Category: Employment

HONG KONG SAR | Non-compete Contracts

Enforcing Post-termination Restrictions in Employment Contracts Employers may consider utilising post-termination restrictions (‘PTR’) in employment contracts to safeguard their business. Specifically, PTR is a common legal tool to prevent senior employees from damaging the interests of the company, actions include working for competitors, soliciting clients or suppliers, and poaching employees after departing the company. Employees…

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CHINA | Closing the Workplace Gender Gap

85% of the people surveyed, in China, believed that having a family can affect the career development for women, and 37.8% assumed working mothers were overlooked for promotional opportunities Working as a professional woman can be challenging. Worldwide, the ratio of women compared to men in corporations is relatively low, and women in leadership positions…

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