Under Belgium’s Private Investigations Act (the “PIA”), an employer may only investigate its employees if the detailed rules governing such investigations are laid down expressly and transparently in a set of internal regulations. Employers were given a transitional period of
On October 5, 2026, the Second Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal held in Doe v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. B344642, that an employer was not strictly liable under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)
In part one of this series, we established that the scope of the Private Investigations Act (the “PIA”) is considerably broader than one might assume: if you carry out a workplace investigation internally within a company, you are in principle
For many employers, personnel file access laws are familiar territory. Although the requirements vary by state, these laws generally grant private sector employees (and sometimes former employees) a statutory right to review and obtain copies of certain records contained in
A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Johnson v. York Academy Regional Charter School, reminds employers of their obligation to meaningfully participate in the process of identifying reasonable accommodation of their employees’
On September 23, 2026, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) delivered welcome news to employers when it clarified the controlling framework for deciding whether an employee’s abusive conduct loses the protection of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
On 16 December 2024, Belgium’s Private Investigations Act (the “PIA”) entered into force, replacing the Private Detectives Act of 1991. While this may sound like news for the detective industry only, the scope of the PIA is considerably wider. In
Spain has adopted Royal Decree 723/2026 of 9 September 2026, introducing a revised framework governing the information that employers must provide to employees regarding the essential terms of their employment and their principal working conditions. The measure partially implements EU
Most readers of this blog will be familiar with the concept of “restraint of trade” and the public policy reasons why the law regulates it so closely, namely that individuals should be free to use their skills and earn a
Over the summer, the European Commission published some frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the European Pay Transparency Directive.
By way of reminder, the Directive had to be transposed into national law by 7 June of this year, but only a
