The Baker McKenzie Asia Pacific Employment & Compensation Team is pleased to provide you with our fourth quarterly update for 2021 highlighting key employment law changes across the Asia Pacific region.
In this episode Richard Cook and Amy Ling discuss how the inclusion of holiday pay in the government’s proposed single enforcement body remit is expected to put employers under increased scrutiny as they handle arrangements in this sensitive, and often tricky, area to navigate.
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited has amended its Listing Rules, including the Corporate Governance Code, to enhance the corporate governance framework and promote good governance among issuers. The amendments follow a consultation period and the conclusions drawn in the published Consultation Conclusions.
Our two-part webinar series is designed to bring Canadian in-house counsel and human resources leaders up to speed on the top labour, employment and human rights law developments of 2021 and to prepare them for what’s on the horizon in 2022.
The Labor Appeal Court in South Africa recently considered the binding nature of confidentiality agreements in the workplace. Both employers and employees should note that the courts will consider each case on its merit and will consider the scope and reach of the agreement, and the substance of any disclosure that breaches this undertaking.
Employers will have to disclose that they have been “selling” personal information of California employees under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), unless they update commercial contracts with service providers and other business partners effective 1 January 2022. Also, employers should tighten their data retention and deletion protocols, because CCPA requires data minimization and California employees are gaining broad data access, portability, and correction and deletion rights. Deployments of Artificial Intelligence, employee monitoring software, and automated decision-making are coming under increased scrutiny, too, pursuant to CCPA. Employers face these new requirements in addition to an existing obligation under CCPA to issue privacy notices to employees, which has applied since 1 January 2020 and required an update when the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) took effect on 16 December 2020.
Many of our clients and colleagues joined our Inclusion & Diversity 2021 Virtual Series where we explored, challenged and celebrated the many aspects of inclusion and diversity through the power of personal stories. We are excited to continue this important conversation with our Inclusion & Diversity 2022 Virtual Series.
Welcome to The Employer Rapport, Baker McKenzie’s Labor and Employment video chat series for US multinational employers. In each on-demand episode, our lawyers provide insights and quick, practical tips on today’s most pressing issues and legal developments impacting employers both at the domestic and global levels. This week we discuss What’s the Fate of the Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate After SCOTUS’s Stay of the OSHA ETS?
Baker McKenzie are now inviting you to join sessions on specific developments and areas of risk that are on the minds of risk managers and require forethought today. The Series is designed for legal and compliance as well as interested business leaders who want to invest 50 minutes every month to these topics and come away with ideas and practical guidance.
Mainly during the pandemic, the use of technological resources for performing a job has significantly grown. As a result, the access to such resources in the context of internal investigations has become almost a must. This triggers relevant concerns from a data privacy and a labor perspective.