The Court of Appeal has ruled that it is discriminatory…
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| United Kingdom
UK: #Metoo – Recommendations on confidentiality clauses in discrimination and harassment cases
The Women and Equalities Select Committee has now published its…
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| United Kingdom
UK: #Metoo – Government consultation on harassment in the workplace
As promised (see Gender equality roadmap above), the Government published…
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| Sweden
Sweden: New Swedish legislation prolongs the period of statutory employment protection to include protection for employees until they reach 69 years of age
Legislative changes concerning the Employment Protection Act (1982:80) will entitle…
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| Sweden
Sweden: A thieving construction worker was entitled to damages due to omission of formal requirements in connection with his summary dismissal
The Labour Court ruled that an employer had lawful grounds…
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| Spain
Spain: New Royal Decree aims to provide real and effective equality between men and women in the conciliation of personal and family life
On 1 March 2019, the Royal Decree on urgent measures…
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| Romania
Romanian Supreme Court holds that predetermined amounts that are to be paid by the employee, in case of damages made to the employer, cannot be inserted within the individual employment agreement
The Supreme Court has issued a general and mandatory ruling…
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| Romania
Romania: New Law on the Romanian Public Pension System to Replace the existing one in 2021
The most important changes of the new law on the…
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| Poland
Poland: Employee Capital Plans (ECP) Act enters into force for the biggest employers
Starting from 1 July 2019, the Employee Capital Plans (ECP)…
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| Mexico
Mexico: Amendment to the Federal Labour Law regarding “Home Office”
On 19 June 2019, the Mexican Senate approved a draft…
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Luxembourg: Increase of statutory minimum wage by another 0,9% retroactively as of 1 January 2019
The new statutory minimum wage for unqualified workers thus amounts…
