Our e-bulletin this month begins with a take a look at a current Singapore case the place the court docket took under consideration the Tripartite Tips on Wrongful Dismissals find that an employer lacked enough trigger in dismissing a pregnant worker below part 84(1)(b) of the Employment Act. Click on right here to learn a abstract of the case.

Over in Mainland China, we take a look at the newest instances and judicial experiences regarding ladies’s employment rights, together with the Work Report on the Trial of Labour Disputes Involving Feminine Workers from 2018 to 2023 printed by the Suzhou Intermediate Individuals’s Court docket. Click on right here for extra particulars.

In Hong Kong, the court docket in Tahoe Life Insurance coverage Firm Ltd v Cheung Wai Yi [2024] HKCFI 782 just lately granted an employer’s software for an interim injunction to forestall a former worker from disclosing confidential emails and paperwork that the previous worker despatched to her private e-mail accounts. Click on right here for a abstract of the case.

Our Compliance Verify this month considers the necessities for termination of employment on the idea of simply trigger within the Philippines. Click on right here to verify your organization is compliant. This month’s Asia comparative article compares the authorized necessities round versatile working preparations throughout Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Mainland China in right now’s post-Covid world. Click on right here to match the principles.

We just lately hosted seminars on managing office investigations for monetary establishments in our Hong Kong and Singapore workplaces. The seminars drew insights from our employment and monetary regulatory groups, and mentioned interplay between inside and exterior investigations, if and when conduct must be reported to the regulator, how disciplinary actions may affect match and correct evaluation, and reference verify obligations. If you happen to missed them, you’ll be able to entry the recordings for Hong Kong right here and for Singapore right here.

We’re additionally thrilled to announce that the Indonesia launch of our Asia Pacific Employment Regulation Information 2023/2024 will now happen on 8 Could. In case you are based mostly in Jakarta or know of somebody based mostly in Jakarta who wish to attend the launch and get a replica of the Information, please do join right here.

To all of our purchasers, we want you Eid Mubarak – benefit from the festivities!

Fatim Jumabhoy
Managing Associate, Singapore
Head of Employment, Pensions & Incentives, Asia

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