Employment Matters

In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at New York. Stay tuned for more episodes! Host: Steve Hirschfeld ( email ) ( Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP / California) Guest Speakers: Robert Holtzman ( email ) ( Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP / New York City), Ginger Schr...

In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at Oman. Stay tuned for more episodes! Host: Peter Walts ( Employment Law Alliance / Global) Guest Speaker: Gorvinder Pannu ( email ) ( Addleshaw Goddard / Oman) Support the show Register on the ELA website here to receive email...

In today's episode, we discuss a major shift in Indonesia’s employment termination regime. A recent Constitutional Court ruling has reinstated the requirement for court approval for employee terminations, undoing key changes introduced by the Job Creation Law. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide. Host: Jamie Goh ( email ) ( Shearn...

In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at the Philippines. Stay tuned for more episodes! Host: Peter Walts ( Employment Law Alliance / Global) Guest Speaker: Easter Princess U. Castro-Ty ( email ) ( SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan / Philippines) Support the s...

In this episode, we will discuss whether an employer in Finland can visit a worker at home to check on them. This could be a situation where the worker has called in sick, and the company wants to verify whether he or she is actually sick. This recently happened at a Tesla factory in Germany. The factory management had paid home visits to workers to check whether the worker’s sick leave was legiti...

In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at Rhode Island. Stay tuned for more episodes! Host: Steve Hirschfeld ( email ) ( Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP / California) Guest Speaker: Sean Fontes ( email ) ( Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP / Rhode Island) Support the show Registe...

In this episode, we discuss when a private-sector employer is considered a covered employer under the FMLA, once an employer is a covered employer, which employees are eligible for FMLA leave, and more. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide. Host: Tara Stingley ( email ) ( Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, LLP ) Guest Speaker...

In today's episode, we discuss how Angola will be implementing the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), which sets global standards for seafarers' working conditions. It was finally ratified by Angola on September 23rd, 2024. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide. Host: Nuno Gouveia ( email ) (Miranda Alliance / Fátima Freitas Advo...

In this episode, we discuss the background on the DOL's April 2024 Rule, as well as recent developments on Friday, November 15th, 2024, from a federal district court in Texas, invalidating the entirety of the DOL's overtime final rule. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide. Host: Tara Stingley ( email ) ( Cline Williams Wright J...

In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at Connecticut. Stay tuned for more episodes! Host: Steve Hirschfeld ( email ) ( Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP / California) Guest Speaker: Jimmy Leva ( email ) ( Day Pitney LLP / Connecticut) Support the show Register on the ELA websi...

In this episode, we discuss pay transparency laws in the United States, and what employers should do with regard to job postings and application materials when recruiting nationwide. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide. Host: Holly Goodman ( email ) ( Gunster / Southern Florida) Guest Speaker: Beth Liner ( email ) ( Baker, Donelson, Bea...

In today's episode, we discuss Thailand's regulations on the use of AI in interviews that companies should be aware of, and relevant forthcoming legislation. We will be focusing on the following key areas: (1) Labour Law (2) Personal Data Protection Law, and (3) AI Law. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide. Host: Jamie Goh ( em...

On today's episode, we discuss the practical effects of political discussions in the workplace, whether employers can restrict or prohibit their employees from discussing politics in the workplace, and more. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide. Host: Tara Stingley ( email ) ( Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, LLP ) Gue...

With the United States presidential election right around the corner, people are expected to vote in record numbers this year. For employers, this raises the issue of what obligations employers have to provide with regard to voting leave for employees. Listen as we provide insight on these requirements. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwi...

In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at Spain. Stay tuned for more episodes! Host: Peter Walts ( Employment Law Alliance / Global) Guest Speaker: Lourdes Escassi ( email ) ( Gómez-Acebo & Pombo Abogados / Spain) Support the show Register on the ELA website here...

In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at Mexico. Stay tuned for more episodes! Host: Peter Walts ( Employment Law Alliance / Global) Guest Speaker: Samuel Flores ( Santamarina + Steta, S.C.  / Mexico) Support the show Register on the ELA website here to receive emai...

In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at Pennsylvania. Stay tuned for more episodes! Host: Steve Hirschfeld ( email ) ( Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP / California) Guest Speakers: Marcia DePaula ( email ) ( Steptoe & Johnson PLLC / Western Pennsylvania) & Mark Hipp...

In today's episode, we outline whistleblowing laws in the Isle of Man, requirements for making a successful claim for whistleblowing, whether employers are required to have a whistleblowing policy, and more. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide. Host:  Philippe Durand ( email ) ( August Debouzy / France) Guest Speaker: Katherine She...

In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at Utah. Stay tuned for more episodes! Host: Steve Hirschfeld ( email ) ( Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP / California) Guest Speakers: Katie Priest ( email ) & Zachary Wiseman ( email ) ( Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, P.C. / Utah) Sup...

In 2019, the EU issued the European Parliament and Council Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of EU law. This directive has obliged all member states to implement comprehensive whistleblower protection regulation by December 2021, aiming to ensure that individuals who report misconduct or illegal activities within organizations are safeguarded from retaliatio...

In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at the District of Columbia. Stay tuned for more episodes! Host: Steve Hirschfeld ( email ) ( Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP / California) Guest Speakers: Adriana Joens ( email ) & Savanna Shuntich ( email ) ( FortneyScott, LLC / Di...

Student protests radically transformed campuses across the United States during the past academic year before petering out in late spring/early summer. In today's episode, we discuss how universities can best manage conflicts and protests on campus. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide. Host: Marcia DePaula ( email ) ( Steptoe &...

In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at Nevada. Stay tuned for more episodes! Host: Steve Hirschfeld ( email ) ( Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP / California) Guest Speakers: Jennifer Hostetler ( email ) & Howard Cole ( email ) ( Lewis Roca / Nevada) Support the show Re...

In our Travel Tuesdays series, we explore the 'need to know' items for doing business in various jurisdictions around the world. This week, we take a closer look at Bermuda. Stay tuned for more episodes! Host: Peter Walts ( Employment Law Alliance / Global) Guest Speaker: Juliana Snelling ( email ) ( Canterbury Law Ltd.  / Bermuda) Support the show Register on the ELA website here to rec...

In this episode, we discuss Indonesia's new Law No. 4 on Maternal and Child Welfare, and the significant changes that employers need to understand and act upon. Listen as we explore what this means for businesses in Indonesia. Subscribe to our podcast today to stay up to date on employment issues from law experts worldwide. Host: Cynthia Chung ( email ) ( Deacons / Hong Kong) Guest Speaker: S...