The aim of this guide is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of employment and labour law across a variety of jurisdictions.

Each chapter of this guide provides information about the current issues affecting employment and labour in a particular country and addresses topics such as the termination of employment, procedures, protection for workers, compensation as well as insight and opinion on the most common difficulties employers face and any upcoming legal changes planned for their respective country.

The Q&A template for each chapter has been provided by Nicola Rabson of Linklaters.

7th Edition | Published: April 2023

Hot Topic: Budget 2023: Singapore Government to strengthen social fabric and boost economic resilience amidst global uncertainty

Introduction As the global economy becomes increasingly more fragmented and geopolitical tensions escalate between global superpowers such as the United States and China, commercial openness and global economic integration are no longer a given. In fact, many countries have reverted to more nationalist and protectionist economic policies to deal with the global downturn and to …

Hot Topic: Employees’ Personal Information Management under PRC Personal Information Protection Law

A. Introduction  With the rapid development of technology and the digital economy, data protection has been attached with more and more importance and we have seen a number of legislative developments in this space in China in recent years. As the first law targeted at regulating the area of personal information protection in the People’s …

Austria

Völkl. Rechtsanwälte

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Bahrain

Hassan Radhi & Associates

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Chile

Porzio Ríos García

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China

Han Kun Law Offices

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Croatia

Macesic & Partners LLC

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Cyprus

Deloitte Legal | Hadjianastassiou, Ioannides LLC

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France

Charles Russell Speechlys

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Germany

Seitz Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater

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Greece

Andersen Legal – Pistiolis – Triantafyllos & Associates Law Firm

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Indonesia

ABNR Counsellors at Law

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Italy

Zambelli & Partners

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Japan

TMI Associates

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Luxembourg

Loyens & Loeff

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Malta

Fenech & Fenech Advocates

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Mexico

Sánchez Devanny

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Netherlands

ACG International

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Panama

Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega

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Philippines

Villaraza & Angangco (V&A Law)

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Poland

Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak

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Romania

Muşat & Asociaţii

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Singapore

Drew & Napier LLC

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Sweden

Advokatfirman Cederquist

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Switzerland

Lenz & Staehelin

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Thailand

Chandler MHM

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Turkey

Moroglu Arseven

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United States

Shawe Rosenthal LLP

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