The International Labor and Employment Law blog published by Proskauer Rose LLP focuses on global labor and employment issues affecting multinational corporations and employers. It covers topics such as workplace gender equality, strike laws, employment regulatory reforms including non-compete clauses, transfer of undertakings regulations, working time and holiday pay rules, and redundancy plans. The blog provides insights into labor management relations, employment litigation, compensation and benefits, restrictive covenants, whistleblowing, and cross-border employment challenges. It addresses legal developments in various jurisdictions, including France and the UK, reflecting Proskauer Rose LLP's expertise in international labor law and employment compliance.
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Romania’s fertility rate is statistically low, with only 1.54 children born per woman in 2018. The country’s birth rate has continued to decline since the early 90s, and more families are choosing to have one or no children. In-vitro fertilization,…
Background
On June 12, 2019, the Dubai International Financial Center (“DIFC”) in Dubai, UAE announced its new employment law regime, which will come into force on August 28, 2019. This new employment code replaces the DIFC’s previous employment code from…
In the case of Tillman v Egon Zehnder [2019] UKSC 32, the UK Supreme Court, for the first time in over 100 years, has examined the law of post-termination restrictive covenants. As well as providing clarity of the law, the…
The President of Ireland is on track to sign into law a new amendment to parental leave laws after the country’s upper house (“Seanad Éireann”) approved it on May 8, 2019. The law had previously passed the lower house (“Dáil Éireann”)…
