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  L&E Global is pleased to announce that the highly-regarded full-service law firm Pepeliaev Group is our new Member in Russia. Pepeliaev Group offers the full range of legal services in all regions of Russia with over 160 lawyers in 5 offices. The employment and migration law practice at Pepeliaev Group is one of the […]

Unsurprisingly, on 5 May 2021, the U.S. Department of Labour (DOL) withdrew its Independent Contractor Final Rule, published in the last days of the previous administration. The Final Rule, which never took effect, would have established a uniform standard for determining a worker’s status as an “independent contractor” under the Fair Labour Standards Act (FLSA). In a […]

On 12 May 2021, the Biden Administration issued an Executive Order on “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity” (EO). The EO was in the works prior to the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, reportedly a ransomware incident that snarled the flow of gas on the east coast for days. Ransomware attacks are nothing new, but they are increasing in severity. Most […]

Frustrated by constantly shifting guidance and shortages of respirators and other personal protective equipment experienced in 2020, employers are rejecting Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citations for COVID-19 infractions and contesting them like never before. According to OSHA, 408 workplaces have been cited (with around 1,150 citations issued) for COVID-19-related alleged violations between 1 July 2020, and 12 […]

In June 2016, there was an exodus of over 200 agents of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore, who gave notice of termination of their agency agreements en masse. Prudential alleged that its former top agency leader, Peter Tan Shou Yi, had surreptitiously orchestrated the mass defection of these agents to Aviva, a competitor in the industry. […]

The Russian Federal Service for Labour and Employment released its official opinion: an employee who returns to Russia from abroad should be teleworking until negative COVID test results are received. The employee’s consent is not required. As per the current sanitary rules, Russian nationals returning from abroad should self-isolate until they receive a negative test […]

2020 graduates were badly affected by the COVID pandemic and make up a significant percentage of the unemployment figures. Draft regulation introduces subsidies for companies who hire 2020 graduates; a possible amendment to Russian law. The subsidy is equal to 3 minimum wages (plus social charges and regional increments, if any) and is paid in […]

Draft law on electronic HR document management was submitted for the consideration of the Russian State Duma. Currently, the Russian Labour Code permits electronic signing only for teleworkers, with specific exceptions. The transition from paper documents and wet signature to electronic format is a long awaited legislative change. The draft law allows companies to set […]

Sobriety control of employees is currently not regulated directly by the provisions of Polish law. This has caused many doubts in the past, but in June 2019 the Polish personal data protection supervisory authority issued an interpretation stating that sobriety testing can only be initiated by the employee, and the information about the employee’s state […]

Recently, the House of Representatives approved the legislative proposal to start paying the first 9 of the 26 weeks of parental leave. The regulation will enter into force on 2 August 2022. Parents will receive a payment from the UWV of 50% of their daily wage, up to 50% of the maximum daily wage. The paid […]