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Mr Michael Szeto wrote an article for Human Resources on benefits and tax assessment for gay civil servants

2019-09-30

Our Partner Mr Michael Szeto wrote an article entitled “Court of Final Appeal Finds in Favour of Gay Civil Servant on Benefits and Tax Assessment”, which was first published in the September/October 2019 edition of Human Resources, the Official Journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management.

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Mr Michael Szeto wrote an article for Human Resources on benefits and tax assessment for gay civil servants

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