New code on preventing and addressing workplace bullying

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Effective from 23 December 2020, the new Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Prevention and Resolution of Bullying at Work provides employers with fresh legal direction on what constitutes workplace bullying and what employers are expected to do when presented with allegations of bullying. 

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COVID-19: Derivative actions against directors

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The economic damage resulting from the coronavirus-induced national lockdown has led to ‘life or death’ decision-making by directors. Nonetheless, directors’ actions are still vulnerable  to scrutiny by shareholders, and a significant risk in a legal dispute is the derivative action.

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