The 7th LAWASIA Labour Law Conference will explore three primary topics:
Topic One: labour law rights of migrant workers including illegal immigrants
Explore the legal status and vulnerability of migrant workers in foreign labour markets. Can the balance between the rights of national workers and migrant workers be met?
Topic Two: China's new labour laws
As the world's largest labour force, China's workforce is the engine driving the country into the centre of the world economic stage. Explore the new labour laws which regulate China's workforce.
Topic Three: practical difficulties in litigating employment issues
Delve into the challenges of litigating employment issues. Litigation is a powerful forum to air grievances and enable disputes to be resolved but are there unnecessary procedural barriers, has information technology made liability issues unduly complex and can litigation be made simpler and less costly?
Speakers from Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailland, Vietnam, New Zealand and Australia will explore these issues, offering a truly regional approach.
Day One: Friday 17 September
Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
| 9:00-9:45 | Welcome to the conference and opening remarks | Chief Justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Geoffrey Ma Tao-li |
| 9:45-11:15 | ||
| The rights of migrant workers including illegal immigrants: migrant workers rights - the balancing act | Selvamalar Alagaratnam, Skrine, Malaysia | |
| The rights of migrant workers including illegal immigrants: Bangladeshi migration workers problems in Malaysia | Advocate Kazi Abdul Mannan, Bangladesh | |
| The rights of migrant workers including illegal immigrants: rights of migrant workers in Vietnam | Trinh Nguyen, Trinh Nguyen & Partners, Vietnam | |
| 11:15-11:45 | Tea break | |
| 11:45-1:15 | The rights of migrant workers including illegal immigrants: rights of migrant workers in New Zealand | Bernard Banks, Kiely Thompson Caisley, Chair of the LAWASIA Labour Law Committee, New Zealand |
| The rights of migrant workers including illegal immigrants: Subclass 457 visa reforms | Maria Jockel, Russell Kennedy, Australia | |
| The rights of migrant workers including illegal immigrants: Temporary migrant labour in Australia: the 457 visa scheme and challenges for labour regulation |
Dr Joo-Cheong Tham, University of Melbourne, Australia | |
| 1:15-2:30 | Lunch | |
| 2:30-3:30 | The rights of migrant workers including illegal immigrants: rights of migrant workers in Hong Kong | Poon Man-Hon, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, Hong Kong |
| The rights of migrant workers including illegal immigrants: Race Discrimination Ordinance | Fiona Loughrey, Simmons & Simmons, Hong Kong | |
| 3:30-4:00 | Tea break |
Day Two: Saturday 18 September
Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
| 9:00-11:15 | Practical difficulties in litigating employment issues: the Malaysian perspective | Ms Susila Sithamparam, President, Industrial Court of Malaysia |
| Practical difficulties in litigating employment issues: the Hong Kong Labour Tribunal | Nick Gall, Gall, Hong Kong | |
| Practical difficulties in litigating employment issues: restraint of trade and anti-competition clauses |
Stephen Hughes, Workplace Law, Australia & Adrian Halkes, Hong Kong Bar, Hong Kong | |
| Practical difficulties in litigating employment issues: the Korean perspective | Hye C. Yu, Kim & Chang, Korea | |
| 11:15-11:45 | Tea break | |
| 11:45-1:00 | Practical difficulties in litigating employment issues: Thai Labour Court Guide | Tada Sastarasatit, Siam City Law Offices Limited, Thailand |
| Practical difficulties in litigating employment issues: the Indonesian perspective | Sondang Tampubolon, Indonesia | |
| Practical difficulties in litigating employment issues: employer-employee liabilities under information society | Sunil Abeyartne, Bar Association of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka | |
| 1.00-2.00 | Lunch | |
| 2:00-3:30 | China's new labour laws: practical legal challenges for employers operating in China | Pattie Walsh, DLA Piper, Hong Kong |
| China's new labour laws: the union perspective | Monina Wong, ILHO/International Trade Union Congress and Global Union Federations | |
| China's new labour laws: | Dr Paul Harpur, Griffith University, Australia | |
| 3:30-4:00 | Tea break | |
| 4:00-5:00 | China's new labour laws: Labour Contact Law of 2008 | Professor Li Jianyong, The East China University of Political Science and Law |
| China's new labour laws | Mr Ting, Shenzhen University, China |
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| Closing remarks | Bernard Banks, Kiely Thompson Caisley, Chair of the LAWASIA Labour Law Committee, New Zealand | |
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LAWASIA gratefully acknowledges particular support from the Queensland Law Society and the Law Foundation of Queensland |
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