Many of our clients (in the US and outside) are tracking the progress of the Federal Trade Commission’s proposal to ban non-compete agreements. It remains to be seen whether that rule will be introduced, and if it is, there will undoubtedly be litigation challenging it. In the meantime, however, it is worth noting that the
What helping hand could the French State, traditionally a Welfare state, give to employees with the lowest income and therefore those most affected by inflation?
Only a large-scale measure, both attractive to employees and employers, would have had a chance of achieving the dual objective of increasing the purchasing power of employees without jeopardising the
Our Employment & Benefits team in Hong Kong have published the Asia Employment Law: Mid-Year Review – 2022 H1, a publication covering 14 jurisdictions in Asia.
In this thirty-fifth edition, they flag and comment on employment law developments during the first half of 2022 and highlight some of the major legislative, consultative, policy and
Effective 1 August 2022, the German Act on the Notification of Conditions Governing the Employment Relationship (Nachweisgesetz – NachwG) will be updated.
The new law recently passed the legislative process. It still needs to be executed by the Federal President and published, but this will likely happen by end of July 2022 at the
Impact of the EU sanctions against Russia on employers in Germany.
Early in 2022, the European Union enacted several Regulations in quick succession to impose far-reaching sanctions on Russia as a reaction to the conflict with Ukraine. These sanctions can also have an impact on employment relationships in Germany which involve any activities that are
Increases in minimum wage and marginal earnings threshold – well-intentioned gesture or risk for the economy?
At the start of its legislative period, the new federal government set itself ambitious goals of reforming the labour market and the social system. One of the key points of the election campaign was that more justice and respect
With a year now passed since Brexit, you may be surprised to see a post on this topic. However, it would seem that Brexit is still causing havoc when it comes to European Works Councils (EWCs) which had their headquarters in the UK pre-Brexit.
As the scope of EWCs is limited to the European Economic
We have commented before that, in the past year, there have been a large number of changes to the Right to Work (“RTW”) check process. Much of this has been driven by the enforced move to remote and hybrid working caused by the pandemic.
As a reminder, RTW checks must be undertaken by employers on:
We will be featuring contributions from our global Employment and Benefits team on this blog, highlighting particular topics and issues of interest to UK employers with operations overseas.
The new year has started with a range of new COVID-19 measures in different jurisdictions. Here are two recent updates from our teams in France and Hong
Our Employment & Benefits team in Hong Kong produce the “Asia Employment Law: Quarterly Review”, a publication covering 15 jurisdictions in Asia.
In this thirty-third edition, they flag and comment on employment law developments during the third quarter of 2021 and highlight some of the major changes on the horizon.
For other recent