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Mayer Brown
Summary dismissal cases are usually interesting because of their facts, and even more interesting if one is upheld by the court.
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
In the current climate, it is inevitable that some employers may have to contemplate making redundancies to trim overhead costs in order to survive.
Mayer Brown
New COVID-19 social distancing rules commenced on 29 April 2021. For catering businesses (excluding bars and pubs which have their own rules), there are now four modes of operation ...
Mayer Brown
In 张强 v. 思科系统有限公司 [2021] HKCFI 694, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance found that a typographical error in an agreement rendered the entire agreement void and dismissed...
Gall
The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged businesses across the world and raised unprecedented issues for both employers and employees in the employment law space.
Gall
The Employment Ordinance, Cap. 57 was amended with effect from 11 December 2020 to increase statutory maternity leave from 10 weeks to 14 weeks.
lus Laboris
The Hong Kong government has announced that restaurant staff must have at least one COVID-19 vaccination shot for the restaurant to be entitled to extended opening hour.
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
Although Hong Kong's employment laws are relatively straight forward and consistent with international norms, there are a number of unique provisions which companies employing workers in Hong Kong...
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
2020 has brought about a significant number of changes to working life in Hong Kong. In light of the protests and COVID-19, there has been a widespread adoption of working from home ("WFH").
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
From 11 December 2020, Hong Kong's statutory maternity leave entitlement increased from 10 weeks to 14 weeks.
Mayer Brown
The Reimbursement of Maternity Leave Pay Scheme (the Scheme) is now open for applications.
Mayer Brown
It is an implied term in every employment contract that an employee is obliged to comply with a lawful and reasonable order from their employer.
Mayer Brown
On 17 March 2021, the Legislative Council passed the Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to amend the Sex Discrimination Ordinance (Cap. 480) (SDO) to make it unlawful for a person to...
Gall
Remote working arrangements have become prevalent in response to the challenges posed by the pandemic such as risk of infections...
Mayer Brown
Hong Kong's Employment (Amendment) Bill 2021 (the "Bill"), which seeks to increase the number of statutory holidays under the Employment Ordinance, was gazetted on 5 March 2021.
lus Laboris
To chime with the launch of our flagship publication "The Word 2021: Forces for Change", we prepared some special podcasts on key themes related to the future of work.
Mayer Brown
We set out here what we know about Hong Kong's COVID-19 vaccination programme. This will evolve as more information is made available, so we will update the note regularly.
Mayer Brown
Asia's legal and human resources advisors are often required to function across multiple jurisdictions.
Mayer Brown
The primary piece of legislation, the Employment Ordinance (the "EO"), prescribes certain basic rights and
protection for most employees.
Mayer Brown
On 2 February 2021, the Hong Kong government announced that the statutory minimum wage (SMW) rate will remain at HK$37.50 per hour following a review by the Minimum Wage Commission
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