Employment Law
Hong Kong HR news for 2015
Here we summarise a selection of the expected developments in Hong Kong employment law in […]
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Employment Law
When does a tweet amount to gross misconduct?
Can a tweet, made by an employee on his private Twitter account outside working hours
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Anti-Trust & Competition Human Rights
Anti-trust dawn raid offends human rights – Magna Carta remembered
As we are celebrating this year the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta, it
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Employment Law
Territoriality – Australian claims unfair dismissal in UK tribunal
Can an employee who lives exclusively in Australia, but who continues to work for a
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Disability
European Court says obesity can be a disability
As is widely known (and we referred to it in an earlier piece https://igloballaw.com/is-obesity-a-disability-by-law/ )
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Minimum pay
Germany introduces its first minimum wage
Minimum wage laws currently apply in 21 of the 28 member states of the European
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Data Protection
SMAC and data protection
Does the use of SMAC change anything in the data protection world, or does it
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Employment Law
European holiday pay should include overtime
A recent decision in the UK Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has changed the way holiday
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Anti-Bribery & Compliance Whistleblowing
SEC whistleblowing benefits foreigners too
A whistle-blower, whose identity was not disclosed, has been awarded over US$30M by the SEC,
SEC whistleblowing benefits foreigners too Read Article