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August 19, 2020
Thailand has previously established the Oil Fund in accordance with Prime Minister’s Order No. 4/2547 on 23 December 2004 (“Order”), which required the implementation of a series of measures aimed at resolving and preventing oil shortages.
August 13, 2020
A recent notification of Thailand’s Capital Market Supervisory Board (CMSB) has extended the scope of previously granted relief measures for securities-issuing companies by relaxing the requirement to hold the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the shareholders before submission of audited financial statements to the Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). One of the main purposes of the AGM is to formally appoint an auditor to audit the financial statements.
August 5, 2020
While we’ve all seen how quickly life has changed during the pandemic, from a business and HR angle the possibility of intellectual property misappropriation and theft occasioned by work-from-home policies may not yet be clear to many. With many employees working outside their company’s normal IT security fence, their increased use of their own computers and devices instead of those in their offices with standard or enhanced security mechanisms has made it more challenging for employers to control access to key business information.
July 30, 2020
On July 17, 2020, Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) issued a notification in the Government Gazette setting out the minimum security standards for personal data under the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). This MDES notification is effective from July 18, 2020, to May 31, 2021.
July 29, 2020
Vietnam has managed to keep the COVID-19 outbreak largely under control, but the impact on the economy however, remains uncertain.Thanks to early and decisive action by the government and a cooperative public, Vietnam has kept the COVID-19 pandemic largely under control, with just 334 cases and zero related deaths reported in the country as of June 16.
July 29, 2020
Whilst employers who choose to temporarily cease operations are required to continue paying at least 75% of their employees’ wages; the Social Security Office (“SSO”) has put additional measures in place to protect those employees further who are unable to work during this time. On 17 April 2020, Thailand’s Ministry of Labour published two new regulations, the Force Majeure Regulation and the Economic Crisis Regulation respectively.The Force Majeure Regulation