Your General Counsel receives a “cease and desist” letter from a competitor, alleging that the company’s new hire from that competitor has taken trade secrets and accusing the company of misappropriation. Your company has no need for those trade secrets
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UK Business Immigration: Skilled Worker visa salary hike on 4 April 2024 – what employers need to know
The Home Office announced a number of immigration-related changes in December 2023, including a significant increase in minimum salary thresholds for Skilled Worker visas. The finer detail, in the form of new Immigration Rules, will be published on 14 March…
Does permitting the use of AI in employment call the works council into action? Not necessarily, says the German Labour Court
The use of ChatGPT and its peers to make work easier and faster – whether permitted, tolerated or prohibited – is already part of everyday working life in many companies. However, the spread of that technology has raced far ahead…
Workplace Harassment in Germany: “We take all allegations regarding harassment seriously” – but what are the consequences?
In the third of our short series “Workplace Harassment in Germany”, Laura Sparschuh takes a look at some recent court rulings regarding harassment.
Awareness of workplace harassment as an issue in Germany has significantly increased over the past couple of…
When the ET won’t bite back – limits on strike out-powers (UK)
Rule 37 of the 2013 ET Rules of Procedure contains the Tribunal’s nuclear deterrent, the power to strike out part or all of a claim or defence. That big red button can only be pushed for a small number of…
Work is Where the Tax Is: Navigating the “Convenience of the Employer” Rule (US)
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020, teleworking has been at the forefront of work-life-balance conversations and has become an increasingly popular option for employees. Not only did it make sense for most, but it called…
Revisions to statutory dismissal and re-engagement Code provide welcome simplification (UK)
This week saw the issue of what will probably be the final version of the Government’s statutory Code of Practice on dismissal and re-engagement. This follows the consultation on an earlier version which we covered here.
The new Code…
When the Employment Tribunal bites back (and when it doesn’t) (UK)
Two recent cases on how Employment Tribunals should handle the inappropriate conduct of proceedings by claimants have shed some useful light on their more punitive powers. Both decisions made clear that the ET is far more interested in getting to…
Food for thought – can UK gig economy workers go on strike?
If there was ever any doubt that Trade Unions target their dates for industrial action to cause maximum inconvenience (think train drivers striking on the day of major sporting events, or binmen striking at Christmas), then Deliveroo and other food…
Union Strike Activity Surged in 2023: More of the Same in 2024? (US)
Hollywood studios, the Big Three automakers and Starbucks were just some of the employers impacted by a remarkable surge in labor strikes called by unions in 2023. Nearly 350 strikes took place in 2023 – the most in two decades.…