Health & Safety EU parliament backs tougher chemical exposure limits for industrial workers Member states will have two years to transpose lower thresholds under new directive tackling occupational cancers Restructuring Singapore mulls penalising firms dodging retrenchment payments With redundancies rates on the rise, the city state is to review support mechanisms for laid-off staff Flexibility Japan starts to turn back the clock on covid flexible work gains Remote working rates have nearly halved since the pandemic, as major employers push for more in-person collaboration Disputes Uber settles latest bellwether sexual assault trial Ride hailing giant withdraws challenge to evidence and agrees to confidential resolution after losing two other similar cases Spotlight Series Tilleke & Gibbins: Spotlight on Thailand IEL Contributors Tilleke & Gibbins expand on what the newly operational Employee Welfare Fund requires of employers in Thailand Wellbeing Tesco introduces “safe leave” for domestic abuse survivors UK’s largest private employer offers up three days’ paid leave for those in dangerous situations at home Community Morgan Lewis makes up five US litigators to partner Group forms part of 32-strong October promotion round at the international firm Disputes Giving the cold shoulder can be acceptable, Australian commission rules Hospital worker’s refusal to speak to colleague after they referred to “outre sex act” was not bullying Industrial action North Sea strike wave gathers pace at Apache and Wood Group Separate disputes over pay and working conditions could disrupt oil and gas assets Events Global Employment Summit International Employment Lawyer is delighted to announce that the third Global Employment Summit will take place on Thursday 15th October at Convene 117 W 46th Street, New York.The full-day event will bring together leading in-house counsel, HR and ER professionals, and private practitioners from across the world to take a deep dive into the key issues impacting the management of global workforces from the vantage point of US-headquartered multinationals. Research IEL Monitor IEL Monitor is a forward-looking, fully searchable database of upcoming and prospective employment and labour legislation from around the world, designed to alert in-house teams of new laws and regulations, and support timely compliance. Private Practice Leaders Natural justice and the high cost of getting it wrong Private Practice Leaders We’re living in an uncertain and troubling world In-house interview I was overwhelmed by what I didn’t know after moving in-house