French president Emmanuel Macron, true to his election commitment, has published decrees seeking to implement major liberalising reforms of French labour law.

The UK Government has published the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, one of the objects of which is to put into UK law all existing EU legislation and European Court judgments...

A reminder that new rules were introduced last year, which regulate post-termination non-competition and non-solicitation clauses. Non-compliance makes the restriction(s) invalid.

The Guidelines build on existing working time regulations by strengthening definitions and clarifying what is required.

It was said not long ago that ‘big data' would move HR from business support to business leadership.

In October 2016, telecoms provider TalkTalk was fined £400,000 by the UK Information Commissioner's Office for failing to protect customers' personal data, breaching the Data Protection Act 1998.

federal government will reduce the waiting period before claimants begin to receive employment insurance ("EI") benefit payments from two weeks to one week.

If he implements his campaign promises, the election last month of President Moon Jae-In will lead to some significant labour law changes in South Korea.

The British Government has published its opening position on the rights of EU Citizens to remain and work in the UK after Brexit in 2019.

Major reforms regarding unions and collective bargaining procedures: Major reforms will affect collective bargaining processes, unions and strike action.

Similarly, for ‘family care' leave; under the new rules where workers are employed by the same employer for a continuous period of at least one year, such workers will be eligible for family care leave.

A recent UK Court of Appeal decision provides an opportunity for a quick update on European whistleblowing.

Two recent decisions under the EU Working Time Directive (WTD) are of interest.

The Belgian government is proposing reform of the law on statutory working time in favour of more flexible working.

If an employee of a UK company is to be based wholly overseas (i.e. outside the UK) it may be unwise to make the employment contract subject to UK law and the UK courts.

From January 1, 2017, the new retirement age will also apply to small companies with less than 300 employees.

Theresa May, the UK Prime Minister, triggers Article 50 on March 29, 2017.

Online registration requirement: As of January 1, 2017, companies with over 1,000 staff must register with Tas'heel online. 'Tas'heel' is the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation service provider, which processes work permits.

Part of the obligatory employment dossier which must be kept for each employee is to be in electronic form (as opposed to a paper form).

Temporary agency workers may only be employed by the same hirer for 18 consecutive months. After that further employment is only possible after a 3 month gap.