European companies are navigating a variety of social and equality-related issues impacting their workplaces and, according to Littler’s second annual European Employer Survey, are increasingly channeling their concerns into...more
11/18/2019
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Diversity ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
EU ,
European Work Council ,
France ,
Free Movement ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Global Workforce ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Immigration Reform ,
International Labor Laws ,
Ireland ,
Medical Leave ,
Mental Health ,
Pay Gap ,
Robotics ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Surveys ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
Following the introduction of new corporate social responsibility obligations for collaborative platforms towards independent workers, the French Department of Labor published guidance to clarify the scope of this...more
On December 9, 2016, France enacted a statute broadly granting whistleblower protections to employees. This new law represents the next step in the evolution of such protections in France. The focus on this area of law...more
5/25/2017
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
EU ,
France ,
Internal Reporting ,
New Legislation ,
Sapin II ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Transparency Directive ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Introduced on August 8, 2016 and effective since January 1, 2017, the “El Khomri law” (named after the French Labor Minister) or “loi travail” granted employees in France the "right to disconnect" from digital devices....more