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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings. less -

A New Entity Abroad, Part I - Hiring Employees

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/5/2024

One of the primary concerns for an organization that wants to start conducting business in a new country must be the laws of the specific country. Employment regulations vary widely from country to country and may be so...more

Navigating AI in the Workplace and Recruitment

Mayer Brown on 3/22/2024

In recent years, we have seen an increase in employers using artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, whether to assist with decision-making and staff management across the life-cycle of the employment relationship or...more

UK Employment Flash - February 2024

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/7/2024

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

Employment Flash - April 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/14/2023

In our latest edition of Employment Flash, we examine developments over the past three months, including the NLRB’s ruling regarding employees’ labor law rights in severance agreements, a Supreme Court decision that upheld...more

UK Employment Law: Legislation and Conversations for 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/10/2023

In spite of the political turmoil in the UK in 2022, the government did pick up a number of legislative priorities after the hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, we anticipate a number of developments in...more

Key Developments for Employers in the UK - Issue 4

Dechert LLP on 10/20/2022

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Employment Edit – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and informative. In this edition we look at:...more

Labor and Employment Law Issues in UK and EU Outsourcing Transactions, Part 1: A Conversation with Lee Harding

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing on 5/19/2022

In this two-part edition of our Spotlight series, we welcome Lee Harding to discuss key labor and employment law issues in relation to outsourcing transactions, predominantly in the United Kingdom and European Union....more

Employment News: TUPE, health and safety

Hogan Lovells on 3/23/2021

Split the difference - CJEU decision on fragmentation applies to service provision changes - When a contract is retendered, services that were originally provided by a single contractor may be divided between two or more...more

UK HR Two Minute Monthly: post-termination restrictions; discrimination and victimisation claims; right to respect for private...

BCLP on 2/2/2021

Our January update considers recent developments in employment law, including cases on post-termination restrictions, interim relief for discrimination and victimisation claims, and the right to respect private life. We also...more

Employment News: data protection, Brexit, furlough

Hogan Lovells on 11/5/2020

Tell me more – ICO publishes detailed subject access guidance - The ICO has published detailed guidance for handling subject access requests. This is relevant to employers responding to subject access requests from...more

The Littler European Employer COVID-19 Survey Report - September 2020

Littler on 9/23/2020

Government-ordered office closures that swept much of Europe early in 2020 appear to have helped convince employers across the continent that workers could be just as productive remotely as they could while gathered in...more

UK Announces COVID-19 Job Retention Scheme

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/26/2020

The COVID-19 crisis has led to much uncertainty regarding continuing pay for employees who are unable to work from home, as well as overall job security, in the face of employers’ financial uncertainty....more

Details Emerge on New UK Immigration System

Morgan Lewis on 2/27/2020

The UK government has published a policy paper detailing its new points-based immigration system, as well as updates on right to work checks for EEA nationals and guidance for individuals unable to return to China from the...more

Seyfarth Global Immigration Update: February 2020

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/3/2020

China - Expedited Permit Processing for Highly-Skilled Foreign Nationals in Shanghai and Coronavirus Related Travel Restrictions - Effective immediately, certain Category A (highly-skilled) applicants seeking permission to...more

UK Immigration Update: Brexit and Beyond

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/31/2020

The following alert is directed to organizations with a presence in the UK or who anticipate the need to place employees at a U.K. worksite. Seyfarth Shaw’s Global Mobility Practice hosts attorneys licensed to practice in...more

Seyfarth Global Immigration Update: January 2020

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/20/2020

Seyfarth maintains 11 offices across the United States, as well as international offices in London, Shanghai, Melbourne, Sydney, and Hong Kong. Our Global Mobility Team is staffed with a group of professionals that includes...more

Littler Lightbulb: Highlighting Recent Developments Across Europe

Littler on 10/23/2019

Our European practice, spread across 13 offices in the region’s most robust economies, can provide a single point of contact for clients’ global labor and employment needs. Here we highlight significant labor and employment...more

Brexit: EU Grants Extension to October 31, 2019

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/18/2019

The following alert is directed to organizations with a presence in the UK or who anticipate the need to place talent at a UK work site....more

Brexit: UK Parliament Votes To Delay Departure

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/18/2019

The following alert is directed to organizations with a presence in the UK or who anticipate the need to place talent at a UK work site. Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 14th, the UK Parliament voted in favor of an extension to...more

UK Immigration: Parliament Rejects Withdrawal Agreement

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/21/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: Given Parliament’s resounding rejection of the Withdrawal Agreement on Tuesday, and the growing political discord in the UK, the likelihood of a “no-deal” Brexit is increasing. ...more

UK Adopts New Trade Secret Regulations: Are Your Trade Secrets Protected?

Littler on 8/6/2018

Imagine you’ve just found out that one of your ex-employees has joined a competitor and has shared your most important trade secret with them. What legal protection do you have?...more

Web Exclusive: March 2018: The Top 13 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 4/10/2018

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes all through 2017. And if the first three months...more

Employment News - October 2017

Hogan Lovells on 10/3/2017

Border crossing – wide approach to reinstatement - In Dafiaghor-Olomu v Community Integrated Care the EAT found that re-employment might be practicable even though an employer no longer had a place of business in Scotland....more

European Labour & Employment Update - September 2017

Jones Day on 9/28/2017

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

Employment News - June 2017 #2

Hogan Lovells on 6/12/2017

Keep it for later – European Court's Advocate General issues Opinion that the right to paid leave can be carried over if employer has not offered it - According to the preliminary Opinion of the European Court in The Sash...more

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