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Global employment, pensions and benefits e-bulletin

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, China, European Union, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam
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  • April 18 2013

A renewed regulatory focus on sham contracting and a court recent decision in ACE Insurance Limited v Trifunovski highlights the need for employers to

Securing IP through employee non-compete obligations

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • February 28 2013

IP protection in China requires the implementation of various strategies. The imposition of post-termination non-compete obligations on employees who

Labour dispatch services in China will provide less flexibility from 1 July 2013

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • January 17 2013

From 1 July 2013, the use of labour dispatch services will likely be a less attractive means of maintaining a more flexible workforce. Companies

General Counsel update - legal guide edition 32

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • November 29 2012

A summary of major developments in key areas

Proposed changes to PRC Labour Contract Law

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • July 31 2012

The Draft Law seeks to tighten regulations and address concerns regarding the widespread use of dispatch workers in the PRC

China looks to tighten labour rules

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • July 17 2012

The draft amendment to the Labour Contract Law aims to change labour dispatch practices, under which businesses choose to outsource workers from thirdparty dispatch agencies rather than directly employing the workers themselves

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Year of the dragon: Managing the parents of the ‘dragon babies’

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Asia-Pacific, China
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  • February 10 2012

With a predicted increase in the number of maternity cases during the year of the dragon, employers in Asia should ensure that they are familiar and compliant with minimum legal standards andor any contractual entitlements in respect of parental leave in the jurisdictions in which they operate

General Counsel Update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • December 7 2011

This is the twenty-seventh in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Increasing labour market pressure and industrial conflict in China

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • October 22 2010

This year has seen increased industrial action in China, including at foreign-owned factories, due to worker discontent with wages and working conditions in a climate of labour shortages