Podcast — UK FinReg Focus Areas in 2025: Wholesale Markets
Working hours must generally be remunerated, but it is often unclear exactly what counts as remunerable working hours....more
Despite performing comparable roles, women are frequently remunerated at a lower rate than their male counterparts. The Regional Labor Court of Baden-Württemberg recently decided a case with similar circumstances (judgment of...more
Die Bundesregierung hat am 1. November 2023 einen Regierungsentwurf eines „Zweiten Gesetzes zur Änderung des Betriebsverfassungsgesetzes“ verabschiedet, welcher sich mit der Vergütung von Betriebsräten befasst. Darin wurden...more
Der BGH hat am 10. Januar 2023 die erstinstanzlichen Freisprüche vier früherer VW-Manager wegen des Vorwurfs der Untreue aufgehoben. Die schriftliche Urteilsbegründung war mit großer Spannung erwartet worden. Nun ist sie da....more
U.K. institutional investor bodies, including the Investment Association (IA), Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis) recently published...more
The outbreak of war in Ukraine has become the catalyst for the adoption of the Act of 11 March 2022 on Homeland Defence which defines the rules for the implementation of the universal duty to defend the Homeland, arising from...more
Wybuch wojny w Ukrainie stał się katalizatorem przyjęcia ustawy z dnia 11 marca 2022 r. o obronie Ojczyzny, która określa zasady realizowania powszechnego obowiązku obrony Ojczyzny, wynikającego z art. 85 Konstytucji RP. Nowa...more
1. DIE AUSGANGSLAGE – ENTSCHEIDUNG DES EUGH ZUR ARBEITSZEITERFASSUNG - Nachdem der EuGH im Jahr 2019 (Urteil vom 14. Mai 2019 – C-55/18 Federación de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras/Deutsche Bank SA) entschieden hatte,...more
Muss eine Einzelhandelsfiliale aufgrund eines behördlich angeordneten landesweiten Lockdowns schließen, steht den dort beschäftigten Mitarbeitern kein Vergütungsanspruch zu. Dies entschied das Bundesarbeitsgericht (BAG) in...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 for...more
Investors have historically overlooked social factors amid a focus on the environmental and governance counterparts as they assess the merit of an investment. This may have been due in part to the difficulty in quantifying...more
In a case of first impression for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, a Fifth Circuit panel has ruled that it is the employee, not the employer, who has the burden to establish that bonus payments are non-discretionary and,...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
As the COVID-19 pandemic develops, employers will undoubtedly be formulating contingency plans to deal with the economic downturn and uncertain weeks, or months, ahead. The unprecedented spread of COVID-19 has caused the...more
This Sunday, March 8 2020 the Act on special solutions related to the prevention, counteracting and combating of COVID-19, other infectious diseases and emergencies caused by them (the " COVID-19 Act") entered into force. ...more
The French government recently published a Q&A document in response to concerns about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, detailing the steps that companies must take if an employee is infected or returns from a risk area and is...more
Over the past few days, the Netherlands has been hit by a number of coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks. COVID-19 has a direct impact on the workplace. How should employers and employees deal with COVID-19?...more
Recently, New Jersey took several steps to severely restrict the use of independent contractors or gig workers in the Garden state. The latest effort is Bill S4204, which creates a presumption of employment status for...more
The California Court of Appeal recently ruled that a "wage and hour" exclusion in an employment practices liability insurance ("EPLI") policy must be narrowly interpreted to extend coverage for reimbursement claims brought...more
Q. A client of my company asked whether it could offer production bonuses to our employees who deliver their work product prior to the deadline. Does the FLSA require my company to account for these third-party bonuses when...more
When an employer permits its employees to participate in a bonus program offered by the employer’s client, based on the work performed for that client, those bonuses do not always qualify as “remuneration for employment” that...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
Index on Equal Remuneration Between Women and Men - New Order or Decree - Pursuant to Decree No. 2019-382, dated April 29, 2019, each company over 50 employees must calculate the salary gaps between women and men and...more
Remuneration of Business-Related Travel Time in Germany - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - According to a recent decision from the German Federal Labor Court, necessary travel time spent in the...more