One of the most effective ways to incentivise staff, in particular senior employees, is to offer them the opportunity to purchase stock or shares in a group company. U.S. companies often operate stock and other incentive...more
The UK Government recently published its Good Work Plan, a package of labour market reforms proposed in response to the review conducted by Matthew Taylor into the changing British labour market and which published its...more
1/7/2019
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Breach of Contract ,
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Gig Economy ,
Holiday Pay ,
Labor Reform ,
Notice Requirements ,
Penalties ,
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Sweden ,
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UK ,
Written Agreements
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held in Barbulescu v Romania (Application no. 61496/08) last week that there was a breach of the right to privacy where an employer searched the contents of an...more
9/14/2017
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Article 8 ,
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Email ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Monitoring ,
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Investigatory Powers Act 2016 ,
Notice Requirements ,
Right to Privacy ,
UK ,
UK Data Protection Act ,
Wrongful Termination
Is it good to share?
New Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) rules allow eligible employees to share up to 50 weeks' leave and 39 weeks' pay in the year following a child's birth or...more
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions -
Court Limits Definition of “Supervisor” Under Federal Anti-Discrimination Law -
In Vance v. Ball State University (June 24, 2013), in a 5-4 decision, a majority of the Supreme...more
8/16/2013
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American Express v Italian Colors Restaurant ,
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Federal Arbitration Act ,
Harassment ,
McCutchen v. U.S. Airways ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Notice Requirements ,
Oxford Health v Sutter ,
Race Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
SCOTUS ,
Supervisors ,
Title VII ,
UT Southwestern Medical v Nassar ,
Vance v. Ball State University
Legislation -
Law Against the Employment of Illegal Aliens Passed -
On December 21, 2012, the Luxembourg Parliament enacted a law against the employment of individuals illegally present in Luxembourg....more
8/13/2013
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Insurance Industry ,
Leave of Absence ,
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Legislation -
New Thresholds for Mini and Midi-Jobs are Established -
Beginning January 1, 2013 the earning thresholds for mini-jobs and midi-jobs have been raised from € 400 to € 450 for mini-jobs and from €...more