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Covid-19, Brexit, and President Biden: What Financial Sector Employers in the US and UK Should Expect in 2021
COVID-19: PEOPLE: EMPLOYMENT ISSUES - KEY DEVELOPMENTS AND RESOURCES (UNITED STATES)
US: 1.3 million additional workers to receive overtime pay and California upends the gig economy
United States Employment Update: Summer 2019
Updated HSF multi-jurisdictional guide to employee issues in business transfers
Employment law issues rarely determine the strategy for a multi-jurisdictional business acquisition, but they can certainly give rise to significant …
US: New EEOC guidance for wellness programs
Large employers using wellness programs to reduce the cost of medical benefits must take care not to inadvertently violate various federal laws, …
US: Proposed new obligation for large US employers to report pay information
A rule recently proposed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seeks to expand the scope of information that US employers with over 100 …
EU: Data protection - proposed EU-US Privacy Shield
The EU Commission and the US have agreed on a new framework to facilitate the transfer of EU personal data to the US, the EU-US Privacy Shield, following …
UK: HSF Global Guide to Whistleblowing
Herbert Smith Freehills has published the first edition of a Global Guide to Whistleblowing, providing a quick reference guide to the law and culture …
US: Second Circuit decision protecting internal whistleblowers creates circuit split
A recent decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (Bergman v Neo@Ogilvy LLC) held that the Dodd-Frank Act protects employee whistleblowers who …
US: SEC targets confidentiality agreements in first-ever whistleblower protection enforcement action
The Securities and Exchanges Commission has settled its first enforcement action against a company for “improperly restrictive language in …
US: EEOC proposes regulation for employee wellness programs
Recently, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has brought several lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act against …
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