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Australia
Herbert Smith Freehills
The Malaysian Court of Appeal in Gopala Krishnan Chettiar a/l Muthu v Sealand Marine Inspection and Testing (M) Sdn Bhd 2023] 4 MLJ 445 recently ruled that a director can also be considered...
Belgium
Claeys & Engels
Deze interestvoet wordt elk jaar herzien volgens een bij wet bepaalde regel. Evolutie van de wettelijke interestvoet sinds 2014...
Littler Mendelson
On January 18, 2024, the Belgium government submitted a draft law that would require employers to justify their decisions to dismiss contractual employees in the public sector.
Canada
Littler - Canada
In Gannon v. Kinsdale Carriers, 2024 ONSC 1060, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice denied common law reasonable notice to an employee who was wrongfully dismissed...
McMillan LLP
In Gannon v Kinsdale Carriers, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found that a terminated employee failed to mitigate by refusing to accept an offer of comparable employment, ...
Miller Titerle + Company
The recent Court of Appeal decision in Shalagin v. Mercer Celgar Limited Partnership, 2023 BCCA 373 ("Mercer") cautions employees about making surreptitious/secret recordings in the workplace.
Miller Thomson LLP
In Aldergrove Duty Free Shop Ltd. v. MacCallum, the British Columbia Court of Appeal ("BCCA") dismissed an appeal of the trial judge's decision that found the defence of frustration...
Lenczner Slaght LLP
After a three-week trial, the Ontario Superior Court has held that the Royal Bank of Canada had after-acquired cause to terminate a senior banker, Aidan Mittra...
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Labour and Employment Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Canada, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries
CCPartners
In Lagala v. Patene Building Supplies Ltd, 2024 ONSC 253 (CanLII), the employee was dismissed for cause and commenced a wrongful dismissal action against her former employer...
McLennan Ross LLP
On November 8, 2023, the Alberta Rules of Court Committee finalized an amendment to the Rules of Court, adding a new...
China
Shihui Partners
Labour and Employment Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of China, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries
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.
Ireland
RDJ LLP
RDJ Partner and Head of Employment Jennifer Cashman is a regular contributor to Legal Island. Following on from her extremely popular, "Review of the Year" sessions at the Legal Island Annual Review 2023...
Kenya
Matthew and Partners Advocates LLP
Labour and Employment Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Kenya, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries
Malaysia
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
The former employee ("former employee") filed an application for leave to apply for judicial review against his former employer, Petroliam Nasional Berhad ("Petronas").
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
The Claimant was heading a division of the Sales Department and was dismissed on the grounds of redundancy. This arose following a restructuring exercise to: (a) optimise and flatten...
Donovan & Ho
In the complex realm of employment law, unfair dismissal claims can be a challenging battleground for both employers and employees.
Donovan & Ho
What are the implications when an employee embarks on a new job with a different employer without formally resigning from their existing position?
GVZH Advocates
As a juridical body, the Industrial Tribunal has exclusive competence to settle trade disputes and to consider and decide all cases of alleged unfair dismissals.
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