On 16 November 2017 the State Duma adopted in the final, third reading a law introducing a tax free system in Russia.

A pilot project to refund value-added tax (VAT) to foreign tourists is due to be launched in Russia in the second quarter of 2017.

Since 2008 Korean franchise law has imposed registration and disclosure obligations on franchisors. In recent years this has seen a steady increase in the number of disclosure document registrations.

Key Regulatory Developments In Spain - August 2018

On 20 June 2017 licensing conditions for carrying out commercial activity on electricity generation, approved by Resolution of the Ukrainian Regulator No. 309 of 22 March 2017...

Following recent regulatory changes implementing the concept of escrow accounts into Ukrainian legislation, the National Bank of Ukraine (the NBU) developed a procedure for the opening ...

As part of establishing the new system, the Ministry requires all employment relationships to be governed by new standard form electronic employment contracts (e-Contracts)...

According to the official website of the UAE government, in 2016, the direct contribution of the travel and tourism sector to the UAE's GDP was AED 68.5 billion (US$ 18.7 billion) ...

The target, as set by the Hampton-Alexander Review, is for 33 per cent of FTSE board positions to be held by women by the end of 2020.

The theory: work out the average worker's pay in a company, calculate the ratio between that average pay and the CEO's pay, and then, if the ratio is large, name and shame the company and its overpaid boss.

Growth companies span all sectors, but of late much has been made of tech "unicorns" (private companies which grow rapidly to achieve a US$1 billion+ valuation).

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has revised its guidance regarding timescales for compliance with Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) ...

The High Pay Centre has published its annual survey of FTSE 100 CEO pay which has revealed that the average CEO took home £5.48 million last year.

The government recently announced that they anticipate the register of beneficial owners of overseas entities being operational in 2021.

2016 has been a turbulent year and it seems to be going out with a bang, in what some have dubbed a "winter of discontent".

In Boxer v. Excel Group Services Ltd ET/3200365/2016, Mr Boxer brought a successful claim against Excel Group Services Ltd (Excel) for one week's holiday pay.

The menopause can be a sensitive issue with many women not feeling comfortable discussing their symptoms at work because they feel it is a private,...

On Monday 20 June 2016, a seven-day hearing began in the largest private sector equal pay claim ever brought.

In 12 April 2016, in our article "The Great Brexit Debate: Protection for Workers" we shared our views on the potential impact of Britain's exit from the European Union. Following the referendum, we have a clear mandate for exit.

In the recent decision of Farmah & ors v. Birmingham City Council & ors, the EAT held that claimants could not bring equal pay claims on the same ET1 form where they were carrying out different work.