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LATEST L&E GLOBAL ANNUAL PUBLICATIONS:

L&E Global FAQs – Redundancy & Restructure – World Edition
February 2022
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the business continuity and financial viability of many Australian and multi-national organisations, many employers have been forced to consider restructuring and/or redundancy. In this FAQs publication, we provide essential information to assist both Australian and multinational organisations with operations across the Asia Pacific region to address and manage the human resources issues of redundancy and restructure in the workplace.
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L&E Global’s Cross-Border Remote Work FAQs
February 2022
L&E Global’s Cross-Border Remote Work FAQs present timely insights and analysis on a range of labour issues that have surged in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. These insightful guides focus on one of the most important trends reshaping the workplace in the 21st Century – foreign nationals working remotely for a foreign employer in a host country.
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L&E Global’s Employment Law Overviews
July 2022
L&E Global’s popular series of international Employment Law Overviews (‘ELO’) have become the go-to field guides for corporate, legal and HR decision-makers. Moreover, for companies operating in multiple countries, we offer the ELO 2021-22: Global Edition cross-border compendium, outlining the employment law regime across 28 jurisdictions worldwide.
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OPENING UP SHOP — Solutions to the challenges of launching in a new jurisdiction
November 2022
L&E Global’s ‘Opening Up Shop’ e-compendium and dedicated microsite presents country-specific, tailor- made checklists and guidelines to assist employers seeking to open operations in a new jurisdiction, specifically addressing three key areas: (1) Labour and employment requirements; (2) Corporate requirements; and (3)Payroll and Benefits Providers.
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L&E Global’s Fourth Annual Global Handbook:
Employees vs Independent Contractors
May 2017
This handbook includes analysis from 32 key jurisdictions across 6 continents (complete with an Australian chapter drafted by Harmers Workplace Lawyers).  Since last touching upon the issue of “Employees vs Independent Contractors” and the consequences of the re-characterisation of a contractor into an employee back in 2014, there has been a universal effort to eliminate “sham” contracts, which are commercial contractor arrangements that seek to mask the existence of an employment relationship.
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L&E Global’s Third Annual Publication:
Employment Litigation: Procedures, Remedies and Best Practices
April 2016
This comprehensive publication has been expanded from the 2015 edition (below) to include contributions from 28 L&E Global firms across 5 continents and will be a valuable resource for all HR and in-house legal departments, as well as other professionals who manage and defend employment claims.
Please click here to download the publication.

L&E Global’s Second Annual Publication:
Employment Litigation: Procedures, Remedies and Best Practices
April 2015
For employers with operations in multiple jurisdictions, litigation over disputes related to employment matters is a very real concern, which applies to every sector of industry, in every region of the world. This comprehensive publication includes contributions from 18 L&E Global firms and will be a valuable resource for all HR professionals.
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Additional cross-border labour and employment law articles and publications are available via the L&E Global Knowledge Centre.