The Situation: While U.S. states continue to legislate pay equity and transparency obligations, significant changes are on the horizon in the European Union that will impact U.S. companies with sizeable operations there. The...more
6/6/2024
/ Disclosure Requirements ,
Due Diligence ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labor Reform ,
New Rules ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Pay Transparency ,
Reporting Requirements
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 Situation: On April 16, 2020, the Belgian Parliament approved a law to transpose the EU Shareholder Rights Directive II ("SRD II") (Directive (EU) 2017/828 amending Directive 2007/36/EC)) into Belgian law ("Transposing...more
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
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
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