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U.S. employers generally have greater freedom than their counterparts in France and other European countries when it comes to terminating employees. The underlying legal doctrine in the private sector for U.S. companies is “employment-at-will,” meaning that either the employer or the employee may terminate their relationship at any time, for almost any reason, as long […]

On Wednesday 8 August 2012, Sophie Redmond, Senior Associate and Team Leader of Harmers Workplace Lawyers, L&E Global australian partner firm, presented to a small group of human resources managers and in-house lawyers on “Separation Management and Termination of Employment in Australia“. In this session, Sophie outlined the various types of employment separation and the […]

We are proud to announce that Harmers Workplace Lawyers won the Legal Media Group Euromoney Australasian Women in Business Awards 2012 for “Best Firm in Sydney” on August, 16th. The full list of awards is available at IFLR. Harmers Workplace Lawyers was also ranked in the top 7 labour and employment law legal providers in […]

On Thursday 2 August 2012, Harmers Workplace Lawyers sponsored and hosted the Australian Institute of Employment Rights (“AIER”) Ron McCallum Debate entitled: “Justice at Work: Workplace Relations – Is productivity the imperative? At what cost?” at the Swissotel, Sydney. This is an annual debate to celebrate the life and work of Australia’s leading labour law […]

Today, regarding the new employment law in Italy, Luca Failla told The Times that “this is the first reform to employment law in more than 40 years”. But, if even if “it is a big change for our clients […] the new law has lots of grey areas”. As the employment landscape changes, the newspaper observes, […]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.– Jackson Lewis LLP, one of United State’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce that the firm has been recognized as a “Gold Standard Firm” by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF.) This designation is reserved for large firms that have successfully integrated female attorneys into its highest […]

During the seminars held by Palthe Oberman for day nurseries on 23 February and 26 April 2012, the on-call contracts again were a hot topic of discussion. A lot of day nurseries have a need for flexible deployment of personnel, for example through on-call contracts (zero hours contracts or contracts with minimum/maximum hours), however, in […]

Since 1 July 2012, for supplying workers for payment, a new obligation to register is applicable. The supplier is obligated to register this activity at the Commercial Register kept by the Chamber of Commerce. This obligation applies to all employers, so not only the professional suppliers, like employment agencies. Companies who professionally supply workers, like […]

MILAN: LABLAW – Studio Legale is pleased to announce the opening of its 5th Italian office in Genoa. This new office will be headed by Managing Partner Stefano Torchio who joins LABLAW with a team of 3 professionals. Stefano Torchio focuses his practice on Italian labour and employment law with a particular reference to labour […]

Harmers Winter 2012 edition of Work InSights is out. In this edition, you will find the following articles: Executive dismissal – damages awarded for improper termination; Employer liability for the negligent conduct of its employees; Best practice approach in performance management; An introduction to workplace investigations; Cashing out of annual leave; and An introduction to […]