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Facts The employee had been employed by the employer in the position of Sales Manager since 1 May 2021. The employment contract contained confidentiality, competition, relationship and penalty clauses. On 18 May 2021, the employee informed the employer that he was terminating the employment contract following an offer from X, a direct competitor of the […]

Introduction The discussion surrounding a vaccination requirement at the workplace is very topical. In the U.S., several companies, such as Facebook, Google and CNN, require their staff to be fully vaccinated. What are the options with regard to the vaccination requirement for employees and independent contractors for companies in The Netherlands? No legal basis for […]

The Secretariat of Labour and Social Welfare has set a goal of over forty thousand labour inspections related to the new regulations of the subcontracting reform, will take place this year. Since the publication in the Official Journal of the Federation on 23 April 2021, employers throughout Mexico, who provide specialised services have had to […]

On 6 August 2021, the Tenth Collegiate Court in Labour Matters of the First Circuit, dictated a sentence regarding an Amparo filed against a resolution emitted by the labour authority, in which it only considered the primary claim of rescission. Digital Register number: 2023404. An elderly woman who worked as a weaver, filed a labour […]

LabLaw Papers – Dismissal Ban in Italy A LabLaw – Studio Legale Rotondi & Partners Publication   This paper aims to provide an overview of the limitations related to the exercise of the right to dismiss employees for objective reasons, considering the succession of emergency provisions and the new final deadline for the “dismissal ban” […]

The Indian Government is in the process of enacting four Labour Codes – the Code on Social Security, 2020 (“Social Security Code”); the Code on Wages, 2019 (“Wage Code”); the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (“IR Code”); and the Occupational, Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (“OSHW Code”) – which (along with State rules) will […]

On 20 July 2021, the French parliament definitively adopted the bill to combat climate change and strengthen resilience to its effects. Much criticised for its lack of ambition, notably by NGOs, this text was inspired by the work of the 150 members of the Climate Convention and includes a chapter on “adapting employment to the […]

In case of an accident at work (or an occupational disease), the employer commits an inexcusable fault if it was, or should have been, aware of the danger to which the worker was subjected and if it did not take the necessary measures to protect him. The benefit of the inexcusable fault is automatic; the […]

On 27 July 2021, the Chilean Labour Code was revised to recognise the legal validity of certain digital documents. The purpose of the reform is to update and simplify the signing of particular documents that require specific formalities in order to be enforceable. In this regard, the new rules state, among other things, that Termination […]

In a recent decision, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (“WSIAT”) held that a grocery store manager was not entitled to sue a third party bakery (the “Bakery”) or its landlord after he was injured in a slip-and-fall in the shared parking lot outside the bakery. This case illustrates how companies may be able to […]