ArticleRules For Workers On Musculoskeletal ProblemsResearch has indicated that 60% of employees have work that frequently or always involves repetitive movements, and 24% of employees have work...BelgiumEmployment and HRIus Laboris
ArticleCanadian Federal Sector Raises Minimum Employment AgeOn 12 June 2023, recent amendments to Canada's Labour Code are scheduled to come into force, with the effect of increasing the general minimum age of employment...CanadaEmployment and HRIus Laboris
ArticleOntario Seeks Input On Heat Stress ProposalThe Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development has announced that it is seeking prompt comments and feedback on two Occupational Health and Safety proposals...CanadaEmployment and HRIus Laboris
ArticleWork Permits Extended For GraduatesOn 17 March 2023 Canada's Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced that international graduates with a recently–expired or expiring post-graduation work permit...CanadaEmployment and HRIus Laboris
ArticleDenmark's 2025/2026 Legislative Programme: A Quiet Omission On EU Pay TransparencyIn the normal way, the Danish Government has published its legislative programme for the parliamentary year 2025/2026.DenmarkEmployment and HRIus Laboris
ArticleDon't Forget The Right To Be Forgotten: Employer Criticised By The Danish DPAA data controller must, without undue delay, delete the personal data of a data subject if the processing of the data is based on consent and that consent is withdrawn, ...DenmarkPrivacyIus Laboris
ArticleLabor Law And Cannabis LegalizationAlthough possession of cannabis is now legal (up to certain limits), this does not mean that employees can work under the influence of cannabis.GermanyCannabis & HempIus Laboris
PodcastEmployer Obligation Finder (Podcast)Create a report setting out your obligations in 30+ countries, derived from the number of employees you have.GermanyEmployment and HRIus Laboris
ArticleThe Essentials Of Collective Dismissal In Germany: Joint OperationsWhether a reduction in staff is notifiable under s17 of the Consumer Protection Act depends on the thresholds set out in that section. The numbers of employees must be determined for each ...GermanyEmployment and HRIus Laboris
ArticleCan A Works Council Chair Also Be The Data Protection Officer?Back in 2011, a German court ruled that works council membership did not necessarily preclude serving as data protection officer. The same court, after referring the question to the European Court...GermanyPrivacyIus Laboris
ArticleWorkers In The Value Chain: How Can We Help?The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) sustainability statement must contain information on the organisation's value chain, as well as on its own activities.GlobalCorporate/Commercial LawIus Laboris
ArticleAI As A Driver Of Business Transformations And RestructuringsAI is already transforming the way we do business, and offers huge potential for companies to restructure and move towards a radically different cost-base. Here, we ask what changes are likely, and what the role of HR will be.GlobalEmployment and HRIus Laboris
ArticleDiversity And Inclusion In The MetaverseThe metaverse has been hailed, by some, as the internet for the next generation. We look at two key ways that this virtual reality could impact upon diversity and inclusion in the workplace.GlobalEmployment and HRIus Laboris
PodcastWhat If Outsourcing Were Banned? (Podcast)Ecuador, Bolivia, Mexico and Peru all have anti-outsourcing legislation. In this episode of Talking Work we talk to Juan Carlos Girao of Ius Laboris...GlobalEmployment and HRIus Laboris
Article‘Satellite Employees' – A Checklist For Hiring Employees GloballyLike many employers, you may be struggling to find employees with the skills you need in your own country. But the pandemic has shown, if nothing else, that work can be done from anywhere. GlobalEmployment and HRIus Laboris
ArticleKey Labour Law Changes In 2020 In HungaryThe scope of part-time work has been extended for employees with children, so that upon an employee's request, the employer is required to amend his or her employment to part-time until the child reaches the age of four.HungaryEmployment and HRIus Laboris
ArticleKeeping Workers Safe In Japan: What Employers Need To KnowThe protection of employee health and safety is a fundamental obligation imposed on employers under Japanese labour laws, particularly the Industrial Safety and Health Act (ISHA).JapanEmployment and HRIus Laboris
ArticleWhat Happens When An Employee Has Suspected Covid-19 In Mexico?This article sets out the procedure when an employee has coronavirus symptoms in Mexico and how they can obtain a wage subsidy during their illness, convalescence during quarantine.MexicoCoronavirus (COVID-19)Ius Laboris
ArticleTemporary Workplaces Measures Introduced To Combat COVID-19 In The NetherlandsThe Netherlands has introduced temporary measures into the Working Conditions Decree to control the spread of COVID-19 in workplaces. NetherlandsCoronavirus (COVID-19)Ius Laboris
ArticleSelf-Employed Or Employee? Dutch Supreme Court Gives New GuidanceA new judgement from the Netherlands Supreme Court has ruled that the factual details of an agreement between a worker and employer are decisive inNetherlandsEmployment and HRIus Laboris