The Concept of Single Source of Employment – Widening the Net for Equality of Pay?
The concept of Single Source of Employment is intimately linked with the notion of “equal pay for equal work”, a notion which is not only enshrined in our Constitution and which guarantees the constitutional right that women workers enjoy equal rights and the same wages for the same work as men, but is also regulated …
GDPR decisions – September 2020
In 2019, the Finnish DPA received complaints on the electronic direct marketing and neglection of rights of the data subject, contrary to what is provided for under the GDPR. The topics of direct marketing included various courses within building supply and asbestos removal. The data subjects reported that they had received direct marketing messages from …
Bankruptcy Proceedings and Business Reorganization in Thailand
Bankruptcy is a legal proceeding involving a person or business that is unable to repay their outstanding debts, while reorganization is a process where a company establishes and implements a plan to organize its debts, capital, fundraising as well as management and exploitation of the company’s property. The proceedings for both of these procedures are …
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Thai Cabinet Approves Long-Term Tourist Visas
On 15 September 2020, the Cabinet agreed to allow in foreign tourists who agree to go through a 14-day quarantine and stay for at least 90 days to help stimulate Thailand’s economy. Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said that the government would issue special tourist visas for long-stay visitors. The most critical condition would be …
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IS COVID-19 CONSIDERED AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE IN BRAZIL?
Nelson Mannrich [1] Alessandra Barichello Boskovic [2] On March 20, 2020, the Brazilian government declared a state of public calamity resulting from the pandemic of the new coronavirus (Legislative Decree No. 6/20).
Amendments to Thailand’s Civil Procedure Code to Allow Civil Mediation before Litigation
Recent amendments to Thailand’s Civil Procedure Code (CPC) will allow parties to submit a matter for court-supervised mediation prior to the actual filing of the case. Encouraging mediation prior to filing a complaint is intended to save time and resources that would otherwise be expended on a trial.
Highlights of Bangladesh Companies (Amendment) Act 2020
The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 was recently passed in the Parliament by amending the existing Companies Act, 1994, which was published in the Gazette on 25 February 2020 with the consent of His Excellency the President and has been in force since that day. Earlier, an initiative was taken to enact a new Companies Act, …
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FORMATION OF A PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY (PROCESS)
Most Bangladeshi companies are registered as private limited liability companies, commonly known as private limited companies. A private limited company in Bangladesh is a separate legal entity and shareholders are not liable for the company’s debts beyond the amount of share capital they have contributed. According to the Companies Act 1994, any person (foreign or …
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Case Note on Emergency Medical Services: Writ Petition 1509/2016
It is often seen that many clinics, hospitals, and other medical service providers like diagnostic centers lack basic facilities to handle medical emergencies in their vicinity. In other cases, we have seen cases where certain patients of road accidents or attacks are rejected medical care by hospitals and clinics instead of treating them.
New trends in patent infringement and invalidity litigation in Brazil
In certain jurisdictions, the defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit can raise an objection of invalidity to be jointly decided by the same court. In other systems, the validity of the patent must be challenged in a separate, independent proceeding, filed before a different court. This so-called “bifurcated system” is adopted, for instance, in Germany, …
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