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Webinar: Are there any risks to hiring a freelancer?
USA - May 11 2016 You are currently managing a large company project. After a meeting with your team, you realize you need additional assistance for this project. You…
Brexit: What does it mean for companies doing business in the UK?
European Union, United Kingdom - March 4 2016 The fate of the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union hangs in the balance. Britons are due to go to the polls to vote in a referendum…
Sarah Buxton, Robert Dougans, Robert Bell, Daniel Emmet Larkin, Ed Marlow
Rules on Monitoring an Employee’s Private Internet Use at Work: a new ECHR decision
European Union, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom - January 22 2016 In a decision rendered last January 12, 2016, the European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR") held that the dismissal of an employee for having used his…
Marion Carles-Salmon, Sarah Delon-Bouquet, Federica Dendena, Martin Lüderitz, Fulvio Pastore-Alinante
Collective redundancy obligations and the meaning of establishment
European Union, United Kingdom - May 5 2015 UK employers can breathe a sigh of relief following the publication of the European Court of Justice's decision in the Woolworths case. It has been…
Digging for dirt
USA - April 30 2015 Gary Freer examines a case in which the employer dismissed a senior manager for misconduct only after actively looking for a pretext to do so. In…
