This draft Instrument makes amendments to domestic secondary legislation originally made and brought into force in part as a result of the United Kingdom's obligations as a member of the European Union. The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 ("the 2023 Act") amends the ...
The government has published the draft Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (the “draft Regulations”), which are likely to come into force as soon as 01 January 2024. The draft Regulations contain some important changes to existing legislation, in pa...
Trade Unions Act, Chapter T14, LFN 2004, as amended by the Trade Union (Amendment) Act 2005 (the “TUA”). National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2019. National Industrial Court Act 2006. Factories Act, Chapter F1, LFN 2004. Finance Act 2021. Personal Income Tax Act, Chapter P8, LFN 20...
On 8 June 2023 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed into law the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (Fifth Alteration, No. 37) Act 2023 (“Amendment Act”). The Amendment Act raised the retirement age of judges of the State High Courts, Federal High Court, National Industrial...
This chapter covers US employment laws and regulations, including market and litigation trends, redundancies, business protections and more.
On March 19, 2023, Thailand’s new work-from-home (WFH) legislation amending the Labour Protection Act (No. 8) B.E. 2566 (2023) was published in theGovernment Gazette. It will come into effect on April 18, 2023. The amendment aims to enhance employee protections to accord with current...
On 26 October 2024, the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 comes into force imposing a positive duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their workers in the course of their employment. The EHRC has published its updated guidance on sex...
When an employer demotes an employee out of a desire to prevent the employee from engaging in protected political activity, the employee is entitled to challenge that unlawful action under the First Amendment and Section 1983 even if the employer's actions are based on a factual mistake about ...
On 17 August 2015, the Employment (Amendment) Act 2015 was passed by Parliament (and gazetted on 21 August 2015), introducing several noteworthy amendments to the Employment Act (Cap 91) of Singapore ("Employment Act").
On 2 December 2024, a new The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment of Schedule A2) Order 2024 was made providing for the 25% uplift to apply to protective awards for failure to collectively consult on collective redundancies from 20 January 2025. ...