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Hong Tran Document Search Results (10) Sort by:  | PRC: New National Standards on Personal Information Protection to Be Adopted Soon
Hong Tran, Rachel Zhang; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article April 26, 2012, previously published on April 19, 2012 A set of new national standards, namely, "Information Security Technology - Guide for Personal Information Protection" (Guide) is anticipated to be adopted in the first half of this year, as disclosed by an official of the Ministry of Information and Industry of PRC recently.
| | Threat of Dismissal May Amount to Constructive Dismissal
Duncan A. W. Abate, Hong Tran; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article April 3, 2012, previously published on March 29, 2012 The Court of First Instance in Kwan Francis Hung Sang v. Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited ("HKEx") considered that informing an employee that he should resign or else he would be dismissed could amount to constructive dismissal. However, in this case the employee had signed a...
|  | When Senior Employees Leave - A Case with Any Issues
Duncan A. W. Abate, Anita W. C. Lam, Hong Tran; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article March 19, 2012, previously published on March 14, 2012 On 29 February 2012 the Court of First Instance handed down judgement in Cantor Fitzgerald Europe & Ors v. Boyer & Ors. Cantor had sued four employees who resigned on the same day to join another business. The Court held that each of the four defendants (D1 to D4) had not breached their...
| | Will Hong Kong's Unreasonable Termination Provisions Get More Teeth?
Duncan A. W. Abate, Hong Tran; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article February 8, 2012, previously published on February 3, 2012 The government has recently submitted proposed amendments to the Employment Ordinance (the "EO") to the Legislative Council.
| | Costs Awarded in Discrimination Claim to Discourage Abuse of Discrimination Ordinances
Duncan A. W. Abate, Hong Tran; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article January 13, 2012, previously published on January 12, 2012 In order not to deter potential victims from enforcing their rights, the law requires each party to bear his own costs in court proceedings brought under the anti-discrimination ordinances unless the proceedings were brought maliciously or frivolously, or there are special circumstances which...
| | MPF - Amendment to the Minimum Level of Relevant Income
Duncan A. W. Abate, Ted H. W. Tang, Hong Tran; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article October 18, 2011, previously published on October 17, 2011 The monthly minimum relevant income level for Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) has been increased from the original level of HK$5,000 to HK$6,500.
| | Is an Insurance Agent an Employee or an Independent Contractor?
Hong Tran; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article October 7, 2011, previously published on October 6, 2011 Is an insurance agent an employee or an independent contractor?
This question came before the Court of First Instance (the "CFI") in the case of Leung Suk Fong Peggy v The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (HCME 11/2010). The CFI held that the insurance agent in this case was an...
| | EOC's Disability Discrimination Revised Code of Practice Comes into Effect
Hong Tran; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article July 19, 2011, previously published on July 18, 2011 The revised Code of Practice on Employment (the "Code") under the Disability Discrimination Ordinance ("DDO") took effect on 3 June 2011 replacing the previous Code which was introduced in 1997.
| | Minimum Wage Industry-specific Reference Guidelines Released
Duncan A. W. Abate, Hong Tran; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article July 18, 2011, previously published on July 15, 2011 The Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608) ("MWO") came into effect on 1 May 2011. The Reference Guidelines for Employers and Employees in relation to the MWO were released on 28 March 2011. The Chinese version of the industry-specific guidelines were released in April 2011. The English...
| | Government Seeks Expansion of the Coverage of the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund
Duncan A. W. Abate, Hong Tran; Mayer Brown JSM;
Legal Alert/Article July 18, 2011, previously published on July 4, 2011 The Fund provides monetary relief to employees when their employers become insolvent. Currently, employees of insolvent employers may apply to the Fund for ex-gratia payment of sums owed to them by their employers under the heads of wages, wages in lieu of notice and severance payment.
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