On December 17, 2021, when the deadline for implementing the EU Whistleblowing Directive expires – or, at the latest, when corresponding national whistleblower protection laws come into force – member states of the European...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to affect the health and life of everyone. Furthermore, COVID-19 will have dramatic consequences for the economy and businesses as well as for workers and their families....more
European companies are navigating a variety of social and equality-related issues impacting their workplaces and, according to Littler’s second annual European Employer Survey, are increasingly channeling their concerns into...more
11/18/2019
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Diversity ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
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European Work Council ,
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Free Movement ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Global Workforce ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Immigration Reform ,
International Labor Laws ,
Ireland ,
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Robotics ,
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Court Holds Member States Must Require Employers to Adopt Systems to Record All Employee Working Time -
Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency -
On May 14, 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ)...more
On May 15, 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a groundbreaking judgment in a court case between a Spanish trade union and the Spanish subsidiary of Deutsche Bank....more
5/24/2019
/ Charter of Fundamental Rights ,
Data Protection ,
Deutsche Bank ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Health and Safety ,
Member State ,
Wage and Hour ,
Working Time Regulations
Whistleblowers: some consider them traitors; others see them as modern heroes. By issuing a recent proposal, the EU Commission has at least taken a position on improving (minimum) protections for whistleblowers and, above...more
On June 23, 2016, the people of the United Kingdom—(more precisely, the island of Great Britain, comprising England, Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland) voted, pursuant to a referendum called “Brexit,” to leave the European...more
7/14/2016
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Cross-Border ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
Foreign Workers ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Immigrants ,
Member State ,
Multinationals ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Referendums ,
TUPE ,
UK ,
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Works Council