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    Flexible working key to commuter work-life balance

    by Clare Allerton 14 Apr 2016
    by Clare Allerton 14 Apr 2016

    Employees in London are less likely to work flexibly than staff in the rest of the UK, yet almost two-thirds...

    • Brexit
    • Europe
    • Case law

    EU referendum: 12 European cases that have shaped UK employment law

    by Stephen Simpson 31 Mar 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 31 Mar 2016

    The “Brexit” referendum on whether or not the UK should withdraw from the European Union takes place on 23 June...

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    • Apprenticeships

    Six interesting facts about employment law in Ireland

    by Sarah Anderson 17 Mar 2016
    by Sarah Anderson 17 Mar 2016

    Employers in the Republic of Ireland have to pay a contribution of employees’ earnings to a national training fund and...

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    • Belgium
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    Religious dress at work: ECJ to hear Muslim headscarf cases

    by Personnel Today 24 Feb 2016
    by Personnel Today 24 Feb 2016

    What should an employer do if a third party objects to an employee wearing religious dress while working on the...

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    Congratulation leave? Unusual types of leave from around the world

    by Claire Scullin 14 Jan 2016
    by Claire Scullin 14 Jan 2016

    Anyone thinking that the UK’s upcoming grandparental leave is unnecessary meddling by law-makers should look beyond these shores at the...

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    • Northern Ireland

    Redundancy consultation: awards for former Northern Ireland City Link staff

    by Stephen Simpson 2 Dec 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 2 Dec 2015

    Former City Link employees in Northern Ireland have been awarded protective awards of 90 days’ pay over the company’s failure...

    • Austria
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    Eight important facts about employment law in Austria

    by Fiona Cuming 16 Sep 2015
    by Fiona Cuming 16 Sep 2015

    Austria offers its citizens some of the most generous holiday entitlements in the world, with some staff entitled to as...

    • Tribunal Watch
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    • Jersey

    Tribunal watch: Dismissal for forwarding pension proposals a “monstrous overreaction”

    by Stephen Simpson 15 Jun 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 15 Jun 2015

    An employee who discovered a draft document about proposed changes to the pension scheme on his employer’s shared drive and...

    • Europe
    • Discrimination
    • Pay & benefits

    EU employment laws can trump state immunity

    by Tom Kerr Williams and Katherine Gibson 7 Apr 2015
    by Tom Kerr Williams and Katherine Gibson 7 Apr 2015

    In DLA Piper’s latest case report, the Court of Appeal considered whether or not European law requires the provisions of...

    • Europe
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Should discrimination laws be scrapped? Nigel Farage’s beliefs vs the legal facts

    by Tina Wisener 24 Mar 2015
    by Tina Wisener 24 Mar 2015

    Last week, Ukip said employers should be allowed to discriminate...

    • Agency workers
    • France
    • Fixed-term contracts

    Atypical workers in France: how do French and British laws differ?

    by Alain-Christian Monkam 11 Mar 2015
    by Alain-Christian Monkam 11 Mar 2015

    Millions of workers are employed under temporary or part-time contracts in France and in the UK; however, the French laws...

    • Expatriates
    • France
    • Employment contracts

    Global employers: can an employer choose which country’s laws apply to its employment contracts?

    by Chris Cook 4 Dec 2014
    by Chris Cook 4 Dec 2014

    If an employer has operations in more than one country, with employees who are not always based in the same...

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    • London
    • Recruitment & retention

    London tops list of cities that people most want to work in

    by Jo Faragher 6 Oct 2014
    by Jo Faragher 6 Oct 2014

    London is the city where people would most like to work in the world, according to a survey by Totaljobs.com...

    • France
    • Mental health conditions
    • Wellbeing

    How top European employers are targeting depression at work

    by Sarah Silcox 26 Sep 2014
    by Sarah Silcox 26 Sep 2014

    An alliance of European employers is calling on HR and occupational health (OH) professionals to push mental health, and depression...

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    Recruitment and dismissal in Europe: what employers need to know

    by Ann Bevitt and Caroline Stakim 8 May 2014
    by Ann Bevitt and Caroline Stakim 8 May 2014

    Recruitment and dismissal can be problematic for businesses, particularly when employers are unaware of the legal consequences of their actions....

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