Legal Compliance & Risk

December 11, 2024

Important legal developments this quarter include clarification of Indonesia’s Job Creation Law; extended flexibility for workers in Japan and rights for platform workers in Singapore.

December 2, 2024

This interactive report provides contingent workforce buyers with essential data on the legal requirements and restrictions for supplying and using contingent workers

November 8, 2024

This report is one of a series of reports in which we look at the regulatory environment for supplying and managing a contingent workforce in staffing markets around the world. We give a comprehensive overview of the legislative and regulatory environment affecting contingent workforce buyers and suppliers in India. We also highlight recent and pending legal and regulatory changes.

September 26, 2024

Important legal developments include new protections for freelancers in Australia, Japan and Singapore; case law on H&S duties for labour hire arrangements.

August 27, 2024

This report provides a round-up of developments in the field of data privacy and AI regulation over the course of the past 12 months by region.

June 28, 2024

Using industry best practices, this report is a useful resource for any organization trying to create an effective contingent program policy. This report will help you understand the organizational, supplier, and contingent worker benefits of having a contingent program policy.

June 28, 2024

This report is a comprehensive round up of the legal developments affecting the workforce solutions ecosystem across the Asia Pacific region in Q2 2024. Important legal developments this quarter include: a reduction in the compliance burden for employers in cross-border data flows out of China; Indian Supreme Court rulings on the definitions of “contract worker” and “workman”; new rules for employers in Japan and Singapore.

June 10, 2024

This report explains the legal and regulatory frameworks for reporting ESG with a focus on the “S” or social element of sustainability and the impact for staffing firms and enterprise buyers involved in workforce solutions. It covers mandatory reporting requirements across the world and the trend for legislation to impose requirements on organisations to conduct due diligence on their supply chain.

April 30, 2024

This report provides staffing firms and CW buyers with an overview of the legal issues arising with the digital intermediation of work and outlines the regulatory initiatives taken by governments in some of the major staffing markets worldwide

March 14, 2024

This report is a comprehensive round up of the legal developments affecting the workforce solutions ecosystem across the Asia Pacific region in Q1 2024

January 12, 2024

This report identifies the legal changes and developments highlighted in our quarterly Legal Updates that are expected to impact the workforce environment in 2024 in the Asia Pacific region. Forthcoming changes highlighted include the introduction of a mechanism for equal pay for labour hire workers, moves towards a national labour hire licensing scheme, and significant changes to employment law expected in Australia; protection for digital platform workers and freelancers in India, Singapore, and Thailand; and implementation of data privacy laws in India and South Korea.

December 13, 2023

This report is a comprehensive round up of the legal developments affecting the workforce solutions ecosystem across Asia Pacific in Q4 2023. Important legal developments this quarter include: significant changes to labour hire in Australia; and a Supreme Court ruling in the Philippines changes the employment status test.