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
3/26/2025
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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
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
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
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 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
6/29/2020
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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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
“Saudisation” is a word used to describe requirements to employ a minimum number of Saudi nationals in the workplace.
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Welcome to the latest issue of the Ogletree Deakins International Employment Update - a newsletter aimed at human resources professionals and in-house employment counsel operating on an international basis. Please scroll...more
11/13/2019
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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