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UK Parliament Proposes Increased Penalties for Failure to Consult in a Collective Redundancy

The Employment Rights Bill has undergone significant amendments in March 2025 as it progresses through Parliament. Included in the amended bill are changes addressing redundancy and the controversial practice of “fire and...more

High Court of South Africa Decision Provides Hints on Relationship Between Terminating an Employment Contract and Dismissing an...

A recent case decided by the High Court of South Africa dealt with the curious interplay of an employee’s rights as they arise from both a written contract of employment and labor legislation. Although the judgment may at...more

New Regulations Enhance Rights of Fixed-Term Employees in the Netherlands

Using fixed-term employment contracts has become more expensive for employers as a result of new regulations introduced in the Netherlands on January 1, 2020....more

Ecuador’s Labor Justice Act Protects Women Who Are Pregnant, Breastfeeding, or on Maternity Leave

The Labor Justice Act (Ley de Justicia Laboral) published in the Statutes at Large, has introduced unfair dismissal protection for pregnant women as well as for women who are union leaders....more

Colombia’s Government Circular Provides Some Clarity on Dismissing Employees With Medical Conditions

The Colombian government has issued a circular aimed at clarifying the circumstances in which employers may be authorized to discharge employees with medical conditions....more

Belgium: Spring Cleaning Tasks for Human Resources in 2020

Belgium has spent much of the last 12 months without a government following gridlock in coalition negotiations after the general election in May 2019. As such, there has not been any new legislation covering employment law....more

Recent Changes in Hungary’s Employment Laws: Parental Leave, Teenage Employment, Wages, and Noncompete Agreements

Following the trend of recent years, the beginning of the year brought changes to employment legislation in Hungary that went into effect on January 1, 2020. ...more

Serbia’s Staff Leasing Is Finally Regulated

After several delays and various proposals and working groups, the law regulating staff leasing in Serbia was finally adopted in December 2019, and went into effect in March 2020. In many countries, staff leasing is referred...more

Israel’s National Labor Court Ruling Highlights Process for Identifying Accommodations for Disabled Employees

A recent National Labor Court ruling, Shalom Rozenberg v. Givun Imaging Ltd., highlighted the procedures to be followed when considering the termination of employment of individuals with disabilities....more

Malaysia Proposes Amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1967 to ‘Strengthen Industrial Harmony’

Significant changes to Malaysian industrial relations laws aimed at “strengthening industrial harmony” are in the pipeline following the passing of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill, which was passed by the Dewan...more

Bahrain Passes Law Requiring Employment of Bahrain Nationals in Healthcare Sector

“Bahrainisation,” which is used to describe requirements for employing Bahranian nationals, is now being applied to the healthcare sector. On March 5, 2019, the government passed Law No. (1) of 2019, which amended Article 14...more

Montenegro’s Widespread Labor Law Changes Go Into Effect

The new labor law of Montenegro went into effect on January 7, 2020 and has made a number of significant changes including: Employers with more than 10 employees are required to set policies on the organization and...more

Argentina: Severance Pay Doubled for Dismissals Without Fair Cause

In response to the socioeconomic environment in Argentina, on December 13, 2019, President Alberto Fernandez issued a 180-day urgent decree declaring a public emergency in relation to employment, which is due to last 180...more

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Re-categorizes Companies in Nitaqat Program in Pursuit of Saudisation

“Saudisation” is a word used to describe requirements to employ a minimum number of Saudi nationals in the workplace. ...more

UK Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Criminal Record Disclosure System

The UK government has lost its case defending the multiple convictions rule, which requires an individual to disclose all spent convictions if he or she has two or more such convictions. Generally, a conviction becomes...more

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