China
JCB cuts workers’ hours as coronavirus hits supply chain
JCB is set to cut hours and production as the coronavirus outbreak affects component supply from China.
Coronavirus: Employers ‘quarantining’ own staff before trade show
Employers are quarantining their own staff as the coronavirus outbreak...
How employers should respond to the coronavirus outbreak
Organisations must monitor employees' travel plans and ensure discrimination does not occur in the face of the coronavirus threat.
Coronavirus: Cathay Pacific employees asked to take unpaid leave
Cathay Pacific Airways has asked its employees to take three weeks’ unpaid leave after it was forced to cut 90%...
Coronavirus arrives in the UK
Aircraft from Wuhan with 110 passengers due to arrive in UK at 1.30pm - passengers set for 14 days' quarantine.
Tesco’s China Christmas story reveals modern slavery vulnerability
The vulnerability of UK supermarkets’ supply chains to inhumane labour practices has once again been demonstrated by the news that...
Warnings as Brexit and China stifle recruitment firms
Two of the UK’s largest recruitment firms have both issued lacklustre trading statements as market conditions deteriorate, a trend confirmed with the latest data from the UK resourcing industry.
Seven facts about employment law in China
What is the Chinese statutory public holiday entitlement for employees? Do employers have to pay a premium for working during...
Congratulation leave? Unusual types of leave from around the world
Anyone thinking that the UK’s upcoming grandparental leave is unnecessary meddling by law-makers should look beyond these shores at the...
