HR guidance notes

FedEE presents below a thumbnail picture of the way the ongoing pandemic is affecting individual companies around the World …

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◉ The Advantages of Arbitration Arbitration is becoming increasingly common in the field of employment law outside the USA, although it is still fairly rare on the European Continent …

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A-Z of the European Union A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Accession Countries: Those states currently negotiating EU membership, or awaiting final entry to the EU …

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Some of the employment-related problems that have been generated by the European Union.

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Companies operating in countries subject to UN and US sanctions should take great care with the way their executives act. Political and cultural sensitivities should also be respected more generally.

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◉ Determining if an individual is an employee or independent contractor There is a certain amount of overlap between the employment law and tax definitions of employee status, but the match is far from exact and it should not be assumed that because someone is registered with a tax authority as self-employed, operates a service company or is a contractor with employees or subcontractors that they will automatically be considered by a court to be a non-employee for the purposes of being excluded from paid holidays, notice and so on …

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◉ Sampling the workplace prior to reaching a hiring decision Asking an employee to work for a few hours at the company prior to a decision to hire them may appear to be a good precaution on both sides, but it is full of potential pitfalls …

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HR professionals are often called upon to judge employee conduct and take action on their findings …

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Cross border workers and expatriates

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◉ Introduction Whenever someone starts work they do so on the basis of an understanding about the tasks they will undertake, the hours that they will work, remuneration they will receive and the rights they will enjoy …

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There is no automatic EU-wide recognition of academic diplomas …

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Contract Compliance Across the EU Introduction | Employment aspects | Origins of social policy enforcement | European Commission guidelines | National developments | Conclusions and implications  |  FedEE contract compliance checklist ◉ Introduction Public procurement directives were introduced to promote greater international competitiveness in the award of major contracts …

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◉ What is diversity? Diversity as a basis for management theory has its origins in the age of enlightenment …

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In many European countries, there is a requirement for employers carrying out collective redundancies to prepare a social plan …

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Whether you drive your own car or a company car across a national border, hire a car at an airport, or supervise those who need to drive internationally as part of their job, you will need to be aware of the basic driving regulations that operate in different countries …

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