Singapore: Isabelle Wan was invited by SBF to present a half-day workshop focusing on the critical changes arising from the new PRC Employment Contract Law. Her workshop covered a wide range of employment law issues and topics, including:

• Overview of critical changes arising from the Employment Contract Law
• Matters of key concern during deliberations and framing of the final draft of the Employment Contract Law
• Relationship between the Employment Contract Law and the PRC Labor Law
• Conclusion, amendment, renewal, rescission and expiration of employment contracts
• Drafting of employment contracts and employee handbooks
• Legal effect of non-compete agreements and joint legal liabilities for outsourcing entities and actual employers
• Legal liabilities of employers ( including requirements regarding severance pay)
• Effective handling of labor disputes and case- studies