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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 -

Employment Rights Bill: What Compliance Officers Need to Know

NAVEX on 8/7/2024

Compliance officers, take note: The U.K. government will be introducing two new bills in its next Parliamentary session that portend to have significant implications for employers. In May, the Labor Party published its “Plan...more

Guide to Employment Law in Hong Kong

Mayer Brown on 3/1/2024

Overview - The primary piece of legislation, the Employment Ordinance (the “EO”), prescribes certain basic rights and protection for most employees. The EO applies to every employee engaged under a contract of employment...more

Collective Redundancies In Europe

MoFo Employment Law Commentary (ELC) on 1/8/2024

One of the difficult realities of running a business is that companies occasionally find themselves needing to make reductions to their staff headcount, be it because of workplace shutdowns due to economic difficulties,...more

Increases Announced to UK Employment Compensation Limits

Dechert LLP on 3/17/2023

With effect from 6 April 2023, certain compensation limits will be increased by the Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2023 reflecting a 12.6% increase in the retail prices index in the 12 months to September 2022....more

Golden Rules for Redundancies

King & Spalding on 3/31/2022

Redundancy and consultation processes have made headlines this month after P&O Ferries made around 800 of its staff redundant with immediate effect via a pre-recorded video message....more

UK Employment Appeal Tribunal Advances Scope of Statutory Protection for Strikers

Morgan Lewis on 6/8/2021

The UK Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) handed down its judgment in Mrs F Mercer v. Alternative Future Group Ltd. and Others on 2 June 2021. The EAT found that the relevant provisions in UK legislation protecting workers...more

Legal Q&A | Employee Representation - February 2020

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/28/2020

German employment law provides for a sophisticated system of employee representation. The employees' representative body on operational level is the works council (Betriebsrat). The works council is to be involved in...more

UK in 2019: That was the year that was!

Littler on 12/27/2019

Well it’s been quite a year. Thank goodness it’s almost over! We started it (much as we have started every year since 2016) in a fog of uncertainty around Brexit. We have ended it at least knowing that the UK will be leaving...more

Employment News: whistleblowing; unions; holidays

Hogan Lovells on 12/3/2019

It's not what you know – dismissal for whistleblowing despite dismissing manager's belief - In Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti the Supreme Court has reinstated a decision that an employee was dismissed because she had blown...more

[Podcast]: U.K. Law for U.S. Employers

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 10/11/2019

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, New York partner Howard Robbins and London partner Dan Ornstein discuss how U.K. laws affect U.S. employers. As if dealing with U.S. employment laws are not difficult enough,...more

Employment News - November 2017

Hogan Lovells on 11/7/2017

Weekly newsletter on employment matters. In this weeks issue: - Open to non-members – rejection of job application because of previous union activities was unlawful. - Stevenson/Farmer review into mental health in...more

Sweeping Changes to French Labor Laws Signal Employer-Friendly Future

Fisher Phillips on 9/25/2017

Today, the French labor market experienced the start of a power swing, from its historically employee-friendly labor regime to a more employer-friendly set of laws, intended to provide employers with greater flexibility in...more

Employment News - February 2017

Hogan Lovells on 2/21/2017

Springing into action – start date for Trade Union Act - The Trade Union Act 2016 will come into force on 1 March 2017. The new rules apply to any industrial action for which the ballot opens (by sending out voting...more

Brexit: The Consequences for UK Employment Law

Proskauer Rose LLP on 6/29/2016

On 23 June 2016 the people of Britain voted in favour of leaving the European Union – the so-called "Brexit." The result has created uncertainty and speculation as to the implications of Brexit and what happens next. As...more

Union and Apprentice Program To Pay $1,650,000 to Settle Part of EEOC Race Bias Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/14/2016

New Jersey's Local 25 Sheet Metal Union Failed to Employ Black and Hispanic Journeypersons, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK - Local 25 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association and its associated...more

UK Government Makes Moves in the Employment Space

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 8/4/2015

The Conservative Government has settled in and turned its attention to the world of employment law. We update you below on five of its key moves. 1. Gender Pay Gap Reporting - The Government will enact legislation...more

Nigeria: Part II

Fisher Phillips on 7/27/2015

This article is the second in a series which provides an overview of the basics of employment law in Nigeria and will focus on laws governing employment terminations, including wage and hour, termination, restrictive...more

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