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France: Liability waiver in a termination agreement
Recent case law has led some employers to assume that by including a general liability waiver in a termination agreement they will be excluding all automatic monetary compensation obligations under a non-compete clause, whether or not the non-compete is to …
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Georgia: Union wins substantial wage increase
A revised collective agreement for 2021-24 has been concluded in the glass manufacturing sector … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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China: Former Tencent employee ordered to pay US$169,000 for breaching non-compete pact after joining TikTok owner ByteDance
A former employee of Tencent Holdings has been ordered by a Beijing court to pay a fine totalling 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Russian Federation: Is vaccination mandatory to work (COVID-19)?
Although there is some debate in government circles, no law yet exists allowing an employer to require any employee to be vaccinated against COVID-19 – except in limited fields such as education and health care … Please login to view …
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Romania: Demographic crisis
Over and above mortality due to the current pandemic, is a long-term demographic crisis that has seen the resident population decline from 23 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Agreement concluded between ENI and trade unions
An agreement just concluded between the leading oil company ENI and Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uilca trade unions will allow a major restructuring exercise to go ahead … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Inflation rate at +1.7% in March 2021
Consumer prices in Germany have now risen for three months in succession and the annual rate in March 2021 was 1 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Estonia: Share of teleworkers in 2020
In 2020, 163,700 performed their main job through teleworking – 40,400 more than a year earlier … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Global: Remote working
A number of international law firms have announced their longer-term policies concerning remote working for professional staff … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: SEC awards over $50 Million to joint whistleblowers
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has awarded US$50M to two whistleblowers who alerted them to highly complex transactions that deprived thousands of investors of huge deposited sums … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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China: Shenzhen releases first guideline on preventing sexual harassment
The concept of sexual harassment is not clearly defined in China’s current laws and regulations … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Works council election
The Federal Labour Court has ruled that a works council election will be rendered invalid unless all votes are cast via a slip enclosed in a sealed envelope … Please login to view this content or become a member by …
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USA: North Carolina Court upholds 10-year restrictive covenant between employer and former employee
Restrictive covenants are now a common element in employment contracts and normally take the form of non-compete clauses covering periods of two to three years after an employee leaves a company … Please login to view this content or become …
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Cyprus: Commencement of Beneficial Owners Register of Corporate and other legal entities
The electronic service, registration of beneficial owner particulars for companies and other legal entities is now available under the section e-filing services of the Companies Section website … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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Global: Could it already be too late?
The appearance of COVID-19 mutations in California (B … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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