The practice and shift to hybrid work has continued even after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and this has enabled employees to maintain a better work-life balance while remaining efficient and effective. This update looks at how employment practices have changed in Singapore and how the law is evolving to keep up to date with these changes.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses and organisations worldwide to change how they conduct business, one of which is the introduction of remote work policies. This article looks at some of the changes to Thailand’s employment policies regarding remote working and how the country’s labour laws evolved to address this issue.

Remote working has become the norm ever since the COVID-19 pandemic forced businesses and organisations to change their work practices to accommodate the imposed restrictions and ensure the continuity of their daily operations. Nevertheless, remote working is not without its challenges. One such challenge is the issue of taxation. With the digital borders opened due to the pandemic restrictions, many workers have applied for remote work in countries they do not reside in.

While Indonesia’s adoption of intellectual property law has gone without significant hitches with its citizens also being avid adopters of technology, challenges remain regarding the understanding of technology-related intellectual property rights for both its citizens and businesses. This article takes a deeper dive into the country’s intellectual property regime and the legal safeguards that could be employed by businesses operating in Indonesia.

Intellectual property has been defined as a type of property that includes the intangible creations of the human mind. This may consist of designs, ideas, written work, artwork, and inventions. With the advent of artificial intelligence (“AI”), human-guided AI creations have gained momentum and become a subject of debate. Traditionally, intellectual property protections such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc, protect works of the human mind. However, could the same protection be accorded to AI creations created by stitching creations available on the Internet to create a wholly new design?