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Overview of the UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
The UK Government has published further guidance and The Coronavirus Act 2020 Functions of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme) Direction (the “Direction”) in relation to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”). The Direction is available here…
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The French Government Responds to COVID-19
COVID-19 Q&A Partial unemployment
Confronted with the outbreak of the COVID-19, in order to avoid massive contract termination, employers rely on the possibility to use the French partial unemployment scheme. Please note that the hereunder information is likely to be…
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Further Guidance Published on UK’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Further to our prior blog post available here, the UK Government has published more detailed guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”). That guidance is available here and here. Here are some of the key questions the…
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UK Government announce Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Over the past few days, the UK Government has announced various measures to assist employers/businesses protect jobs in these exceptional times.
We have received a number of queries about the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in particular. The Government has currently…
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REAL ID and Enhanced Driver Licenses: Are TSA Agents As Confused As We Are?
I proudly presented my new ENHANCED driver’s license to the TSA agent at Newark International Airport with the comment that I am now ready for October 2020 when the new rules go into effect requiring the presentation of a REAL…
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Switzerland – New Gender Pay Gap Requirements
Switzerland has joined the growing list of jurisdictions to introduce legislation to address the gender pay gap.
Effective July 1, 2020, employers with 100 or more employees (including part-time and hourly employees) will be required to conduct an internal gender…
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[Podcast]: U.K. Law for U.S. Employers
New York partner Howard Robbins and London partner Dan Ornstein discuss how U.K. laws affect U.S. employers in the latest episode of The Proskauer Brief podcast. International businesses face several challenges of local requirements as well as dealing with U.S.…
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The Surprisingly Broad Scope Definition of Workplace Accidents in France
The legal definition of “workplace accidents” under French law does not normally make global headlines. However, as many of you will have read, a recent decision of the Paris Court of Appeal (CA Paris, May 27, 2019, n°16/08787) did just…
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Ireland Supreme Court Analyzes Disability Accommodation Requirements
On July 31, 2019, in the case of Nano Nagle School v Daly, the Supreme Court of Ireland delivered its decision in a long-running disability discrimination lawsuit between a paraplegic special needs assistant (“SNA”) and the school that ended her…
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