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Claeys & Engels
Deze interestvoet wordt elk jaar herzien volgens een bij wet bepaalde regel. Evolutie van de wettelijke interestvoet sinds 2014...
Littler Mendelson
On January 18, 2024, the Belgium government submitted a draft law that would require employers to justify their decisions to dismiss contractual employees in the public sector.
Ireland
RDJ LLP
RDJ Partner and Head of Employment Jennifer Cashman is a regular contributor to Legal Island. Following on from her extremely popular, "Review of the Year" sessions at the Legal Island Annual Review 2023...
Malta
GVZH Advocates
As a juridical body, the Industrial Tribunal has exclusive competence to settle trade disputes and to consider and decide all cases of alleged unfair dismissals.
Netherlands
ACG International
Labour and Employment Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Netherlands, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries
UK
Travers Smith LLP
Key employment and business immigration developments for employers
Thomson Snell & Passmore
Contract termination is an essential process that allows businesses to end their contractual obligations from the point at which the termination occurs.
Brahams Dutt Badrick French LLP
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, hybrid working has become the norm for many employees. This has given rise to new obstacles in the workplace, including a rise in the prevalence of cyber bullying.
Herbert Smith Freehills
The Government has published a revised draft of its proposed statutory code on dismissal and re-engagement, following consultation on an earlier draft last year.
Thomson Snell & Passmore
New legislation regarding carer's leave will provide employees with a right to take a week's unpaid leave per year to care for a dependant. The new law is due to come into force on 6 April 2024.
Thomson Snell & Passmore
As the prospect of a general election becomes evident, it is suggested by the polls that the UK may see a Labour government returned. Labour have declared themselves the ‘party for working people'...
Brahams Dutt Badrick French LLP
Employers sometimes try to enforce contractual amendments on their workforce by using a "fire and rehire" strategy – terminating employment and offering to hire staff back on the new terms.
Lanyon Bowdler
The government has announced the annual increase in compensation limits for employment tribunal awards and other statutory payments that, subject to parliamentary approval, will take effect from 6 April 2024.
Withers LLP
We reported in January 2024 that the Labour Party's then most recent publication 'Let's Get Britain's Future Back' made limited reference to workers' rights...
TLT Solicitors
In 2022, following public outrage when P&O ferries dismissed some 800 of its staff, the government announced that it would be publishing a new statutory code on the practice of dismissal...
Wrigleys Solicitors
Dealing with opposing beliefs and clashing equality rights in the workplace can be extremely challenging for employers.
Littler Mendelson
We've been conducting operations in the UK for several years now, and unfortunately, we are now considering layoffs for a portion of our workforce.
Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
2024 is being labelled as "the year of Democracy" with more than 50% of the global population eligible to vote in major elections. A changes of office can bring uncertainty...
Herrington Carmichael
Having been accused of antisemitic comments, a sociology professor, David Miller at the University of Bristol has been found to have been discriminated against.
Lewis Silkin
Despite finding that a professor at the University of Bristol's comments on Zionism merited disciplinary action against him, the Employment Tribunal concluded that dismissal was too severe a sanction...
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