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New Federal Government Established: What Employers in Germany Can Expect

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Germany's new government—led by former Mayer Brown Partner Friedrich Merz, who serves as Federal Chancellor—has laid out an ambitious agenda for the next four years. Many of the topics addressed on the 144-page-long coalition...more

Littler

Coalition Agreement 2025: New German Government's Plans for Labor and Employment Laws

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At a Glance - A new coalition agreement between Germany's Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party contains several labor and employment law proposals. Provisions in the agreement address skilled worker...more

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Layoffs in Germany & Poland: Differences & Similarities

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As layoff procedures in Poland and Germany are anchored in the same EU Directive, their national regulations are similar in direction, but they still have their own flavor and local specificity. Germany and Poland share...more

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The Netherlands: Linking an Overtime Allowance to the Full-Time Norm Constitutes Prohibited Discrimination Between Full-Time and...

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Dutch law prohibits employers from paying full-time employees differently—i.e., more favorably—than part-time employees, unless the difference in pay can be objectively justified. This is not readily the case, however....more

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2024 Summer Olympics Series: Spain

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The 2024 Summer Olympic Games began Friday, July 26. To celebrate this international event, Littler offices around the globe will share key changes in labor and employment laws that have transpired since the last time their...more

White & Case LLP

Platform workers: towards a European agreement on the employment presumption

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On March 11, 2024, an agreement around a draft directive to strengthen the protection of digital platform workers in Europe was approved by twenty-five Member States. For the time being, France and Germany are opposed to the...more

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CMA Hits Accelerator on Enforcement of UK Labour Markets

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Whilst not traditionally a focus of the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), the UK’s labour markets now form one of the CMA’s strategic priorities, as outlined in its 2023 to 2024 Annual Plan....more

A&O Shearman

Luxembourg Employment Law: Top 10 Topics for 2024

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Please find below a concise summary of our top 10 topics to watch out for in 2024, with some practical tips and recommendations on how to prepare and respond effectively to these challenges and opportunities....more

K&L Gates LLP

Collective Bargaining Agreements in the Temporary Employment Sector: Invalid?

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Following the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling of 15 December 2022—C-311/21—the temporary employment industry is once again the focus of caselaw and is once again becoming a considerable risk for both temporary...more

Hogan Lovells

Working together: EC guidelines on application of competition law to collective bargaining

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The European Commission has adopted guidelines addressing the application of EU competition law to the "solo self-employed". The guidelines clarify situations in which certain self-employed individuals may work collectively...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's 101 - Employers' Essentials 2022 Edition

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Every player interested or already active in the German market needs to have a working knowledge of the key principles of German employment law which offers a good level of protection to employees. This is especially true for...more

Hogan Lovells

Zwischenstand der Sondierung - Arbeitsmarkt

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Heute haben SPD, BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN und FDP den Zwischenstand ihrer Sondierung bekannt gegeben. Das sind die wesentlichen Ergebnisse für den Arbeitsmarkt: Der Mindestlohn soll auf EUR 12,00 pro Stunde erhöht werden. Ob...more

Hogan Lovells

Collective bargaining for the self-employed – a tough gig?

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On 6 January 2021, the European Commission published an "Inception Impact Assessment" seeking feedback on an initiative aimed at defining EU competition law's scope of application to "self-employed" workers (in advance of an...more

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European Commission Invites Comments regarding Collective Bargaining for the Self-Employed

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The European Commission is seeking feedback on introducing regulations or guidance to ensure that EU competition law rules do not prevent self-employed workers from collectively bargaining. On 6 January 2020, the European...more

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Littler Global Guide - Italy - Q3 2019

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New Decree Law n. 101/2019, effective on September 5, 2019, introduces a minimum legal framework for gig workers, providing the applicability of the discipline of subordinate employment relationships. The remuneration of the...more

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The measures of the Macron orders have been published in the Journal Officiel

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Five ministerial orders were adopted, following consultation with the Conseil d’Etat, by the Conseil des Ministres on 22 September 2017. They were published in the Journal Officiel on 23 September 2017 and for now have...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Quirky Question #282: A Briefing on the Brexit

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Question: How will the UK’s “Brexit” vote on withdrawing from the EU affect the way we employ people in our UK subsidiary? Answer: A vote to “Leave” is unlikely to bring significant change to UK employment law in the...more

Fisher Phillips

Basics of Employment Law in Austria: Part I

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Austria, located in the heart of Central Europe, with a population of approximately 8.4 million people, is considered by many to be the ideal place for international employers to do business. It is one of the wealthiest, most...more

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