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International Employment Law Update


Welcome to the September edition of Taylor Wessing's 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. 

 

For a quick view, please click here for:

 

Belgium at Work

Law at Work
Germany at Work

 

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For a brief description of each of these newsletters, further information is provided below.

 

 

Belgium

 

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Mileage allowance increased as from 1 July 2008

Interests on the gross remuneration
Risk of re-qualification of a self-employed relationship into an employment relationship

 

 

For further information relating to 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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England & Wales

 

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New maternity rights on the horizon ... again
Individual redundancies
Prospective employee sued for failure to join new employer - "No show" clause was not a penalty
Negotiating exits: An employee's effective date of termination was not the date desired in a draft compromise agreement but the later date on which his employer wrote to him stating that the relationship had ended
More hurdles for employers: The new points-based immigration system
£5 million settlement for employees' information and consultation claims under TUPE
New ACAS guide on job evaluation process
Government consultation on the extension to the right to request flexible working
National minimum wag

 

 

For further information relating to 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:  Naomi Branston, Mark McCanney

 

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Germany

 

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Blowing the whistle - How SOX affects the German workforce

Stock Option plans offer (only) a chance of success - Therefore employer has broad discretion to draft terms and conditions
The German Civil Code (BGB) - Part 4 - Implementing the employment relationship

 

 

For further information relating to 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, Sascha Grosjean

 

 


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