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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 …
Germany: Immediate termination due to participation in a competing company
In Germany, notice periods in cases of ordinary termination can be very long (eg, seven months to the end of a calendar month). Until expiry of the …
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 …
Germany: New legislation for temporary agency workers
Effective 1 April 2017, the legislator has made several amendments to the German Act on Temporary Work (Arbeitnehmerüberlassungesetz). The changes have …
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