Labour Reforms Dutch crackdown on temporary contracts and migrant worker exploitation Sweeping labour reforms aim to address structural reliance on flexible agreements Disputes Vague termination notices won’t suffice, Seoul court reminds employers Hospital’s termination of doctor ruled unfair after notice cited only unclear “management reasons” rather than specific grounds for dismissal Contracts Mattos Filho: Labour risks beyond the contract in Brazil Pending Supreme Court clarification, disputes are expanding beyond contracting entities to include local intermediaries and supervisors named as co-defendants Community Fisher Phillips welcomes back partner from Richardson Whitman Non-compete expert Eric Uhl returns to firm as part of Maine strategic growth Pay transparency Brazil’s gender pay gap reporting rule is no longer an “aspirational policy” Supreme Court rules pay equity law constitutional, rendering it fully enforceable Disputes Condé Nast settles with workers fired over viral HR confrontation Three staffers will receive backpay and have their dismissals converted to resignations as one continues legal action Contracts Japan’s Supreme Court backs equal pay for full-time contract staff Latest ruling challenges practice allocating lower wages to non-permanent workers Community Hunton Andrews Kurth lures lateral from DLA Piper Seasoned litigator and supply chain expert Joseph Turzi will add “thoughtful approach and deep experience” Retirement China issues new safeguards for growing cohort of “over-aged” workers An estimated 120 million people may already be working past statutory retirement age 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 Neurodiversity is a defining workplace issue that’s here to stay Private Practice Leaders Building a mothership platform, one location at a time Private Practice Leaders “Evolution, not revolution”: Susannah Kintish takes the helm at Mishcon de Reya