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Payments made by a taxi driver to rent his car and uniform should have been taken into account when deciding whether he had been paid the National Minimum Wage (“NMW”), says the EAT. Mr Augustine was employed by Data Cars Ltd as a taxi driver. He had to provide a vehicle for work by either […]

Federal Decree-Law No. 29 of 2021 On Entry and Residence of Foreigners, introduces some variations to prevailing immigration practices and will repeal the current Federal Law (Law No. 6 of 1730), once in force. Key changes include: The assignment of the responsibility of enforcement of the law to the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs […]

Federal Law No. 33/2021 on Regulation of Labour Relations, which will come into force on 2 February 2022, will repeal the current Federal Labour Law on the same issue (Law No. 8/1980). The new law refers to Implementing Regulations to be issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, which will include additional explanatory […]

After the state of alarm has ended and the restrictions preventing workers from carrying out their duties at the workplace have finished, the employer may order a return to on-site work, which does not imply a substantial modification of working conditions, but rather a manifestation of the employer’s power of management. Therefore, there is no […]

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) has issued several decisions relating to Saudisation, including the following requirements: Marketing: companies with a minimum of 5 employees are required to meet a minimum rate of 30% Saudisation requirements within their marketing roles and pay a monthly minimum salary of SAR5,000, effective 8 May 2022. […]

New requirements for foreign citizens to undergo dactylographic, photographic and medical examination procedures. Dated 1 July 2021, Federal Law No. 274-FZ On Amending the Federal Law On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation and the Federal Law On State Dactylographic Registration in the Russian Federation, will enter into force on 29 […]

New law in Russia that allows all HR documents to be kept electronically came into force on 22 November 2021 On 22 November 2021, the President signed Federal Law No. 377-FZ; the new law supplements the Labour Code of the Russian Federation with new articles 22.1-22.3, which regulate management of employment related documents in electronic […]

As part of the so-called ‘Polish New Deal’ Act, the rules for determining the amount of an employee’s income for tax purposes (Personal Income Tax or ‘PIT’), when using a company car for private purposes, have been amended. The current regulations determine the amount of the employee’s lump-sum income for the use of a company […]

The Supreme Court has provided us with a guiding judgement regarding employees reviewing sensitive data without having a work-related reason. The court clarifies that an employer is not bound by sanctions from the public authorities. The Supreme Court determined dismissal of health professional due to opening and reading records without a work-related reason, to be […]

In the past month, there have been several labour and employment law developments, chief among them: i) normative regulation to achieve CO2-reduction in work-related mobility; ii) nine weeks partly paid parental leave; and iii) additional COVID-19 measures were announced. I. Normative Regulation to Achieve CO2-Reduction in Work-Related Mobility The (draft) ‘Normative Regulation on Work-Related Passenger […]