The Situation: With COVID-19 vaccination campaigns underway throughout Europe, employers are eager for a return to pre-pandemic activities. However, given the pace of the vaccine roll-out and ongoing workplace restrictions...more
The Situation: With COVID-19 vaccination campaigns underway throughout Europe, employers are now evaluating how the availability of vaccines may impact their own workforce, including whether they can make vaccination...more
The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a landmark ruling in 2019 that obligated EU Member States to require employers to establish an objective, reliable, and accessible system for recording the hours worked each day by...more
The Situation: Targeted legislative and regulatory measures implemented by many EU Member States during the pandemic may ultimately prove insufficient to ease employers' burdens and prevent employment losses.
The Result:...more
9/18/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Representatives ,
Employee Retention ,
Employment Contract ,
EU ,
Furloughs ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Involuntary Reduction in Force ,
Layoffs ,
Voluntary Reduction in Force
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, first identified in Wuhan, China, has spread beyond China's borders to dozens of countries, infecting tens of thousands of people and causing a mounting number of fatalities....more
The Situation: On May 14, 2019, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a Judgment mandating that EU Member States require employers to register the daily working time of their employees.
The...more
11/21/2019
/ Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Policies ,
EU ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
International Labor Laws ,
Member State ,
Over-Time ,
Wage and Hour ,
Working Time Regulations
In this edition, we report from around Europe on some interesting case law developments that affect the way employers manage their employees. The range of issues covered shows that, despite the breadth of directives issued by...more
9/28/2017
/ Appeals ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Representatives ,
Employee Rights ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
France ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Germany ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Insolvency ,
International Labor Laws ,
Maternity Leave ,
Netherlands ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Paid Leave ,
Parental Leave ,
Pay Gap ,
Popular ,
President Macron ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Spain ,
Supreme Court of Spain ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
The Situation: The UK government has proposed several corporate governance reforms in an effort to improve transparency and accountability in private and public employers....more
9/15/2017
/ Board of Directors ,
C-Suite Executives ,
CEOs ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Officers ,
Diversity ,
Executive Compensation ,
Heightened Scrutiny ,
Popular ,
Private Sector ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Disclosure ,
Public Employees ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Transparency ,
UK
New rules have come into force concerning employees' rights to disconnect from digital devices outside normal working time. From 1 January 2017, all relevant employers must negotiate on the employees' right to have periods...more
3/22/2017
/ Annual Reports ,
Banks ,
Digital Communications ,
EU ,
France ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Germany ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Litigation ,
Off-Duty Employees ,
Pay Gap ,
Payroll Records ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Right to Disconnect ,
Sanction Violations ,
UK
A reminder that the government has published its final draft form of the Gender Pay Gap Regulations, which come into force on 6 April 2017. The Regulations oblige relevant employers to report on their gender pay gap on an...more