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Our e-bulletin this month begins with a have a look at a latest Singapore case the place the court docket took into consideration the Tripartite Tips on Wrongful Dismissals to find that an employer lacked enough trigger in dismissing a pregnant worker underneath part 84(1)(b) of the Employment Act. Click on right here to learn a abstract of the case.
Over in Mainland China, we have a look at the newest circumstances and judicial reviews regarding girls’s employment rights, together with the Work Report on the Trial of Labour Disputes Involving Feminine Staff from 2018 to 2023 revealed by the Suzhou Intermediate Individuals’s Courtroom. 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 lately granted an employer’s utility 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 premise of simply trigger within the Philippines. Click on right here to ensure 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 in the present day’s post-Covid world. Click on right here to match the foundations.
We lately hosted seminars on managing office investigations for monetary establishments in our Hong Kong and Singapore places of work. 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 would possibly impression match and correct evaluation, and reference verify obligations. Should you missed them, you possibly can entry the recordings for Hong Kong right here and for Singapore right here.
To all of our shoppers, we want you Eid Mubarak – benefit from the festivities!
Fatim Jumabhoy
Managing Associate, Singapore
Head of Employment, Pensions & Incentives, Asia
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