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New EU Platform Work Directive Impacts Freelancers and Gig Economy: Here’s What Businesses Need to Know

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The European Union took a big step last year towards regulating digital labor platforms – and member states will need to adopt the new directive before the end of 2026. The directive seeks to curb worker misclassification,...more

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Employer FAQs for the California Wildfires: Your Role in Protecting Workers’ Health, Safety, and Workplace Rights

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This detailed set of Frequently Asked Questions addresses the workplace-related issues facing employers in the wake of the California fires. In addition to legal obligations you need to consider, this Insight also addresses...more

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Working for Workers ...From Home? Ontario’s Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 and Telework

On October 28, 2024, Ontario’s Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 received Royal Assent. ...more

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Cozen Cities - November 1, 2023

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Gig Economy & Technology- BALTIMORE — Baltimore Selected as Federal Tech Hub for AI, Biotechnology The Baltimore region has been awarded a federal designation as a national tech hub, which could generate hundreds of...more

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Navigating employee burnout in a new normal: The role of ethics and compliance

Whether or not you believe the COVID-19 pandemic is over, it is essential for employers to realize we are in a new normal that has created change in the workplace and a surge in employee burnout. The American Psychological...more

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California Courts Weighing In re Employees and COVID-19

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California courts recently issued two guiding decisions relating to COVID-19: In Thai v. International Business Machines Corp., 2023 Cal. App. LEXIS 526, the Court of Appeal held that a government mandate to work from...more

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Mexican Government Issues Final Health and Safety Standard for Remote Employees

On June 8, 2023, the final version of the Mexican Official Standard NOM-037-STPS-2023 Telework-Safety and Health Conditions (NOM-037) was published in Mexico’s Official Gazette of the Federation. ...more

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México Publica Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-037-STPS-2023: Teletrabajo-Condiciones de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo

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El 08 de junio de 2023, la Secretaría de Trabajo y Previsión Social publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-037-STPS-2023 Teletrabajo-Condiciones de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo...more

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Mexico Publishes New Standard for Telework Safety and Health Conditions

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On June 8, 2023, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare published the Official Mexican Standard NOM-037-STPS-2023 Telework-Safety and Health Conditions at Work (“NOM-037” or "Standard") in the Official Gazette of the...more

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SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights, Issue 1, April 2023

Severance: Labor Board Prohibits Employers from Restricting Employee Speech in Severance Agreements - In the Apple TV+ show Severance, employees of Lumon Industries may agree to a "severance" program in which non-work...more

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NEUE CORONA-ARBEITSSCHUTZ-VO

Überarbeiteter Entwurf aus dem BMAS für die Zeit ab dem 1. Oktober 2022 - Der nächste Corona-Herbst rückt näher und so war zu erwarten, dass Unternehmen erneut strengere Vorgaben gemacht werden, um das Risiko einer...more

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Legal Update: Remote Work in Italy: Where Are We Now?

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Remote work has been playing a key role in Italy, as everywhere in the world, since the pandemic started. During the height of the pandemic, the Italian government promptly intervened to establish simplified regulations to...more

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Mexico’s Pending Health and Safety Rules on Teleworking: What Do Employers Need to Know?

On January 11, 2021, the federal government published a decree in the Official Gazette of the Federation, amending the Federal Labor Law (FLL) to regulate the terms and conditions, employer and employee obligations, and...more

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Québec to Delay Eliminating Mandatory Masking to End of April as COVID-19 Cases Rise

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With the recent rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the interim Québec National Director of Public Health announced on April 5, 2022 that the wearing of masks in public places indoors (scheduled to be eliminated...more

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Real WFH Stories: Employer Not Responsible for Ensuring Safety of Employees’ Homes, Appeals Court Holds

California law requires employers to furnish a “safe and healthful” workplace to employees. Now that the line between “workplace” and “home” has been blurred for so many workers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the law...more

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Italy – COVID-19 pandemic: new measures issued by the Italian Government

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Last 31st March 2022 the emergency period terminated; the recent Law Decree No. 24/2022 provides, among others, the extension of the “simplified” agile work regime and the gradual elimination of the Green Pass....more

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Alberta Government Announces a Phased Approach to Lifting All COVID-19 Health Restrictions, Immediately Ending the Restrictions...

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On February 8, 2022, the Government of Alberta announced that effective immediately, it would begin lifting COVID-19 restrictions, including the mandatory vaccination requirements under the Restrictions Exemption Program (the...more

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Québec Loosening More Restrictions Over the Next Weeks

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Recap - In December 2021, the Québec Government ordered a number of businesses to suspend their activities (including restaurant dining rooms), imposed capacity limits on businesses permitted to remain open, required...more

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Québec Loosening Certain Restrictions: Releases Schedule for Reopening Restaurants, Cinemas and Other Venues at Half Capacity Over...

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Recap - In December, 2021, the Québec Government ordered a number of businesses to suspend their activities (including restaurant dining rooms), imposed capacity limits on businesses permitted to remain open, required...more

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Omicron Delay of Game: 5 Lessons Employers Can Learn from Sports Leagues to Keep Your Employees from Being Benched by COVID-19

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Due to the recent Omicron surge in COVID-19 infections, many professional sports organizations have taken dramatic steps to address the rising infection rates among their players and staff. Unfortunately, the surges in the...more

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Looking ahead – will 2022 be ‘the year of living dangerously’ for hybrid work?

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The pandemic has prompted many organisations to adopt ‘hybrid’ work models. Seyfarth’s global Future of Work pulse survey in 2021 found that navigating remote and hybrid work was the number one concern that in-house legal and...more

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The latest Italian National Protocol on remote working

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On 7 December 2021, the Italian Government and the social partners entered into a protocol regarding remote working (addressed in Italy as “smart working”) in the private sector (the Protocol)....more

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[Ongoing Program] Navigating a Forever Changed Post-Pandemic Workplace - February 8th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

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Please join us for BakerHostetler’s The ‘New’ Normal: The State of Labor Relations and Employment Law Master Class. Our 9th Annual Master Class will be virtual again this year, as it was last year, due to the continuation of...more

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The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from September 2021

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Arbeitsrecht KOMPAKT: Home Office and Remote Work News

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The pandemic has driven many employees out of the office and regular working from home has become more and more the norm. However, our practical experience shows that the current legal basis, legal requirements and the...more

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