Worker's Compensation
Coverage Testing – The Forgotten Nondiscrimination Rule
This blog post addresses retirement plans that are intended to be tax-qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code...
Compliance check: South Korea: New filing obligation for stock-based compensation
The Income Tax Act and its Enforcement Decree were recently revised to introduce a requirement for local subsidiaries or branches...
PRC: New draft of judicial interpretation by the supreme people’s court for employment disputes
On 12 December 2023, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released a draft Interpretation on Issues Concerning the Application of Law...
Malaysia: A director can also be considered a workman for the purpose of filing a claim for dismissal without just cause or excuse
The Malaysian Court of Appeal in Gopala Krishnan Chettiar a/l Muthu v Sealand Marine Inspection and Testing (M) Sdn Bhd...
Indonesia: New Golden Visa scheme for foreign investors
On 22 August 2023, Indonesia introduced its ‘Golden Visa’ scheme. Under Minister of Law and Human Rights (MOLHR) Regulation No....
Asia: Retirement-related obligations | Employment notes
Is there a statutory minimum retirement age? Yes. The current minimum statutory retirement age is 63 years. There is a...
Supreme Court of California Holds Trial Courts Lack Inherent Authority to Dismiss Unmanageable PAGA Claims
In Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., No. S274340, 2024 WL 188863 (Cal. Jan. 18, 2024), the Supreme Court of...
In case you missed it . . . : Employment & Labor Insider
The email platform that we use to send out our legal bulletins had issues in the past week, which we...
Two years into his bias suit against NFL, Brian Flores has little to show for it.: Employment & Labor Insider
In February 2022, coach Brian Flores filed a press-grabbing lawsuit accusing the National Football League and its clubs of racially...
Webinar: A regional comparison of AI in the workplace
Words of warning for employers: a regional comparison of AI in the workplace Tuesday, 20 February 2024, East and West...