Aug 09, 2023 ESG and people – what are the key areas of focus for global businesses? By David Mendel Amy Rentell Amelia Lamp Global businesses are increasingly looking to embed people-related ESG initiatives. Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements is...
Jul 18, 2023 Worklife 2.0: Employers of record – the sky is the limit? Part 6 – Restrictive covenants By Alice Greenwell Rachel Harris We are considering employers of record (EoRs) in our Worklife 2.0 series (see our previous blog posts here, here, here, here and here)....
Jul 14, 2023 Worklife 2.0: The Effective Collective - Striking just got even more disruptive By Harriet Gaillard From July 2022, businesses were allowed, for the first time in decades, to use agency workers to replace striking employees. Yesterday,...
May 30, 2023 Works council remuneration remains in spotlight in Germany By Flavia Lang Torsten Lauth In January of this year, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) ruled in on the unduly high remuneration granted...
May 15, 2023 UK Government proposes changes to employment law – what are the key points for businesses? By David Mendel Amy Rentell The Government has confirmed that it would significantly amend the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, listing out the specific...
May 10, 2023 Worklife 2.0: Employers of record – the sky is the limit? Part 5 – Data protection By Satya Staes Polet Irem Güzel Géraldine Jaffrès In our Worklife 2.0 series (see our previous blog posts here, here, here and here), we have discussed the increase in the number of...
Apr 25, 2023 US Clawback Rules - Home Country Exemption, and Clawback Enforceability By Regina Erie Lori Goodman Emmanuel Bandoh In October 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted the final executive compensation “clawback rules” (the Final...
Apr 20, 2023 German government paper confirms current trends in employee data protection law By Tibor Szigetvari Hendrik Witt Julia Förster Sebastian Rombey +1 more... Show less The core German legal basis for processing employee personal data was recently annulled by the European Court of Justice (CJEU). The...
Mar 31, 2023 UK Government and regulators announce review of Senior Managers and Certification Regime By Amy Rentell Holly Insley In December last year, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced a package of reforms for the financial services industry....
Mar 28, 2023 Spring Budget: Equity for All – a holistic review of the UK’s share plan framework is long overdue By Alice Greenwell Regina Erie Gino Murugesan On 15 March, the Chancellor announced the Spring Budget for 2023. In doing so, the Budget set out that the Government will launch a call...
Mar 24, 2023 Italy transposes the EU Whistleblowing Directive By Giuseppe Curtò Luca Capone Federico Mercuri Enrico Mantovani Francesca Incaprera Huerta +2 more... Show less Italy has finally implemented the EU Whistleblowing Directive now requiring companies to set up effective reporting channels, protect...
Mar 20, 2023 Antitrust enforcers’ attention on labor markets spreading across the globe: a new legal battlefield? By Ermelinda Spinelli Jan Rybnicek Sarah Jensen Kaori Yamada Ninette Dodoo Cecilia Carli +3 more... Show less Antitrust enforcement in labor markets has gained momentum in recent months as agencies in the US, Europe and Asia signal tougher...