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L&E Global
The amendment to the Labour Code, effective 1 January 2024, introduced a mandatory liability of contractors for wage claims of their subcontractor's employees in the construction industry.
France
L&E Global
An employee objected to his company organizing end-of-week gatherings that frequently led to employees being inebriated and indulging in certain "off-colour" behaviour.
L&E Global
An employee claimed that they were due overtime because, during professional trips, they were required to always be reachable.
L&E Global
A new law adding discrimination on the grounds of hair to the French Labour Code and the Criminal Code was adopted by the French National Assembly (the French Parliament's lower house)...
Germany
L&E Global
The Federal Labour Court decided on the claim of a staff representative body for payment of accommodation and catering costs for a training course. The Court decided that accommodation costs...
L&E Global
In Germany, legal efforts are finally being made to allow for the digitalization of the employment contract. Up to now, this has primarily been prevented by the amended German...
Switzerland
Altenburger
This article provides an overview of the most relevant Employment law Judgements handed down by the Federal Court in 2023.
UK
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
We have had a new pension tax regime since April 6, 2024. The underlying legislation is convoluted and almost impossible for a lay person to follow, so you would be forgiven for thinking there was a lot to study.
Brahams Dutt Badrick French LLP
On 6 April 2024, changes were made to the family-friendly legal framework to offer better protection for certain employees in redundancy situations...
Brahams Dutt Badrick French LLP
To accompany the recent changes to the flexible working legal framework, Acas has revised its statutory Code of Practice on requests for flexible working and its related non-statutory guidance.
Brahams Dutt Badrick French LLP
In Rentokil Initial UK v Miller, the EAT held that offering a trial period in a new role may constitute a reasonable adjustment for a disabled employee.
Littler Mendelson
The UK does not have any pay transparency laws but does have gender pay gap reporting obligations for certain employers.
Brahams Dutt Badrick French LLP
From 6 April 2024, employees acquired a new Day 1 right to take at least one week's unpaid carer's leave per year to provide or arrange care for a dependant who has a long-term care need.
WTW
A wealth-to-heath journey from hire to retire. Learn from experts, plan sponsors and retirees about Pre-Medicare, Medicare and employee perks on the Eye on 65 Podcast.
WTW
Our paper underlines the importance of making UK defined contribution (DC) pension schemes work harder to improve retirement outcomes and suggests three key actions to help prevent millions of people.
Bindmans LLP
Employment rates and limits are updated annually and this year brings some important changes, some of which are mentioned below.
WTW
The Pensions Regulator has published its 2024 Annual Funding Statement, which is relevant to trustees and sponsors of all private sector DB pension schemes.
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
From April 6, 2024, employees are entitled to a new form of unpaid leave. Employees with dependants having long-term care needs may take up to one week per year as carer's leave to provide or arrange care.
European Union
WTW
One year on from the approval of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, our 30 minute webcast looks at the preparations governments and organizations have been making.
Brahams Dutt Badrick French LLP
In a recent case, the EAT has upheld a decision of an Employment Judge not to strike out Employment Tribunal claims brought against a US company...
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