Talking Work

For this episode, we invited Jeff Mokotoff, partner in our US law firm FordHarrison, to talk about how COVID-19 is impacting employment in the US. Jeff tells us what is happening now, with layoffs and restructuring featuring heavily. He and also gives us his predictions about future employment litigation, based on working hours, discrimination and more. Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, th...

To chime with World Mental Health Day on 10 October, we invited Yvonne Frederiksen, partner in Ius Laboris Danish firm Norrbom Vinding, to discuss just how ‘healthy’ the law on mental health is in different countries around the world and how to support good mental health practices at work. Yvonne also shares some great ideas on how to encourage neurodiversity at work. Check out this very healthy e...

The Revised Posted Workers' Directive and what employers need to know now. Sophie Maes, partner in Belgian firm Claeys & Engels, talks to Deborah Ishihara about the revised rules for temporary secondees coming to work in EU member states. We find out what the new rules cover and also think about the patchwork of different countries, some having implemented the directive on time (30 July 2020),...

Temperature checking, thermal imaging and more – how is the tension between data & privacy and data sharing and usage in the public interest playing out in the time of COVID-19? We are joined by Alex Milner-Smith, Co-Head of the Data & Privacy Group at our Ius Laboris UK firm, Lewis Silkin, to discuss how past data protection norms are being pulled out of shape by...

We have invited Tracy Zhu, counsel at Ius Laboris China, (Fangda Partners), to explain how things are panning out in China post-COVID. We talked with Tracy about the impact of the pandemic on how companies operate, and what level of optimism currently exists in China about the future of its economy. Find out more about how employers in 49 countries are managing the gradual&nbsp...

The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on the world of work. For the inaugural episode of Talking Work , we invited Jenny Hellberg to talk to us about the legal aspect of working from home in the time of COVID-19. Jenny is a partner at the Ius Laboris member firm for Sweden, Elmzell. In this episode, she talks about Sweden, but also more generally about the questions she and her int...