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Fixed-term contracts can be a poisoned chalice
By Contributor Legal Case studies for employers
Contract Staff
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Contract Work
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Termination
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Employment Contract
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Non-compete Clauses
With Hong Kong's new Companies Ordinance coming into effect in March, businesses are coming to grips with a raft of changes to the way they operate, writes Kathleen Healy.
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Survival as a temp
By Contributor Career Guidance and Counselling
Temporary Work
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Temporary Staffing
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Contract Work
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Contract Staff
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Tips on Making a Good First Impression
The number of temporary assignments is rising. Employers are embracing headcount flexibility, managing workload peaks and hiring specialist help for projects and to cover leave, writes Marc Burrage.
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Turn of the temps
By Contributor Career Guidance and Counselling
Contract Staff
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Contract Work
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Temporary Work
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Work-life Balance
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Hays
More businesses in Hong Kong are turning to contract and temporary workers, as they allow employers to fill a short-term staffing need or provide assistance for special projects without the commitment of a permanent hire, writes Marc Burrage.
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Accent on niche hiring
Investment banks and financial services firms remain cost-conscious, and therefore in 2014 we expect the majority of permanent hiring to be for replacement positions or for specific, niche roles such as front office developers and technical infrastructure support positions, writes Christopher Aukland.
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Contracting is cool
By Contributor Career Guidance and Counselling
Contract Staff
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Contract Work
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ConnectedGroup
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Flexible Work Hours
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Pay Gap
It's time for Hong Kong professionals to embrace contract or interim employment status, as most of them now seem to appreciate the positives of such flexible arrangements, writes Kate Harper.
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'Free agents' may just win the race
By John Cremer Featured stories and job trends
Kelly Services
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Contract Staff
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Contract Work
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Job Security
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Outsourcing
According to Carl Camden, president and chief executive of recruitment firm Kelly Services, a new employment model is fast taking shape, based on the “free agent” concept and reflective of shifting economic realities, writes John Cremer.
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Diligent employers need full picture of part-time work
By Contributor Legal Case studies for employers
part-time
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part-time employment
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Part-time Work
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part-time jobs
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Flexible Work Hours
In Hong Kong, although many families employ migrant domestic workers to assist at home, some employees – most commonly, women – prefer, or feel pressure, to leave the workforce to attend to their families, writes Fiona Loughrey and Sarah Berkeley.
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Not everybody is lovin' UK's zero-hours contracts
By Agencies Featured stories and job trends
zero-hours contract
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zero hours
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Britain
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McDonald's
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Restaurant
McDonald's has emerged as potentially the biggest zero-hours employer in the UK's private sector after admitting that it employs 90 per cent of its entire workforce in Britain - or 83,000 staff - on the controversial terms.
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