An employee was dismissed with immediate effect because he had published in-house information on his Facebook account.

In case of termination of employment relationships the question arises time and again whether employment of the employee in other group companies has to be considered.

Employers often wish to monitor how their employees use work computing facilities during office hours. In a recent judgment the ECHR illuminates the circumstances that may justify employers monitoring employees' communication.

The European Court of Justice has ruled that periods of on-call time will only be working time if, on the facts, there are very significant constraints on how the workers can use their free time...

On 15 September 2016, the CJEU ruled in the Tobias McFadden case that a vendor offering an open free Wi-Fi network to the public cannot be held liable for copyright infringements...

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