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Cooper Grace Ward
Although the employer did breach its duty of care towards its employee, that breach did not cause the elbow injury.
Avant Law
Employers have a positive duty to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate sex-based discrimination.
Avant Law
Businesses should amend employment policies and procedures for new sexual harassment and sex-discrimination law reforms.
Holding Redlich
A reminder for employers with employees who travel for work purposes to review their contract arrangements accordingly.
Carroll & O'Dea
Sporting Clubs and Sporting Associations can be held liable for harm to child members by employees, coaches, and volunteers.
Carroll & O'Dea
What engineered stone is, serious respiratory health problems for workers, and the call for its ban in Australia.
Carroll & O'Dea
This ban stems from mounting concerns regarding the detrimental health impacts of engineered stone on workers.
Bartier Perry
Employers will soon be subject to new laws that criminalise the underpayment of wages and other monetary benefits.
Hong Kong
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.
Mayer Brown
Hong Kong Employment & Benefits partner Jennifer Tam and associate Vanessa Lo contributed to the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management by sharing their insights on safeguarding transgender employees in Hong Kong.
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
Hong Kong employers and employees have become increasingly aware of their rights and obligations under the anti-discrimination legislation since the passing of the Sex Discrimination...
Mayer Brown
The primary piece of legislation, the Employment Ordinance (the "EO"), prescribes certain basic rights and protection for most employees.
India
Ius Laboris
A decade after the passage of the POSH Act, implementation and enforcement of the Act is still inadequate. The Supreme Court of India recently expressed...
Samvad Partners
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Amendment Bill, 2022 ("Amendment Bill 2022") was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on December 8, 2023.
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
Every deputation and secondment is not manpower supply and each case is based on its unique factual matrix which is required to be determined based on legal jurisprudence.
Ius Laboris
India's 2013 law on sexual harassment of women in the workplace (the so called ‘POSH Act') requires the Internal Committee of each covered organisation to submit an annual report.
Lawmetrik Impact Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act) recently marked its tenth anniversary.
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