Election day for Israeli local authorities and regional councils is expected to be on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. Following are questions and answers about employees’ rights and employers’ obligations on that day....more
Cashiered – supermarket staff succeed in Supreme Court - To bring an equal pay claim, an employee has to point to a comparator of the opposite sex doing like work, work rated as equivalent or work of equal value. If the...more
With some Canada Labour Code (CLC) amendments in Bill C-44, the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1 (Bill 44) having come into force in 2017 and earlier in 2019, some additional amendments in Bill C-44 came into force as...more
Every player interested or already active in the German market needs to have a working knowledge of the key principles of German employment law which offers a good level of protection to employees. This is especially true...more
On 17 December 2018, the UK government released the “Good Work Plan,” which sets out its vision for the future of the UK labour market....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
It’s the end of the year, which means bonus time. Or perhaps instead you want to offer a pay incentive to employees to improve attendance or production? Take, for instance, a point-based attendance bonus policy in which...more
Weekly newsletter on employment matters. In this weeks issue: - Small steps – government response to the Taylor Review. - That hurts. Working time detriment could lead to injury to feelings award. - It's not...more
The UK Government today announced its response to “Good Work: the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.” This was an independent review commissioned by the Government and published in July 2017 into the changing British...more
Uber drivers in the UK are “workers” entitled to earn at least the national minimum wage and enjoy other statutory benefits and protections an Employment Appeals Tribunal (“EAT”) held on November 9, upholding the decision of...more
On July 11, 2017, the UK government published the Review of Modern Working Practices. The report was issued by Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts and a former policy chief to Tony Blair. Current...more
On May 30, 2017, the Ontario government issued its response to a Final Report recently released by two Special Advisors as part of their Changing Workplaces Review. This Report included 173 recommendations for amendments to...more
New Rules on Regulatory References Come Into Force - Enacted Legislation - The new rules on Regulatory References came into force on March 7, 2017. The intention of these rules, which apply to full-scope regulatory...more
Cards on the table – employment manifesto pledges issued - The Conservatives, Labour Party and Liberal Democrats have all confirmed in their manifestos that pre-Brexit EU employment rights will be maintained and that gig...more
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal’s decision could expose UK employers to claims of underpaying holiday pay in the past. 1. What are all the headlines about? On Tuesday, 4 November 2014, the UK Employment Appeal...more
A decision reached on 4 November 2014 by the Employment Appeal Tribunal is likely to have major implications for employers calculating holiday pay. The EAT found that overtime which an employee was required to work should be...more
Just before the Labor Day holiday weekend, a client and reader of the blog asked me an even more fundamental question: do we have to provide employees with time off for holidays, whether with or without pay, or pay employees...more
In This Issue: - Meal and Rest Break Compliance In The Post-Brinker Era - European Court of Justice: Commissions May Need to be Included in Holiday Pay - Excerpt from Meal and Rest Break Compliance In The...more