Enforcement Relief: What New Regulatory Reforms Could Mean for Hospices
Under Hungarian law, employers have a duty to ensure that employees can work safely and without risk to their health. One way of ensuring this was through mandatory occupational health assessments....more
As a new policy statement from the European Commission (EC) treats wage-fixing and no-poach agreements as inherently anticompetitive (restriction of competition “by object”) with few possible defences, companies should...more
After a period of legislative calm, any incoming Labour Government is poised to roll out a comprehensive reform package that would almost certainly keep HR, legal and compliance teams on their toes for the foreseeable future....more
Until now, the European Commission's (EC) antitrust focus on labour-related issues has been timid. This may soon change. The EC has recently published a policy brief on labour markets, explaining that in its view, wage-fixing...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
We are kicking off 2024 with an examination, over a series of blog posts, of some important developments in equality and discrimination law, including legislative changes, updated EHRC guidance on employer duties to take...more
Mit dem Inkrafttreten des Hinweisgeberschutzgesetzes (HinSchG) am 2. Juli 2023 stehen Unternehmen vor neuen datenschutzrechtlichen Herausforderungen. Regelmäßig enthalten bei einer Meldestelle eingehende Hinweise...more
On June 23, 2022, Canada’s Bill C-19, Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1 received Royal Assent and amended Canada’s Competition Act. The Competition Act applies to all businesses operating in Canada, whether they are...more
After earlier failed negotiations in the autumn of 2018 and a national public transport strike, the 'poldering' finally produced a Pension Agreement. In addition to the CNV trade union, the members of the FNV trade union...more
Japan is known as a country that prizes and exemplifies hard work. While there are significant benefits to this worth ethic, excessive work habits create problems for the country as well. ...more