The Employment Law Worldview Blog aims to interest and educate, to stimulate discussion, to provoke and sometimes just to amuse HR and other practitioners around the world. Through contributions from our own Labor & Employment lawyers, along with occasional guest writers, it provides a unique global insight into practical and legal HR issues relevant to employers everywhere.
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Does failure to prevent sexual harassment lead to directors exposing themselves? (UK)
United Kingdom - December 8 2023 In the normal course, the question of whether there is any interplay between the new duty to take proactive steps to prevent sexual harassment on the…
UK Business Immigration: Significant Hike in Visa Salary Thresholds
United Kingdom - December 5 2023 The Home Secretary has announced major changes to the UK visa system from Spring 2024 including the following…
Belgium - “Who you gonna call?” — appointment of a person of trust mandatory as of 1 December
Belgium - December 1 2023 While some are already hanging up the Christmas decorations and squeezing back into their Christmas jumpers, the Belgian legislator has picked the…
Accommodating Disabilities Under the ADA: Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Must (US)
USA - November 21 2023 It’s widely understood that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) generally requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to…
Ohio Legalizes Recreational Marijuana, But Employers’ Ability to Enforce Workplace Drug Policies Remains Intact (US)
USA - November 8 2023 As of November 7, 2023, Ohio became the 24th state to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana. Ohio voters passed Issue 2, also known as An Act…
Attention! Important new decision on accrual of paid leave in France
European Union - November 2 2023 French law has traditionally provided that absences due to non-occupational illness are not taken into account when determining the amount of paid…
Knew this would happen, Part 3 - draft Acas code fails to plug holes in predictable working patterns law (UK)
United Kingdom - November 1 2023 Last week saw the publication of the draft Acas Code of Practice for handling requests for a "predictable working pattern". When we previewed the…
Workplace monitoring - new guidance from the ICO
United Kingdom - October 30 2023 Workplace monitoring has become a matter of particular contention in recent years. In a world where remote and hybrid working practices have become…
Declaring relationships at work - it’s complicated (UK)
United Kingdom - October 30 2023 When the nightly news seems to provide nothing but death and flooding, how good of ITV to provide some light entertainment in the form of its…
NLRB Issues New Joint Employer Standard (Yet Again) (US)
USA - October 26 2023 On October 26, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) once again changed its standard for when an organization constitutes a “joint…
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