Where the effective duration of a posting exceeds 12 months, posted workers are entitled to all the applicable terms and conditions ?of employment which are laid down in Portuguese law or in...

What are the primary health and safety requirements in Russia that employers need to be aware of as they re-open their offices and workspaces? Consult our experts' checklist.

Employers in Russia can currently hire foreign workers without the usual obligatory migration documents. In accordance with the presidential Decree of 18 April 2020, employers that comply with the required sanitary and epidemiological ...

The ban on foreign nationals entering Russia has been extended indefinitely. On 29 April 2020, the Russian Government extended the temporary restriction of entry into the country...

Russia has suspended migration terms for foreign nationals that expire between 15 March and 15 June 2020.

The Rulebook on preventive measures for safe and healthy work to prevent the occurrence and spread of an epidemic of infectious disease (the ‘Rulebook') was adopted on 29 June 2020.

When lockdowns started happening in different countries around the world last year, remote working was treated as an emergency measure. But now employers are having to work out how to...

What do employers in the UK need to consider and what preparations should they make before employees return to the office? Lawyers from Ius Laboris UK firm Lewis Silkin have created an essential checklist.

Brexit is now a done deal, but the changes to the relationship between the EU and the UK are still being gradually embedded by those whom they affect.

The US state of California has announced plans to reintroduce supplemental paid sick leave until 30 September 2022.

A question that is increasingly arising for companies in Austria during the COVID-19 pandemic is whether the identity of an infected employee in a company may or must be disclosed at the request...

Cyprus has extended maternity leave from 18 to 22 weeks for mothers in employment who have a second child and to 26 weeks for the third and any subsequent children.

In a recent newspaper interview, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced that a reform of the unemployment insurance system was planned by the end of 2024. Whether any of his proposals will see the light.

If you need to employ someone in a country in which your business has no base, there could be all sorts of legal and administrative complications.

What should be the focus for HR management when a private equity investor acquires the company? In this video, we look at what kinds of issues HR managers can face...

In this episode, Stijn Broecke, a senior economist at the OECD who is leading their Future of Work initiative, talks about recent OECD findings on how artificial intelligence...

A legal amendment now requires employers in Japan to use ‘best efforts' to secure working opportunities for their employees up to the age of 70.

Global elections are driving regulatory changes, rising union influence, and workplace division. Employers must monitor political shifts, navigate divergent global regulations, manage workplace conflicts, and amplify employee voice to adapt to evolving expectations and uncertainty.

Several key changes came into effect for occupational pension schemes in the UK on 1 October 2021. They include the entry into force of the first wave of new climate risk governance and reporting requirements.

There is sometimes a sense that religion is becoming a declining force in society; and yet studies suggest the picture is more nuanced.