The Situation: With COVID-19 vaccination campaigns underway throughout Europe, employers are eager for a return to pre-pandemic activities. However, given the pace of the vaccine roll-out and ongoing workplace restrictions...more
The Situation: With COVID-19 vaccination campaigns underway throughout Europe, employers are now evaluating how the availability of vaccines may impact their own workforce, including whether they can make vaccination...more
Effective January 1, 2021, Dutch employers have more leeway in reaching a termination settlement just before the retirement age without a punitive tax levy.
Recently, the Dutch senate approved the Lump Sum Payment, Early...more
The Situation: The right of German works councils to co-determine matters relating to employee health and safety takes on added significance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Result: The works council's right of...more
The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a landmark ruling in 2019 that obligated EU Member States to require employers to establish an objective, reliable, and accessible system for recording the hours worked each day by...more
The Situation: Targeted legislative and regulatory measures implemented by many EU Member States during the pandemic may ultimately prove insufficient to ease employers' burdens and prevent employment losses.
The Result:...more
9/18/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Representatives ,
Employee Retention ,
Employment Contract ,
EU ,
Furloughs ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Involuntary Reduction in Force ,
Layoffs ,
Voluntary Reduction in Force
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is a challenge for employers and employees. Companies must protect their employees' health and at the same time try to keep the business running. Not all companies can organize home-office...more
As the new year begins, it is a good time to look at key developments in German labor and employment law in 2019 and look ahead in 2020. With respect to 2019, corporate legal and human resources departments should be aware of...more
The Situation: On May 14, 2019, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a Judgment mandating that EU Member States require employers to register the daily working time of their employees.
The...more
11/21/2019
/ Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Policies ,
EU ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
International Labor Laws ,
Member State ,
Over-Time ,
Wage and Hour ,
Working Time Regulations
The Situation: The German Federal Labor Court had to decide on the question whether a seemingly fixed-term employment is actually an indefinite employment. Prior to the latest hire, the same employee was already employed for...more
The Background: In an effort to benefit from Brexit, Germany is looking at ways to attract financial institutions and reduce their fears of excessive employee termination protections in Germany.
The Situation: The German...more
Some employers like the concept that employees must repay a bonus if the employee is no longer employed as of a certain date. This may be permissible in Germany, but only under narrow circumstances.
On June 27, 2018, the...more
The German Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht) ("BAG") held, on August 14, 2018, that it is permissible for an employer to promise employees a premium if they refuse to participate in a strike.
The plaintiff in this...more
8/23/2018
/ Anti-Union Actions ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employment Contract ,
Germany ,
Industrial Action ,
Reinstatement ,
Right to Strike ,
Strike ,
Trade Unions ,
Unions
In this edition, we report from around Europe on some interesting case law developments that affect the way employers manage their employees. The range of issues covered shows that, despite the breadth of directives issued by...more
9/28/2017
/ Appeals ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Representatives ,
Employee Rights ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
France ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Germany ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Insolvency ,
International Labor Laws ,
Maternity Leave ,
Netherlands ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Paid Leave ,
Parental Leave ,
Pay Gap ,
Popular ,
President Macron ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Spain ,
Supreme Court of Spain ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour