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AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - What Foreign Investors Need to Know About U.S. Independent Contractor Laws
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New Global Workplace
Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 67: Armin Lange, Grundwerk Legal | Germany
Compliance Perspectives: The EU Whistleblower Directive
Dr. John A.C. Cartner Discusses the Implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention on its First Anniversary
Meritas Capability Webinar - Doing Business in Canada
La Circular Conjunta No. 40017 emitida el 25 de julio de 2025 por el Ministerio del Trabajo y el Ministerio de Minas y Energía de Colombia establece disposiciones que buscan garantizar las condiciones laborales y operativas...more
Earlier this month, France introduced changes to the funding arrangements for apprenticeship training. Aimed at ensuring better management and sustainability of apprenticeship funding, the changes will impact apprentice...more
In Japan, standard working hours are limited to eight hours per day and 40 hours per week. However, flexibility is built into the system through structured agreements and exemptions. We explore the essentials for employers...more
From minimum wage compliance to social insurance obligations, employers must navigate a complex legal framework in Japan when it comes to pay and benefits. This short guide sets out the essentials to help businesses stay...more
Globalization continues to transform workplaces into vibrant intersections of cultures and practices. Yet with this richness comes complexity: Cross-cultural misunderstandings can easily escalate into disputes when legal...more
Public Safety Canada (“PSC”) recently published updated guidance on the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (the “Act”), which clarifies the interpretation and implementation of the Act (the...more
The right to a minimum wage sufficient to meet the basic needs of workers is enshrined in the Mexican Constitution. Minimum wages in the country are set on a daily basis, ensuring workers receive a set amount for each day...more
Our International Practice Group thought leaders have pulled together their top predictions for the new year so that employers can get a running start to 2025....more
The UK Government has published the much anticipated Employment Rights Bill. Dubbed the “biggest shake-up in UK employment law in over 30 years", the Bill proposes numerous reforms that will impact both employers and...more
5 developments to read for September in less than 5 minutes - Focus: On the Middle East - In the Middle East, requirements to hire local citizens are expanding. Oman is moving towards private sector Omanisation through new...more
Una versión en español de esta Insight está disponible haciendo clic arriba. For foreign companies contemplating a merger with or acquisition of a Mexican company, understanding the labor landscape is crucial. Mexico’s...more
The last two years has seen multiple rounds of changes to employment, industrial and safety laws at federal and state level in Australia....more
AUSLÄNDERHETZE ALS KÜNDIGUNGSGRUND? Sie wollen „Deutschland den Deutschen“ vorbehalten, meinen damit ausschließlich sich selbst (nicht etwa die Kassiererin im Supermarkt) und grölen „Ausländer raus“. Sowohl ihre Kleidung...more
In the era of social networks, organisations frequently find themselves dealing with risks to their image and privacy rights deriving from the use of these tools. ...more
Brückentage sind beliebt. Arbeitgeber erhalten daher häufig Urlaubsanträge von gleich mehreren Arheitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmern. Nicht selten lässt sich zu Jahresbeginn ein regelrechtes Wettrennen bei der Einreichung der...more
In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more
Der sozialversicherungsrechtliche Status von Geschäftsführern und (vermeintlich) freien Mitarbeitenden ist ein Dauerbrenner. Seit jeher wird aus ganz unterschiedlichen Beweggründen auf teils mehr oder weniger kreative Weise...more
If Germany’s coalition government follows through on recommendations from a focus group convened by the Federal Finance Ministry for reforms to the country’s pension system, it could open the way for insurers and other...more
UK holiday and holiday pay rules are changing from 1 January 2024 in a well-intentioned move to simplify and clarify the expectations of employers. For those who already comply with pre-Brexit ECJ case rulings on holiday pay...more
Geht der Kündigungsschutzprozess für den Arbeitgeber verloren, freuen sich viele Arbeitnehmer auf die rückwirkende Auszahlung des ausstehenden Gehalts: Sie fordern Annahmeverzugslohn. Dabei vergessen sie oft, dass auf den...more
Das Bundesarbeitsgericht hatte sich in einer aktuellen Entscheidung (BAG, Urteil vom 24. August 2023 – 2 AZR 17/23, PM) damit auseinander zu setzen, inwiefern Äußerungen, die in privaten WhatsApp-Chatgruppen getätigt wurden,...more
Nachdem die Pflicht zur Arbeitszeiterfassung bestimmt worden ist, werden sich Arbeitgeber zukünftig womöglich vermehrt dem Problem des Arbeitszeitbetrugs und des Missbrauchs von Zeiterfassungssystemen stellen müssen. Mit...more
Seit dem 18. April 2022 liegt nun der lang erwartete (Referenten-)Entwurf zur Änderung des Arbeitszeitgesetzes und zur Regelung der Arbeitszeiterfassung vor („RefE-ArbZG“). Damit reagiert das Bundesministerium für Arbeit und...more
What is workplace whistleblowing? Whistleblowing in the workplace is when an employee (the whistleblower) reports to an authorized person a specific type of wrongdoing, misconduct or illegal act made by another employee or...more
On March 3, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain, presiding over Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy, issued an opinion declaring Act 41-2022 (Act No. 41) null and void ab initio. Law 41-2022 Amendments - Act No....more