Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, employers have seen a huge increase in requests from employees to work from home in another country for the short, medium and long term.
Although this may seem a sensible option in the circumstances, the creation of a temporary overseas workforce presents potential pitfalls for employers. Employers should therefore be mindful of the various legal implications of these “work from home, abroad” arrangements before agreeing to such requests.
In this session, Lewis Silkin’s Hong Kong team will cover:
SPEAKERS:
Kathryn WeaverPartner | Head of Employment Law Practice- Lewis Silkin LLP
Kathryn is the Head of the Lewis Silkin employment law practice in Hong Kong. She has extensive experience of advising multinational employers in the Asia Pacific region and the US on international employment law matters. Kathryn undertakes a broad range of employment-related work across Asia Pacific, such as implementing partnership programmes in several jurisdictions, coordinating global employee handbook reviews and the drafting of template employment documents, overseeing litigation and restrictive covenant disputes in various Asia Pacific countries, coordinating multi-country reviews and projects, carrying out disciplinary and grievance investigations, advising on senior ex-pat relocation packages, handling dismissals and negotiating settlement agreements. In addition, she regularly advises on UK employment law and undertakes EMEA employment-related projects.
Catherine LeungPartner | Specialist of Employment Law Practice- Lewis Silkin LLP
Catherine is a specialist Hong Kong employment lawyer, with over 16 years' experience, and advises on all legal issues arising in the work place, both contentious and non-contentious. She has a particular focus on tendencies, bonus entitlement disputes, complex discrimination and sexual harassment cases, sickness absence, grievance and disciplinary matters, team moves, senior terminations, leading regional employment law projects and data privacy. Catherine also advises clients in relation to investigations brought by the Labour Department and the Equal Opportunities Commission.
EVENT DETAILS:
Date: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration
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