China To Strictly Regulate Secondment/Staffing Business Model

Amendments to the PRC Labor Contract Law take effect on July 1, adding limitations on employment structures.

On July 1, 2013, amendments to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Labor Contract Law will take effect. The amendments increase the regulation of staffing and labor service businesses and discourage the use of secondment arrangements to avoid employer-related liabilities. The new law was published on December 28, 2012 and is an important development in China’s business community.

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Employers not necessarily liable for psychiatric harm to employees who are stressed or overworked

In brief – Employees fail to establish that employers breached duty of care
In separate decisions, two employees who sustained psychiatric injuries in the course of their employment in Victoria were denied damages in recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the Victorian Court of Appeal.
Psychiatric harm not reasonably foreseeable
In two recent cases, the employees failed to establish that their employers breached a duty of care to avoid psychiatric injury because it was […]

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Canada: Natural Disasters In The Workplace

Whether your business is facing a weather-related closure, a pandemic or some other kind of natural disaster, the likelihood is that the Human Resources department will be expected to navigate any employment-related issues. As a result, good risk management planning includes an understanding of some of the legislation which applies and the issues which arise in the event of natural disasters in the workplace.
Legislation
Believe it or not, there are at least a dozen pieces […]

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