This quarter, we cover jurisdictional issues from the UK, and have updates from Hong Kong, Libya, Singapore and the UAE on a variety of issues. From our international alliance partners L&E Global, we have updates from Italy and the US.

On page 22 we introduce you to Simon McConnell, Partner in our Clyde & Co Hong Kong office.

We also continue our series of Employment "at a glance" guides, with a summary of employment law in Qatar. We have prepared a booklet with "at a glance" guides for the MENA region. For a copy of our Guide to employment law across the MENA region, please contact Sara Khoja.

APAC Webinar

Members of our Asia Pacific employment team and Nick Dent held a webinar on 4 March 2015, on restrictive covenants and how they are enforced across the region. The team is planning to hold further webinars in the future.

13th HR Directors Business Summit 2015

In February, Chris Holme was a speaker on a panel at this event in Birmingham, discussing managing risk and recruitment in a global talent pool. Chris spoke about the employment law implications of carrying out background screening and checks, including through the use of social media, on job applicants in global cross border recruitment, and the data protection implications of moving employee information abroad.

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