Germany: If the employment relationship ends due to the employee’s death, his heirs may claim financial compensation for untaken holidays towards the employer
German law provides that an employee is entitled to payment…
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| Canada
Canada: Heller v Uber Technologies Inc: Reconsidering Mandatory Arbitration in Employment and Services Agreements
In Heller v Uber Technologies Inc, 2019 ONCA 1, the…
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| China
China: Shandong government released measures on stabilization of employment and regulation of employers’ layoffs
Shandong government released guidance which allows employers to be refunded…
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| Poland
Poland: Supreme Court ruled that a breathalyser test carried out by an employer is not enough to take measures against an intoxicated employee
On the basis of art. 17 of the Polish Act…
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| Norway
Norway: New “Whistleblower” Proposition
Storeng, Beck & Due Lund (SBDL) published an article on…
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D&M Abogados and L&E Global organise Employment Law Summit on ‘Trending Labour Law Matters in Latin America’
D&M Abogados, together with L&E Global, organised an employment law…
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L&E Global Members Shortlisted for The Lawyer European Awards 2019
L&E Global is proud to announce that our member firms…
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| United Kingdom
UK: The “Good Work Plan”
The government has announced that it will make a range…
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| United Kingdom
UK: Termination: employee’s dismissal while entitled to long-term disability benefits was in breach of an implied term
The EAT ruled that a term must be implied into…
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| United Kingdom
UK: Discrimination arising from disability: advantageous treatment is not unfavourable, even though it could have been more advantageous
The Supreme Court found that an enhanced pension that was…
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| Sweden
Sweden: While there were objective grounds for dismissal, an employee was entitled to damages due to the employer suspending the employee during the notice period
Court ruling that an employer had objective grounds to dismiss…
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| Sweden
Sweden: New rules have entered into effect regarding an employee’s entitlement to sick pay paid by the employer
Following legislative changes to the Sick Pay Act (Sw. lag…
