Mondaq Europe: Employment and HR
Many legal disputes have arisen over whether specific termination payments made to an employee are attributable to salaries tax.
On 1 March 2013, new regulations on the compensation due to employee on account of business travel entered into force, replacing two separate regulations which had applied so far to domestic and abroad business trips, respectively.
Supreme Court On Calculating Vacation Entitlements When Employees Switch From Part-Time To Full-Time
Outstanding vacation entitlements accrued during part-time employment may be a financial burden to employers when employees switch to full-time employment.
A new royal decree providing for a salary freeze in 2013 and 2014 was recently published in the "Belgian State Gazette".
The Finnish Parliament accepted on 3 April 2013 debated changes to the Annual Holidays Act.
The Finance Act also now classifies the proceeds of stock options and share sales as salary income that is subject to the income tax regime.
An individual can claim the standard old-age pension when reaching the minimum pension age provided that he or she has completed the five-year general qualifying period.
The Federal Labour Court has answered the question of whether the temporary workers employed at a company also should be taken into consideration for the application of the German Unfair Dismissals Act.
Besides the previously presented decisions of the Federal Labour Court, temporary employment has also occupied the courts of lower instance.
In the current discussion about the abusive use of contracts for works and services, the Federal Labour Court of Berlin-Brandenburg reached on 12 December 2012 a significant decision.
The Federal Labour Court has confirmed that an employee can demand the reduction of his/her working hours twice during parental leave.
The Federal Labour Court has recently affirmed the permissibility of age limits in shop agreements, pursuant to which the employment relationship ends with the expiry of the calendar month in which the employer reaches the statutory retirement age.
A discussion on the intention of planning a reform of the German Part-Time and Fixed-Term Employment Act [Teilzeit- und Befristungsgesetzes, TzBfG].
The Court of Appeal in England has upheld a High Court award of more than €50 million in bonuses to a group of 104 bankers.
The Supreme Court has recently held that the Registered Employment Agreement system for determining pay rates and working conditions is unconstitutional.
The CJEU issued judgment on 25 April 2013 in respect of the questions put to it by the Irish High Court in July 2011 in relation to the claims of ten former employees of Waterford Crystal that the State had failed to properly implement Directive 2008/94 (the "Insolvency Directive") to protect their pension benefits on the insolvency of Waterford Crystal.
In a long awaited landmark judgment, The European Court of Justice has today found in favour of ten former Waterford Crystal workers.
The Irish Government has set out its strategy to make Ireland "the best small country in which to do business and as a consequence, retain and create sustainable jobs".
In February 2013, the Irish Government announced proposals to increase the number of employment permits issued in order to attract more applications from highly skilled employees specifically in respect of the ICT sector.
The General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest Bill 2012 (the "Scheme") more commonly known as the Whistleblowers' Bill, was published on 28 February 2012.
A new royal decree providing for a salary freeze in 2013 and 2014 was recently published in the "Belgian State Gazette".
As yet there is no consensus on the issue of minimum wages in Germany.
The Federal Labour Court has confirmed that an employee can demand the reduction of his/her working hours twice during parental leave.
On 1 January 2013 the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967-2007 were amended.
The right of all citizens to work and the state's role in promoting the conditions to make this right effective is enshrined in Malta's 1974 Republican Constitution.
This briefing paper highlights some of the features of Russian employment and immigration legislation in the context of the present economic climate.
Slovenia’s new Employment Relationship Act and the Act on the Amendments to the Labour Market Regulation Act have recently entered into force, introducing labour market reforms as a result of long-lasting negotiations among the country’s social partners.
Nowadays Ukrainian employers tend more and more often to employ foreign nationals, especially in cases when there is a need for highly-qualified staff in a new business areas, which are not sufficiently developed in Ukraine or when it is necessary a position to be held only by a foreigner (e.g. Director of a foreign company subsidiary in Ukraine).
A discussion on the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act, which will introduce a new exception to the qualifying period of employment for unfair dismissal in cases.
A number of tips for employers wanting to avoid confusion when they terminate employment contracts.
After much wrangling in Parliament over the last few weeks, two pieces of legislation, the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act and the Growth and Infrastructure Act received Royal Assent on 25 April 2013.
The High Court and, most recently, Court of Appeal decisions in the "banker bonus" litigation stemming out of the Commerzbank/Dresdner merger in 2008 have received extensive media coverage.
The Government recently announced a further amendment to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, which is about to receive Royal Assent and seeks to introduce a new exception to the qualifying period of employment for unfair dismissal.
A discussion on the current law and expected changes to the legislation relating to whistleblowing.
Many legal disputes have arisen over whether specific termination payments made to an employee are attributable to salaries tax.
The new Health and Safety Regulations 2013 come into force on 11 May 2013, and it was built on existing law and provides specific detail on requirements that must be undertaken by healthcare employers and their contractors.
Following a review commissioned by the Coalition Government on the 27 October 2010, pensions auto-enrolment was ratified by the Department for Work and Pensions.
The Agency Workers Regulations 2011 introduced a requirement for employers to provide employee representatives with information on agency workers during TUPE and collective redundancy consultations.
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