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September 15, 2016

PLC Employment and Employee Benefits Global Guide 2016/17 – Myanmar Chapter

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The 2016/17 edition of Employment and Employee Benefits  provides an overview of employment and employee benefits laws and issues in 32 jurisdictions around the world. The Myanmar chapter of the guide, written by lawyers at Tilleke & Gibbins, covers employment regulations such as the Overseas Employment Law; time periods in employment contracts; grants and incentives including welfare benefits under the Social Security Law; background checks; obtaining permission to work for foreign nationals; restrictions on managers and directors; regulation of the employment relationship including the requirement for a written employment contract; the minimum wage rate; restrictions on working time; holiday entitlement; illness and injury of employees; part-time and agency workers; data protection; discrimination and harassment; termination of employment; redundancies and layoffs; healthy and safety obligations and the draft Occupational Safety and Health Law; income tax; intellectual property; and restraint of trade under the Contracts Act.

Employment and Employee Benefits  is published by Practical Law Company, a leading publisher which provides legal know-how for business lawyers.

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