Employment Notes

France: Recent and Upcoming Labour Reforms

France: Gender Pay Gap

EU: draft guidelines on GDPR extra-territoriality published

On 23 November 2018, the European Data Protection Board published its draft guidelines on Article 3 of the GDPR, being the provision that sets out …

France: changes to French Works Councils requirements

As a reminder, following the Macron Reforms of 22 September 2017, all companies with 11 or more employees must put in place a Social and Economic …

Recruitment and protection of talent: a boardroom issue for pharma

Our article Recruitment and protection of talent: a boardroom issue for pharma is available on our pharma hub here. Technological advancement is key …

Is there a role for ADR in employment disputes?

The Global Pound Conference (GPC) Series is a unique and ambitious initiative to inform how civil and commercial disputes are resolved in the …

EU: Commission publishes draft whistleblowing directive

The European Commission has published a new draft directive to strengthen whistleblower protection across the EU.  The proposal is to provide …

EU: Data Use - Protecting a critical resource

Described by some as the “new oil” for the digital economy, there is no doubt that data are now seen as critical for organisations to succeed. Data are a …

France: Obligations in relation to private health insurance

An employer must give to each employee (in French) at the commencement of their employment contract an explanatory note (notice d’information) clarifying …

France: The Loi Travail - Briefing 4

This briefing summarises the Macron reforms in relation to the introduction of a new codified right to make collective terminations by agreement (outside …

France: The Loi Travail - Briefing 3

This briefing summarises the Macron reforms in relation to the simplification of redundancy processes: limiting the economic difficulties test to the …

France: The Loi Travail - Briefing 2

This briefing summarises the Macron reforms to consolidate works councils and other employee representative bodies, through the ordonnance on "the …