Over the course of the World Cup, we have been publishing our own matchups, comparing various aspects of labor and employment law in some of the participating countries. Parts One and Two of this series examined timeouts...more
Welcome to week 2 of our Littler World Cup series, where we compare various aspects of labor and employment law in some of the countries competing the following week. In Part 1 of this series, we examined paid vacation and...more
The World Cup starts November 20, 2022 and will end in mid-December. Soccer fans from around the globe will be tuning in for the matches, or perhaps even attending in person. We thought we’d set up our own employment law...more
On December 17, 2021, when the deadline for implementing the EU Whistleblowing Directive expires – or, at the latest, when corresponding national whistleblower protection laws come into force – member states of the European...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to affect the health and life of everyone. Furthermore, COVID-19 will have dramatic consequences for the economy and businesses as well as for workers and their families....more
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
/ #MeToo ,
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
Court Holds Member States Must Require Employers to Adopt Systems to Record All Employee Working Time -
Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency -
On May 14, 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ)...more
On May 15, 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a groundbreaking judgment in a court case between a Spanish trade union and the Spanish subsidiary of Deutsche Bank....more
5/24/2019
/ Charter of Fundamental Rights ,
Data Protection ,
Deutsche Bank ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Health and Safety ,
Member State ,
Wage and Hour ,
Working Time Regulations
Whistleblowers: some consider them traitors; others see them as modern heroes. By issuing a recent proposal, the EU Commission has at least taken a position on improving (minimum) protections for whistleblowers and, above...more
On February 7, 2018, Germany's two ruling parties, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD), agreed on a joint government and a 177-page coalition agreement. The employment-specific...more
On August 3, 2016, Germany's Federal Labor Court ruled that while the payment of employee bonuses and their amounts are at the discretion of the employer, they are subject to full judicial review. Under this reinterpretation...more
On July 13, 2016, the Frankfurt Higher Labor Court held the dismissal of an employee in response to demands by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) was invalid. (Frankfurt Labor Court, 18 Sa 1498/15)....more
7/25/2016
/ Banks ,
Commerzbank ,
Consent Order ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Embargo ,
Financial Institutions ,
Germany ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Iran ,
NYDFS ,
Unfair Dismissal
On June 23, 2016, the people of the United Kingdom—(more precisely, the island of Great Britain, comprising England, Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland) voted, pursuant to a referendum called “Brexit,” to leave the European...more
7/14/2016
/ Corporate Restructuring ,
Cross-Border ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
Foreign Workers ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Immigrants ,
Member State ,
Multinationals ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Referendums ,
TUPE ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Works Council