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Employers doing business in Mexico can help ensure a fair and supportive workplace by understanding certain key regulations. For instance, Mexico’s labor laws offer comprehensive protections for employees during pregnancy and...more
The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy has announced a bill extending maternity leave for parents of premature babies and parents of babies requiring hospitalisation....more
The Antwerp Labour Court recently settled the question of whether compensation for maternity protection and separate compensation for discrimination can both be awarded for the same dismissal under Belgian law....more
In this issue, we discuss upcoming regulatory changes as well as recent court decisions with far-reaching implications, including case law on the need to replace share awards on a TUPE transfer and a UK Supreme Court ruling...more
Currently, employees in the UK on statutory maternity, adoption or shared parental leave who are at risk of redundancy have priority rights to be offered a suitable alternative vacancy (but only where such a vacancy exists). ...more
In this month’s instalment, our team discuss the regulations for the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2003 and the Carer’s Leave Act 2003 that were laid before Parliament on 11 December 2023. We...more
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal’s decision in LaFleche v. NLFD Auto, 2022 BCHRT 88, provides employers with insight into how they should conduct themselves while their employees are on a leave of absence. The...more
Beijing and Shanghai have extended maternity leave for eligible females by an additional 30 days and introduced the right to “parental leave,” or extra days off per year, for eligible parents of children under 3 years old....more
In mid-November, the UAE Cabinet approved a new Labour Law, Federal Law Number 33 of 2021 (the New Labour Law) which will come into force on 2 February 2022 and repeals Law Number 8 of 1980 (the Old Law), replacing it...more
A Dutch employee is entitled to parental leave of up to 26 times the number of hours worked each week. This leave is currently unpaid, unless other agreements have been made, for example in a collective labour agreement....more
Germany scores well on family friendliness in the workplace. Statutory maternity and parental leave rights provide for a rather complex structure of maternity leave (Mutterschutz), parental leave (Elternzeit), parental...more
Manquement de l’employeur à son obligation de proposer un entretien professionnel à une salariée à l’issue de son congé maternité : pas de nullité du licenciement notifié ultérieurement. Précisions sur les obligations de la...more
This week in the Republic of Labour Law, we discuss an upcoming change to Parent’s Leave. Currently, Parent’s Leave entitles each parent to two weeks’ leave during the first year of a child’s life, or in the case of adoption,...more
Every player interested or already active in the German market needs to have a working knowledge of the key principles of German employment law which offers a good level of protection to employees. This is especially true for...more
President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law in 2019 Republic Act No. 11210, or the “105-Day Expanded Maternity Leave Law,” which extends paid maternity leave from 60 days to 105 days....more
The Labor Justice Act (Ley de Justicia Laboral) published in the Statutes at Large, has introduced unfair dismissal protection for pregnant women as well as for women who are union leaders....more
As of January 1, 2020, Bermuda employees are entitled to increased paid and unpaid maternity leave, and, for the first time, paid and unpaid paternity leave. Bermuda’s Parliament included the provisions in the Employment...more
On August 8, 2019, India’s new Code on Wages (Code) received the Presidential assent and was notified in the official gazette. The Code consolidates four major federal-level labor laws pertaining to wages paid by the...more
In this issue of UK Employment Flash, we examine the latest employment law developments, news and insights from the UK, including the Court of Appeal's ruling regarding pay for fathers or other caregivers taking shared...more
Every player interested or already active in the German market needs to have a working knowledge of the key principles of German employment law which offers a good level of protection to employees. This is especially true...more
A massive overhaul of the Canada Labour Code (CLC) is pending, with significant amendments coming into force on September 1, 2019, just prior to the Canadian federal election in October....more
Expanded Maternity Leave Law - New Regulation or Official Guidance - Pursuant to Section 19 of Republic Act No. 11210, also known as the “105-Day Expanded Maternity Leave Law,” the Department of Labor and Employment...more
Enhanced Shared Parental Pay Lower than Enhanced Maternity Pay Not Discriminatory - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On May 24, 2019, the UK Court of Appeal held that it is not discriminatory...more
The Ministry of Labor issued a new Resolution 0312, dated February 13, 2019, which defined the minimum standards to be implemented by employers in relation to the Occupational Safety and Health Management System (SG-SST). ...more