The Conversation You’re Not Having – Part 2: The Fourth Trimester, Parental Leave, and Reengaging After Leave
II-25 – Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Employers in 2018
Episode 10: Pregnancy Discrimination Insights (Hint: It's Not Just About The FMLA)
The Indonesian government has enacted a new law aiming to improve parental and child welfare. The new Law 4/2024 aims to ensure that working mothers enjoy equal rights in the workplace and also addresses high mortality rates...more
Key developments in UK employment law in May included an Employment Appeal Tribunal finding that a volunteer can be a worker if they are entitled to be remunerated. The Employment Appeal Tribunal also held that a trivial...more
April was a smorgasbord of developments, with a UK Supreme Court case on detriments and industrial action and two EAT decisions on international jurisdiction. In Parliament, another family-friendly bill is proceeding with...more
In this month’s instalment, our team discuss changes to employment laws coming into effect in April 2024. We also discuss recent findings by the Employment Appeal Tribunal that a respondent failed to make reasonable...more
The UK Government has laid draft sets of Regulations before Parliament which are due to come into force on March 8, 2024, and will make changes to the current statutory paternity leave scheme....more
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
The following paper aims to succinctly address the question "Under what circumstances is an employee entitled to paid leave?” This guide offers an overview of legal aspects of paid leave in the requisite jurisdictions....more
We typically expect employment law reform to move slowly during the summer holiday period, but it seems that progress has been possible this year (perhaps without the distraction of consistently good weather in the UK). In...more
In the second quarter of 2022, many countries, including Japan and the Netherlands, focused on expanding childcare and family leave provisions. New Zealand introduced a new holiday, and some countries updated their mandatory...more
Parental leave was, once again, in the forefront of public discourse, as the internet debated the appropriateness of Parag Agrawal, the CEO of Twitter, announcing his intention to take “a few weeks” off work following the...more
The Impact of "Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021" on Employer's Arbitration Provisions - On March 3, 2022, President Biden signed into law H.R. 4445, “Ending Forced Arbitration...more
L’Assemblée nationale du Québec a récemment adopté le projet de loi no 51, Loi visant principalement à améliorer la flexibilité du régime d'assurance parentale afin de favoriser la conciliation famille-travail (la « Loi »)....more
Quebec’s National Assembly recently enacted Bill 51, An Act mainly to improve the flexibility of the parental insurance plan in order to promote family-work balance (Act). The Act promotes family-work balance and the sharing...more
Australia - Wage Theft Investigations. The Australia Fair Work Ombudsman’s (FWO) 2018-2019 Annual Report, published by the government agency on October 20, 2019, found significant wage theft in the country over the past...more
In this issue of UK Employment Flash, we examine the latest employment law developments, news and insights from the UK, including the Court of Appeal's ruling regarding pay for fathers or other caregivers taking shared...more
Many employers offer paid parental leave policies to employees, affording new parents paid time off to care for a new child. Though some employers offer paid parental leave to both new mothers and fathers of equal length,...more
Do dads have any rights in the workplace? You bet! Happy Father's Day weekend to all of you dads, and to all of you who have dads, which I believe covers us all. In honor of the occasion, here are five fun facts about...more
From federal agency changes to anticipated developments in sexual harassment, paid leave, overtime, and marijuana use, this episode of Employment Law Now provides ten issues that employers should resolve to understand in the...more
Last month, the EEOC filed a lawsuit against Estee Lauder in a Pennsylvania federal court alleging that Estee Lauder’s parental leave policy discriminates against employees on the basis of gender by providing unequal benefits...more
On August 30, 2017, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") announced that it filed a lawsuit against cosmetics giant Estée Lauder, alleging the company's parental leave program illegally discriminates against...more
For new parents, time at home to bond with their newborn child during the first few months after birth or adoption is very important. This small window is also important for fathers, as they did not have a chance to bond with...more
Please join us March 22, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. PST for an employment law presentation on overlapping leave laws. Our experienced employment lawyers will review major federal and California laws regarding employee leaves of...more