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Tax-efficient employee share ownership in exchange for employment rights

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 23 2012

HM Treasury and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have announced plans for an "owner-employee" contract for UK employees

The global employer: the social media issue

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • September 25 2012

Social media is changing the way that we communicate, work and do business, wherever we are in the world

Labour Department launches “Work Safety Alert” smartphone application

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Hong Kong
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  • September 20 2012

The Labour Department launched the “Work Safety Alert” mobile application (“App”) for both the Apple operating system (iOS) and Android platforms

Fake social networking profile results in employee's dismissal

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
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  • April 26 2012

The Cartagena Labour Court (Ruling No 5172011) was not convinced that the plaintiff employee had created a fake profile of the company's director on a social networking site, sent invitations to other employees, and published a number of defamatory comments about the company just to make a joke

Attention all employers (unionized or not!) does your social media policy violate the NLRA? Top 10 lessons from the NLRB in 2011

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • USA
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  • April 2 2012

With the explosion of social media use in the workplace, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is actively scrutinizing employer social media policies and considering to what extent employees' online postings fall under National Labor Relations Act protection

Fine imposed for disparaging former employer online

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • March 16 2012

Believing his dismissal was unjustified, a former employee of an insurance company created a new social networking profile and used a pseudonym to disparage his former employer

2011 in review and 2012 challenges

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 10 2012

In this update, we identify top labor and employment developments in the U.S. and offer proactive tips to help employers plan for compliance challenges in 2012

Canadian election delays anti-spam regulations and proclamation date

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Canada
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  • June 1 2011

Canada's new anti-spam legislation, unofficially known as the Canada Online Protection Legislation (COPL) or Canada Anti-Spam Legislation, is still awaiting the release of draft accompanying regulations, and with them confirmation of a date of proclamation for the legislation itself

French Supreme Court upholds right of company to access an employee's emails

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • March 9 2011

Confirming a line of French decisions, the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) has rendered a decision on whether an employer may access its employee's emails in the workplace

Does your company’s social media policy violate the National Labor Relations Act?

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • USA
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  • November 22 2010

A recent unfair labor practice complaint filed by the Hartford office of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) challenging an employee's termination for posting negative remarks about her supervisor on her Facebook page demonstrates that non-union employers should use caution when developing and implementing social media policies