Executive Summary-
As Europeans across the continent head to the ballot box in a contentious election year, employers are navigating numerous challenges—from potential employment law changes to managing divisive political...more
Under the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (known as the Closing Loopholes Act), as of January 1, 2025, intentional underpayment of employees’ wages and certain benefits will be a criminal offense, with a maximum of 10 years’...more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -
After years of disruptions from the pandemic, artificial intelligence, shifting regulations and changing employee preferences, are European workplaces finally reaching a consensus on the “new normal”?
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The Global Guide Quarterly (GGQ) is a newsletter Littler publishes on a quarterly basis to provide a general update on global labor and employment (L&E) law developments in key countries in the American, EMEA, and APAC...more
The World Cup quarter finals are close at hand. We have been following the games with our own matchups, comparing labor and employment laws of participating countries. Referees have borne the brunt of player ire over the...more
Welcome to week 2 of our Littler World Cup series, where we compare various aspects of labor and employment law in some of the countries competing the following week. In Part 1 of this series, we examined paid vacation and...more
The World Cup is fast approaching! Over the course of the tournament, we will be publishing our own matchups, comparing various aspects of labor and employment law in some of the participating countries. In Part I of this...more
The World Cup starts November 20, 2022 and will end in mid-December. Soccer fans from around the globe will be tuning in for the matches, or perhaps even attending in person. We thought we’d set up our own employment law...more
Striking Workers Are Protected from Suffering Detriment -
Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency -
On November 18, 2021, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) confirmed that workers who take part in...more
1/19/2022
/ Appeals ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Independent Contractors ,
Infectious Diseases ,
New Regulations ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Remote Working ,
Right to Strike ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
UK Supreme Court ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
When can employers in the United Kingdom be held responsible for their employees’ actions? This article answers that question with help from a recent high-profile case and applies the lessons learned to manage the potential...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
/ #MeToo ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Diversity ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
EU ,
European Work Council ,
France ,
Free Movement ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Global Workforce ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Immigration Reform ,
International Labor Laws ,
Ireland ,
Medical Leave ,
Mental Health ,
Pay Gap ,
Robotics ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Surveys ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) provided useful clarity on when an act by an employee is done “in the course of employment” making the employer liable. The claimant had seen a colleague’s social media post featuring a...more
10/16/2019
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Holiday Pay ,
International Labor Laws ,
Offensive Language ,
Post-Termination Acts ,
Social Media ,
Social Media Policy ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Wage and Hour
In early April the deadline passed for large UK employers to report on their gender pay gap (GPG). This is the first chance we have had to compare employers’ pay gap figures with previous years, putting new pressure on...more
5/2/2019
/ Corporate Culture ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Pay ,
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) ,
Gender Equity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
International Labor Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
A bill is making its way through the Oireachtas (the Irish parliament) that would bring shared parental leave to the Republic of Ireland. The Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit Bill would allow parents to split the first 26...more