Employment Notes

UK/EU: ECJ ruling highlights the potential for discrimination claims if benefits based on salary are reduced to reflect temporarily reduced pay

UK/EU: recent rulings on jurisdiction over EU international employment disputes

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 …

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 …

Germany: Employers can dismiss employees with shares in competitors

Under German law, an employee having a major influence on a competing company can justify a termination for good cause with immediate effect of an …

EU: Article 29 Working Party provides guidance on processing of employees’ personal data at work

Modern technology enables employees to be tracked over time, across workplaces and their homes, through many different devices, such as smartphones, …

UK: Gender Pay Gap - The government's reporting website so far

Employers currently engaged in preparing their gender pay gap reports may be interested to view the gender pay gap data uploaded onto the government …

Europe: Statutory holiday pay claims- EU Advocate-General publishes opinion on workers denied paid holiday

The ECJ Advocate-General has given his opinion in King v The Sash Window Workshop that employers must make ‘adequate facilities’ (eg, contractual rights …

Germany: Act to Promote Transparency of Pay Structures (Entgelttransparenzgesetz)

On 30 March 2017 the German Parliament (Bundestag) passed the Act to Promote Transparency of Pay Structures (Entgelttransparenzgesetz). The objective of …