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UK Labor Update: Gender Pay Gap Reporting
There wasn't much fanfare in the press following the introduction of new legislation requiring employers with over 250 employees to report on their Gender Pay Gap earlier this year. However,...
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Cambodia Labor Law Amendment Mandates Seniority Payment and Clarifies Damages for Early Termination
On July 11, 2018, Cambodia passed an amendment to the Labor Law that eliminates “indemnity for dismissal”—a local legal concept equivalent to a severance payment—for undetermined duration contracts (i.e., employment...
read moreUK Labor: Government Decide Against Writing “Caste” into the Equality Act 2010
The government has responded to a recent consultation on how to handle caste discrimination in the UK. The report looked into whether “caste” should be added to the protected characteristics...
read moreMyanmar: DICA Announces Anti-Corruption Code of Ethics for Companies
On August 3, 2018, Myanmar’s Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) issued an announcement enacting an anti-corruption code of ethics intended to prevent corruption in both public and private...
read moreIndia Labor Update: India’s Proposed Data Privacy Law – A Critique
On July 27, 2018, the committee of experts under the chairmanship of Justice B. N. Srikrishna (the “Committee”) released a report titled, “A Free and Fair Digital Economy - Protecting...
read moreIreland Labor: Whistleblowing & Protected Disclosures – Important Update
The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform ("the Department") recently published a report on its statutory review of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, as provided by section 2 of the...
read moreUS Labor: Non-compete Agreement Bill Finally Passes in Massachusetts
Introduction On July 31, 2018, after years of debate and attempts at compromise, the Massachusetts legislature finally passed a bill that will fundamentally alter the use of noncompete agreements in...
read moreNew Indonesian Manpower Regulation Changes Rules for Foreign Workers
The Indonesian Ministry of Manpower (“MOM”) has issued MOM Regulation Number 10 of 2018 on Procedures for the Utilization of Foreign Workers (“MOMR 10/2018”), which implements Government Regulation Number 20...
read moreUSCIS Memos Continue the “Just Say NO” Policy Shift to Non-Immigrant Workers
Two recent policy memos from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will adversely affect the ability of non-immigrant workers (such as H-1B workers) to remain in the United States legally....
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