which concluded in June 2023, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has published a Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Right to Request...
Ogier
It has come into consideration whether an employee's constitutionally protected ‘right to silence' can be implemented within the workplace.
Anjarwalla & Khanna
On 29 June 2023, the Employment and Labour Relations Court ruled on Scoline Anyango Ojung'a's (the Claimant) case against Healthlink Matcare Ltd T/A Nairobi Women's Hospital ....
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