The 2011 Cumulative Supplement provides updates on developments into 2011, including discussions of the following topics: The first judgment by the Japanese Supreme Court concerning the standards companies are required to meet in order to conduct consultations with relevant employees on labor contract succession The new data protection law and 2011 implementing regulations in Mexico The first agreement reached in Belgium between the national confederation of employers and unions that increases notice rights of manual workers and caps notice rights of salaried employees The new corporate governance law in Belgium The Canadian Supreme Court ruling stating that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not require labor relations legislation to include any of the freedom of association features of the U.S. Wagner Act model The new Bribery Act, the Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010, the Equality Act 2010, and the first compulsory employer contributions to pension arrangements relating to the Pensions Act 2008 in the United Kingdom The 2011 law in China that allows parties to agree on choice of law when dealing with contracts with foreign nationals The Regulations on Employee Representative Councils in Shanghai, China, that will take effect this year The 2010 Tort Liability Law in China making the right to privacy an independent civil right, as well as the revised Work-Related Injury Insurance Regulations and Measures for the Recognition of Work-Related Injuries, and the new Social Insurance Law.