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Update on Hong Kong’s Employment Support Scheme (ESS) under the Anti-Epidemic Fund: what we know so far
20 April 2020On 18 April 2020, the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council gave funding approval for the second round of the anti-epidemic fund. This HKD$137.5 billion fund is set to be spread out over a variety of industries, with one of the main aims being job retention and job creation.
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Three-quarters have furloughed staff, despite warning it should be used as last option - James Davies comments for HR Review
10 April 2020James Davies comments on this article by HR Review that despite warnings employers should refrain from the furlough of staff and only use it once all other options have failed, three-quarters of employers have already done so or plan to do in the future.
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Catherine Leung and David Kong write for Hong Kong Lawyer: Hong Kong Employment Law Outlook for 2020
16 January 2020Catherine Leung and David Kong have written an article for Hong Kong Lawyer on the employment law outlook for 2020 covering some of the significant changes to the employment-related legislation in Hong Kong.
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Kathryn Weaver writes for Human Resources Online: Social media and the workplace: Legal considerations for employers
19 December 2019Kathryn Weaver has written an article for Human Resources Online on how social media is increasingly creating issues in workplaces in Hong Kong and around the world and blurring employees' work and personal lives.
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Avertising & Marketing - Social Media: Update on the legal and regulatory risks of influencer marketing
20 November 2019Regulators in both the United Kingdom and United States are taking an increasingly close interest in the activities of influencers.
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Changes to Hong Kong tax concessions
07 November 2019The Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Tax Concessions) Bill 2019 was passed by the Legislative Council on 6 November 2019.
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Lewis Silkin's Conference Tackles Mental Health in the Workplace
17 October 201989% of attendees said they felt mental health issues are on the rise in their organisation. A third said their workplace does not have a mental health strategy or programme.
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Advertising & Marketing - Is increased privacy regulation killing targeted advertising?
17 September 2019Whilst all the attention has been focussed on the GDPR, European legislators have been busy putting the finishing touches to the new E-Privacy Regulation.
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Hong Kong has taken another significant step towards equality of rights for same sex couples
24 July 2019The Court of Final Appeal (“CFA”), Hong Kong’s highest court, has ruled that it is unjustified indirect discrimination to refuse a male government employee access to spousal benefits for his husband and the ability to elect for joint assessment of salaries tax.
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Advertising & Marketing - Mergers & Acquisitions: Somewhere over the rainbow…may be your future
20 June 2019The M&A landscape in the advertising & marketing and related technology sector has become characterised by new buyers from a variety of non-traditional backgrounds, but with the traditional network holding companies still being the most prolific acquirers.
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Data breaches
06 June 2019Lewis Silkin invites you to our 2018/19 series of roundtable discussions exclusively for General Counsel, COLPs and Risk and Compliance officers in Professional Services firms.
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Hong Kong Government tightens laws on Occupational Retirement Schemes
21 May 2019A bill to amend the Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance (Cap. 426) (the “Ordinance”) was introduced to the Legislative Council on 17 April 2019. The bill aims to: ensure there is a genuine employment relationship for participants in an occupational retirement scheme; and enhance enforcement powers of the Mandatory Provident Fund (“MPF”) Schemes Authority which acts as the Registrar of Occupational Retirement Schemes.
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Advertising & Marketing - Mental Health: What should agencies do to protect the mental well-being of employees?
16 May 2019NABS have reported that calls to its advice line are up 26% and the need for emotional support is the most common reason for making contact (representing a third of calls).
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Privilege & investigations
28 February 2019Lewis Silkin invites you to our 2018/19 series of roundtable discussions exclusively for General Counsel, COLPs and Risk and Compliance officers in Professional Services firms.
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Advertising & Marketing - Gender Pay Gap Reporting: Has it done any good? And will ethnicity pay reporting follow?
28 February 2019The perceived success of gender pay gap reporting has emboldened the government to start a consultation on compulsory ethnicity pay reporting but has gender pay gap reporting really changed the pay practices of agencies? We will:
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Managing an International Workforce 2019 & Beyond
08 February 2019We are pleased to announce our fifteenth annual Managing an International Workforce conference, our market leading gathering of several hundred HR professionals, in house lawyers and others with international employment responsibilities.
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Advertising & Marketing - Annual review: A look back on 2018 and what’s to come in 2019
24 January 2019Join us for the first in our 2019 seminar series for the advertising and marketing sector, looking back at 2018’s key advertising and marketing regulatory and legal developments and decisions including:
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Hong Kong HR Breakfast Club – 2018 Employment and Immigration Law Round-Up
16 January 2019The Lewis Silkin Hong Kong team are delighted to invite you to our first HR Breakfast Club session of 2019 where we will be discussing some of the key employment and immigration law developments over the past year.
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Lewis Silkin advises Dictate IT on its acquisition by the Clanwilliam Group
18 December 2018The Lewis Silkin Corporate team has advised its client, Dictate IT, on its acquisition by Irish healthcare, technology and services group, Clanwilliam Group. The Lewis Silkin cross-departmental team have been incredibly busy in 2018, working end-to-end on the full spectrum of corporate transactions within the technology sector, and the success of this acquisition shall further boost the teams reputation within the sector.