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Working Hours
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Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
A (Potentially) Big Time FLSA Blackberry Case Goes To Trial
[caption id="attachment_2196" align="alignright" width="200"] Copyright: paylessimages / 123RF Stock Photo[/caption] This has been a protracted lawsuit; I have used this case (for some years now) as an example when I…
Global Workplace Insider
Working time- Are there any restrictions on an employee´s working week?
According to Article 158 of the Colombian Labor Code, the working shift may be agreed by the employer and the employee. In absence of such agreement, the working shift will…
Global Workplace Insider
Working time in the UK – are there any restrictions on an employee’s working week?
By Russell Kott
The Working Time Regulations 1998 (the Regulations) implemented the requirements of the 1993 EC Working Time Directive. Before the Regulations came into force, the hours of work undertaken by employees…
Workplace Law & Strategy
Avoiding redundancies: changing working hours
By Ben Dudley
In our ‘5 ways in 5 days’ series, we are looking at options to control labour costs which don’t involve implementing redundancies. Today, we are looking at: changing employees’ working…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Hobby Lobby, Google Android, So-Called “Texas Miracle”
I probably don't need to tell you, but the big legal news of the day was the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate in the Hobby…
China Law Blog
China’s Forty Hour Work Week is Mandatory: Except When It’s Not
By Grace Yang
China's labor law provides for a 44-hour work week, but its regulations provide for a 40 hour work week and most municipalities enforce the 40-hour work week, but recognize that…
Employment Law Worldview
Practical Implications for French Employers of Recent Changes to SYNTEC National Collective Bargaining Agreement
On 11 April 2014, we published an Alert concerning a new addendum to the SYNTEC National Collective Bargaining Agreement in France. This change generated extensive worldwide media coverage, including reports…
Global Workplace Insider
Statutory holiday pay must include commission
This post was co-written by Lindsey Hooper, Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP (London) The European Court of Justice (the ECJ) has handed down a controversial and potentially costly judgment for…
Employment Law Worldview
French disconnection: have employees in France been banned from checking work email after 6pm?
It has been reported in the UK press that union lobbying in France has resulted in certain employees in the digital and consultancy sector being required to switch off their…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
“Wireless Ball and Chain” FLSA Working Time Cases Are Here To Stay!
I read with interest a recent post by Michael Kun in the Epstein Becker wage hour blog concerning (non-exempt) employees seeking payment for and/or suing for compensation for time spent…