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On 11 April 2025, the Hong Kong government published the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2025 ("Bill") which proposes to amend the Employment Ordinance ("EO") to change the definition of "continuous contract".

A Hong Kong director was sentenced to 120 hours of community service and ordered to pay HK$93,000 in outstanding wages after her companies failed to pay employees on time. The case demonstrates that corporate officers can face serious criminal liability, including fines up to HK$350,000 and three years' imprisonment, when employment law breaches occur with their consent, connivance, or neglect.

The Claimant was a former employee of the Respondent, a logistics company. Between 2007 – 2011, the Claimant was employed by affiliated companies within the same group.

The Trade Unions (Amendment) Bill 2025 (the "Bill") was passed by the Legislative Council on 25 June 2025 and will come into operation on 5 January 2026.

The Home Office increased Skilled Worker sponsor licence suspensions and revocations in Q1 2024, signaling a strong focus on sponsorship compliance likely to continue under the next government. Sponsors should proactively review and address compliance issues to avoid enforcement actions.

We've had the longest day. It's July already. The Competition and Markets Authority has had its superpowers to enforce consumer law directly (under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024)...

The ASA ruled that Pets Corner's Pet Food Expert website misled consumers by claiming to be "100% unbiased" while failing to adequately disclose its ownership by a pet food retailer with commercial interests in the products it compared.

The European consumer group BEUC has made a complaint to the European Commission and various national regulators about SHEIN for its use of deceptive...

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has updated its guidance for traders on pricing practices in light of the changes in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA) as well as other changes to consumer law.

Drip pricing is when an initial price for a product or service is presented to a consumer only for additional mandatory charges to be added to it further along the customer journey.

The BNPL market has grown significantly in recent years, from £0.06 billion in 2017 to over £13 billion in 2024. According to the FCA's 2024 Financial Lives Survey, 20% of UK consumers (10.9 million adults)...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating Euro Car Parks Limited (ECP), one of the UK's largest private parking operators. The investigation will examine whether ECP's practices at petrol stations and its handling of customer appeals comply with consumer protection law. This follows ECP being issued with an administrative penalty for non-compliance with a CMA Information Notice earlier this year. ECP has appealed the CMA's decision to issue the penalty, and the appeal is ongoing.

The ASA has ruled against Shop TJC for misleading teleshopping advertisements that made unsubstantiated price comparison and exclusivity claims about watches.

The UK government has accelerated the implementation timeline for new subscription contract rules under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, moving the start date forward to January 2027. Businesses offering subscription services will need to comply with enhanced transparency requirements, including clearer pre-contract information, regular renewal reminders, and simplified cancellation processes, while consumers will gain new cooling-off rights.

The naming and shaming saga appears finally to be at an end. The FCA has published its responses to feedback on its proposals to revise its Enforcement Guide (from EG to ENFG effective from 3 June 2025), including proposals for greater transparency about enforcement investigations.

In our final episode of the year, Lucy and Julia look back on the insights shared across our "In Conversation" and "Peer-to-Peer" podcast series.

When an employer wrongfully denies a departing employee the right to exercise share options, what compensation is owed?