mARCH 2012 www.lawyer-monthly.com Legal Focus

We often advise in the cases which a number of expatriates are assigned for duties involving operation across the strait in greater China market

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labour authority is developing more and more regulations on outsourcing which our professionals have been watching closely and feeding back opinions in public consultation. Liabilities on taxes and personal injuries are associated issues that cannot be ignored. We have successfully developed a road map to assist clients identify signposts that threaten risks to their business model and entry strategy,” he added.

Shay & Partners have been

successfully helping European companies which have operation in cities across China, Hong Kong and Taiwan on reorganization and its follow up lay off. The professional team of Shay & Partners advises their clients the fast changing legal updates on labour and employment regulations and provides services broadly enough to include privacy protection issue in work place as well as suitable measures applied to

challenges brought by various requirements set forth from time to time by labour authorities. Mr Shay also discussed new legislation in relation to employment law. He said: “A new set of labour regulations, among them the amendment of the Act Governing Labour Union is in particular noted, has become effective which would greatly lift the ban and restriction on strikes and offer much more power to labour unions in collective bargaining for disputes about wage, layoff, and pension among other things.” Shay & Partners demonstrated last year its strength on litigating for clients in labour disputes in the court proceedings in a large lay off dispute case. In addition, the firm has utilized its useful network connections in China to help a Taiwanese distribution company on solving difficult issues created under the changing labour law scheme implemented in China. LM

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Shay & Partners - Taiwan Arthur Shay – Partner Shay & Partners

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Email: arthur.shay@elitelaw.com Website: www.elitelaw.com