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International workplace dispute practices: key concepts for today’s global employers

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • China, France, Germany, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • December 5 2012

Increasingly, companies with operations or employees in more than one country are exposed to the risk of court proceedings in a foreign jurisdiction and the unfamiliar practices and procedures arising out of overseas litigation

Spoilt for choice: jurisdiction clauses in contracts

  • Olswang LLP
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  • Germany, United Kingdom
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  • October 19 2012

In Simpson v Intralinks the EAT found that the UK employment tribunal had jurisdiction to hear claims where there was a clear choice of law and forum clause in favour of the law and courts of Germany and in doing so apply both UK and German law

International employment law review: July 2012

  • Dechert LLP
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  • Belgium, European Union, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Russia, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 20 2012

Welcome to the latest issue of the International Employment Law Review

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Recent developments for the fourth quarter 2011

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Canada, China, Denmark, European Union, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA
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  • March 15 2012

The end of the year and beginning of a new year is always a busy time for us, as it is for most of our clients

Accumulation of annual leave during sick leave

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • European Union, Germany, United Kingdom
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  • February 6 2012

The European Court of Justice held in this case that there was to be a limit to the length of time an employee on long term sick leave can carry over untaken statutory holiday leave

Age discrimination

  • Bircham Dyson Bell
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  • Germany, United Kingdom
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  • October 31 2011

In Prigge and others v Deutsche Lufthansa AG the ECJ held that a compulsory retirement age of 60 for Lufthansa airline pilots was in breach of the Equal Treatment Directive

European Court provides guidance on age discrimination

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • Germany, United Kingdom
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  • October 14 2011

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has given judgment on two German cases (Fuchs and Kohler v Land Hessen) concerning the compatibility of compulsory retirement rules with the EU Equal Treatment Directive

International regulatory update 19-23 September 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • European Union, France, Germany, Japan, Libya, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom
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  • September 28 2011

The Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (National Securities Market Commission) (CNMV) has published an updated set of FAQs in relation to its temporary measure on net short positions

Justifying a compulsory retirement age, the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 and judicial review of the Government’s CPI switch

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • European Union, Germany, United Kingdom
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  • September 22 2011

In this month’s Pensions E-Bulletin, we consider a recent case from the ECJ concerning the retention of a compulsory retirement age, the impact of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 on pension entitlement and the forthcoming judicial review by various public sector organisations of the Government’s decision to increase public sector pensions in line with CPI as opposed to RPI