International Employment Law Update
Welcome to Taylor Wessing's first International Employment Law newsletter.
Many of your businesses operate across Europe, not just in one location, so being kept informed of the changes in law across all of Europe, or even outside of Europe, would be useful for you and your business teams.
We hope you find the content of this newsletter, which will be sent out on a regular basis, useful.
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Belgium
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2 May 2008 - A public holiday? |
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New requirements for bridge pensions effective from 1 January 2008 |
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New provisions relating to outplacement effective from
1 December 2007 |
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Increased proceedings indemnities |
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New bonus system effective from 1 January 2008 |
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The new Claeys-Formula: Guidance to calculate a reasonable notice period/equivalent indemnity in lieu of notice |
For further information relating our expertise in Belgium, or if you have queries relating to any of the changes in law mentioned in our articles, Philippe De Wulf looks forward to hearing from you.
Contributors to this edition: Stefaan Diels, Philippe De Wulf
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China TIPs
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Labor Contract Law of the People's Republic of China |
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Annual leave |
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Overtime compensation |
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Labor Dispute Settlement |
For further information relating our expertise in China, or if you have queries relating to any of the changes in law mentioned in our articles, Ralph Koppitz looks forward to hearing from you.
Contributors to this edition: Ralph Koppitz, Michael Tan
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England & Wales
For further information relating our expertise in England, or if you have queries relating to any of the changes in law mentioned in our articles, Sean Nesbitt looks forward to hearing from you.
Contributors to this edition: Mark McCanney, Ann Casey, Tom Oliver
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France
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Companies in France are increasingly restricted in choosing the options for their compensation and benefit plans |
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Principle: A company's financial difficulties are to be assessed according to the sector of activity of the group to which it belongs |
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"Negotiated termination": A new way of terminating open-ended employment contracts |
For further information relating our expertise in France, or if you have queries relating to any of the changes in law mentioned in our articles, Pascal Guinot or Claudia Jonath look forward to hearing from you.
Contributors to this edition: Pascal Guinot, Helene Raffin-Peyloz, Olivia Cohen
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Germany
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General Equal Treatment Act - An Interim Report |
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German Employment Law might be applicable despite contractual choice of US law |
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Competition of employees during the employment relationship - Short limitation periods apply |
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Part 4 - Implementing the employment relationship - Content and scope of the employee's duty to work |
For further information relating our expertise in Germany, or if you have queries relating to any of the changes in law mentioned in our articles, Thomas Griebe or Roland Falder look forward to hearing from you.
Contributors to this edition: Axel Bertram, Roland Falder