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Netherlands Employment Law Update: Cosmetic Surgery, Sick or Not?
Reportedly, as a result of the success of the movie Barbie, there is a boom in Botox treatments going on. And both in women and men, where in the latter...
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Netherlands Employment Update: Statement of the Week: “A Certificate of Conduct can be a Legally Valid Resolutive Condition of the Employment Contract”
Employers can expect employees to apply for and be granted a certificate of conduct/Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag (VOG). Sometimes this follows from a legal obligation for the employer, other times...
read moreUK Employment Update: Ten top tips: Managing workplace investigations
The news has been filled with high-profile workplace investigations, covering issues such as alleged discriminatory behaviours, harassment, toxic culture, and widespread bullying. Failure to handle investigations well (whether in the...
read moreKorean Labor Law Update – 1st Half of 2023
STATUTES AND REGULATIONS Expanded scope of industrial accident compensation insurance coverage Effective as of January 12, 2023, industrial accident compensation insurance began covering pregnant employees’ newborn children who suffer from...
read moreNetherlands Employment Law Update: Assignment or employment contract? That’s the question….
Both in politics and in case law, a 'hot issue' is what exactly is the difference between an employment contract and a contract of assignment. This difference is of great...
read moreGermany Labour Law Update: Climate Change Protests: (No) room for manoeuvre for employers in the event of off-duty behaviour?
The wave of climate protests is not abating. As a result, the new form of protest of "climate sticking" is also moving into the focus of labour law considerations. Employers...
read moreIndia Labour and Employment Update: Rules of natural justice should be adhered to in cases of sexual harassment in the workplace
In the recent ruling of Dr. R.K. Pachauri v. Union of India and Others, the New Delhi Industrial Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) has reiterated the importance of following principles of natural justice and confirmed...
read moreScotland update on collective redress: Scottish courts find time for tea
Users of collective redress mechanisms may have been following the Kenyan tea pickers group action currently making its way through the Scottish courts. The latest judgment has rejected the defender...
read moreUS Employment Update: THE SUPREME COURT CLARIFIES THE UNDUE HARDSHIP STANDARD UNDER TITLE VII
On June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court reversed the Third Circuit and clarified that Title VII of the Civil Rights of Act 1964 (“Title VII”) requires a covered employer that...
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