The China Employment Law Guide provides a summary of the major provisions applicable to employment in China.
Doing Business in the Netherlands is your personal guide to the Dutch legal and taxation system. It covers a wide array of topics, including the main aspects of establishing a profitable firm, real estate, employment law, tax law and many other legal issues and regulations of relevance.
The Winter 2013 Inside the FCPA newsletter covers the issue of facilitation payments in light of recent DOJ guidance, as well as the new SEC Resource Extraction and Conflict Minerals rules.
On 14 November 2012, a new Resource Guide to the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Guidance) was issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Guidance presents a comprehensive review of the government’s enforcement positions and expectations for corporate compliance programs. While it is a must-read for US FCPA practitioners and compliance officers who deal with corruption issues, the Guidance breaks little new ground analytically and seems to reaffirm prior pronouncements and policy positions contained in the government’s speeches and legal briefs.
Governments the world over have been revisiting their employment laws to see what, if anything, can be done to help stimulate ailing economies. The net result: 2012 was a very busy year for employment law reform. The Global Employer: The Employment Law Reform Issue explores recent reforms and their likely impact on employers in 10 jurisdictions, and also provides a roundup of trends and hot topics in other regions.