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In Belgian employment law, Saturday is in principle considered a working day (in contrast to Sunday and legal holidays) even if the employees are not working on this day. As a result, Saturdays are counted when calculating: the double three-day period in the context of dismissal for serious cause; the day on which a notice period can start after the […]

TPWC Directive This Directive is the follow-up of the Written Statement Directive and thus provides workers with the right to receive timely and more complete information in written about the essential aspects of their work, in principle within a week (or month) as from the start of their contract. However, the Directive goes further than […]

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) has proposed a new rule for determining joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). The proposed rule comes after nearly a decade of the Board changing positions as to what could render two independent companies joint employers. Most changes have involved the degree […]

For more than two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been allowing employers with remote workers to review Form I-9 Employment Verification Authorization documents virtually over video link or by fax or email. That flexibility is set to expire on October 31, 2022. As remote workforces have gained in […]

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) received a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for detailed EEO-1 Report employee demographic information that thousands of U.S. employers submitted from 2016 through 2020. Unless these employers submit objections by September 19, OFCCP plans to release their currently non-public demographic employee data in […]

In its call for evidence, the OTS is seeking information to enable it to consider the income tax, social security, employee/self-employed expenses and allowances, and corporate residence and permanent establishment, implications resulting from changes in working practices. The questions in the call for evidence focus on: Employees working in a different country to their employer […]

The report notes that the current law does not specifically protect menopausal women and considers it unsatisfactory that, to make an effective claim, women must present themselves as suffering from a disability. It calls on the government to consult within six months on making menopause a protected characteristic, including a duty to provide reasonable adjustments […]

The response confirms that the government will not proceed with any legislative reform around employment status at this stage. It has however published new guidance which the government believes, together with existing case law, will help provide clarity on how to approach employment status issues. The new guidance consists of: Employment status and employment rights: […]

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) operates two pay ranges: a London rate (defined to include certain counties in the south-east region) and a national rate. An annex to the CPS pay rules states that the applicable pay range is determined by “the location of the permanent workplace, as set out in the employee contract”. Ms […]

Mr Langton was employed by Cramer Systems from 2003. In addition to an employment contract, he received an offer letter and summary of benefits which set out the terms of a long-term sickness absence scheme and the level of income protection payments (IPP) payable under it, which included an “escalator” of 5% per year to […]