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Germany Update: Keep an eye out when exchanging employee data in the Group!
Within corporations, employee data is regularly exchanged. This is often useful and necessary. But this data processing also has clear legal limits. In a judgment of December 2021, the LAG...
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Switzerland Update: Adoption Leave
In the case of an adoption, both parents are currently not entitled to legally regulated leave or compensation for the time when the adopted child is initially settling-in to the...
read moreUS Employment Law Update: Why Will Smith’s Oscar Slap Matters – Disability Discrimination Revisited
We all saw it live or on social media – Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during an Oscars on-stage moment that was unforgettable. Smith reacted to a joke that Rock...
read moreIndia Update: M&A trends in 2021 and the outlook for 2022
M&A activity worldwide has seen a year-on-year rise due to a myriad of factors, including, relaxed regulatory scrutiny, reduced operating costs, and beneficial tax regimes. The disruption caused by the...
read moreIndonesia Social Security Program: Mandatory Contributions in 2022
In general, all employees in Indonesia, including expatriates who work for a minimum of six months in the country, must participate in and make contributions to the National Social Security...
read moreGermany Update: Crediting of other earnings in the event of irrevocable exemption
The question of crediting other earnings in the event of irrevocable leave of absence of the employee often occurs in practice. Such a case was also the basis of the judgment...
read moreNEW LAWS IMPACTING HIRING AND PROMOTING IN NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK CITY PAY TRANSPARENCY ACT New York City is following suit and joining other jurisdictions in the trend to create pay transparency. The new pay transparency law (New York...
read more‘Right to Disconnect’ From an Indonesian Employment Law Perspective
The work environment in Indonesia has been drastically changed by COVID-19. Most offices have adopted work from home (“WFH”) systems in light of the pandemic and the restrictions put in...
read moreUS Update: REMINDER TO EMPLOYERS: KEEP AN EYE ON POTENTIAL OFFSETS AGAINST PA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BENEFITS
The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) was amended in 1996 to allow an employer to take an offset against workers’ compensation wage loss benefits for 50% of Social Security retirement benefits received,...
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