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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...
Harneys
As a working mother I prioritise the big-ticket items: keeping the children alive, my day job and personal hygiene.
Ius Laboris
The Hong Kong government has proposed to relax the so-called ‘418' rule for determining continuous employment for the purpose of statutory employment entitlements.
Lewis Silkin
According to government statistics as of 2022, there are more than 338,000 foreign domestic workers ("FDWs") in Hong Kong, which accounts for almost 5% of Hong Kong's population.
Ius Laboris
Starting from 2024, the first weekday after Christmas Day will be added as a statutory holiday in 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.
Mayer Brown
The Hong Kong Government announced that it will relax the "continuous contract" requirement (known as the "418" requirement) today.
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
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.
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
Will Alete and Yolanda Dladla sat down to discuss what can be done to help improve recruitment and retention of Black talent, as well as the importance of allyship, role models and what can be done...
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")...
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.
Mayer Brown
The Hong Kong District Court recently departed from its previous approach to dealing with Section 25 Employees' Compensation (EC) Recovery Claims. Specifically, EC legal costs will not be subject...
Ius Laboris
Two of our lawyers in jurisdictions struggling with low fertility, Hong Kong and Singapore, have a chat about how their governments are tackling the issue and what the implications are for employers.
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.
Herbert Smith Freehills
On 5 May 2022, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced its endorsement of the Guidelines on the Mandatory Reference Checking Scheme (respectively, Guidelines and MRC Scheme) issued by the Hong Kong Association of Banks and the DTC Association.
Mayer Brown
On 27 September 2022, the Hong Kong government announced that the COVID-19 vaccination medical exemption certificates issued by seven private doctors...
Timothy Loh
Under Hong Kong employment law, a restrictive covenant must be sufficiently clear and unambiguous.
Mayer Brown
Asia's legal and human resources advisors are often required to function across multiple jurisdictions.
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