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US Update: When an Employee’s Social Media Post Goes Viral
For better or for worse, social media has become an important and all-consuming part of everyone’s lives, including your employees. Information can be shared instantly, with the ability to reach...
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Germany Update: New obstacles to collective redundancy notices – “target” information as “must” information
The Landesarbeitsgericht Hessen (LAG Hessen) has stated in its decision of 25.06.2021 that dismissals due to missing "target" information in the associated collective dismissal notice can be ineffective. Until now, this only...
read moreDoing Business In (And Near) Taiwan: An Introduction for Offshore Wind Suppliers
Taiwan’s offshore wind program has brought many of the world’s major offshore wind developers to Taiwan. These developers have opened offices, hired employees with local expertise and experience, and joined...
read moreHow young foreign professionals can easily obtain a Swiss work permit
Are you young, completed your education abroad and fancy a job in Switzerland? - No problem thanks to the Stagiaire agreements! 1. What is a Stagiaire agreement? Switzerland has entered...
read moreGermany Update: No operational risk in the event of a state-mandated “lockdown”
"If the employer has to temporarily close his business due to a government-mandated general "lockdown" to combat the corona pandemic, he does not bear the risk of loss of work and...
read moreUK Update: The beginning of the end of the furlough scheme – what next?
The government’s job retention scheme, otherwise known as the “furlough scheme”, came to a close on 30 September 2021. The furlough scheme saved millions of jobs throughout the UK and...
read moreTHE CASE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS TO GIG WORKERS IN INDIA
Recently, the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers, a registered trade union federation representing app-based transport and delivery workers, filed a public interest litigation (“PIL”) in India’s Supreme Court (the...
read moreUS Update: Education Agreements Can Aid Employers Hiring Inexperienced Workers
Employers are getting desperate to find employees, so much so that they are foregoing some of the requirements that they used to have for positions. In some cases, instead of...
read moreNew Zealand Update: Court of Appeal reverses holiday pay decision
The Court of Appeal has overturned the Employment Court’s decision in relation to whether short-term incentive (STI) payments need to be taken into account when determining an employee’s holiday pay....
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