Last month, the Belgian Supreme Court ruled in a case concerning a former employee who, following an internal investigation, had been first dismissed by her employer for and subsequently convicted of several criminal...more
6/4/2024
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Compensation & Benefits ,
Corporate Governance ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
EU ,
Former Employee ,
Internal Investigations ,
Investigations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
UK Corporate Criminal Offense ,
White Collar Crimes
We continue to see increased investigation and prosecution of corruption, fraud, modern slavery and workplace misconduct, especially in the construction, transportation and financial sectors.
Investigations are boosted by...more
1/10/2024
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Compliance ,
Construction Industry ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Liability ,
Cross-Border ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fraud ,
Internal Investigations ,
Investigations ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Transparency ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Psychosocial risks at work can have serious consequences for the well-being and productivity of employees and the organisation. To help prevent and address these risks, Belgian law provides for the possibility to appoint a...more
Why it is crucial to correctly identify the leading personnel in a company.
Members of a company’s leading personnel (leidinggevend personeel/personnel de direction) cannot be put forward as candidates during the social...more
What to expect from the new EU Women on Boards Directive, including the practical changes for your management structure and the impact on the national legislation of each Member State.
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Companies should start thinking about their whistleblowing strategy.
Current state of play -
The EU Whistleblowing Directive aims to protect whistleblowers when making an extensive range of disclosures on breaches of EU...more
On 25 May 2018, the new EU General Data Protection Regulation on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (the GDPR) will enter into...more
Welcome to The Big Think – the thought leadership series from Allen & Overy’s global Employment practice.
Its mission is to think big, think forward and think without boundaries. Members of our international team put...more
Focus on self-employed company leaders
- A recent act has made various changes to the legal framework of occupational pensions for employees and self-employed company leaders. The key changes were outlined in our...more