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In the ever-evolving landscape of employment law, 2024 saw a host of significant updates and legislative changes—predominantly aimed at improving employee welfare. From enhanced parental leave benefits to stringent antidiscrimination measures, countries around the world adopted policies focused on f

The European Union’s (EU) Platform Work Directive went into effect on December 1, 2024, imposing significant new requirements on companies that facilitate work in the gig economy.

Jackson Lewis is a founding member of L&E Global, a worldwide alliance of independent law firms providing advice and counsel on employment law matters. We are pleased to present you with recent international employment law updates for December 2024 compiled by L&E Global.

Jackson Lewis is a founding member of L&E Global, a worldwide alliance of independent law firms providing advice and counsel on employment law matters. We are pleased to present you with recent international employment law updates for November 2024 compiled by L&E Global.

Marshall v. Mercantile Exchange Corporation , 2024 CanLII 71128 (ONSC), is an action for wrongful dismissal where the employee claimed he could not mitigate his damages by seeking alternative employment indefinitely because of a mental health condition ( i.e. , stress and depression) allegedly arisi

Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario clarified that an employer’s duty to accommodate an employee’s family status with shift changes is not unlimited. Employees must co-operate in the accommodation process and cannot reject an employer’s offer of accommodation that is reasonable in the circumstances.

The latest binge watch for many of us at GQ|Littler was the Netflix hit, “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders,” which follows a year in the life of NFL’s Dallas Cowboys cheerleading team.

Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice held that because a termination for cause provision in an employment contract defined “cause” more broadly than does the Employment Standards Act , 2000 it was unenforceable. Court also held the employer failed to prove the employee did not mitigate her damages.

UK Employment Rights Bill includes 28 individual employment law reforms. The Bill will now make its way through Parliament and may be amended along the way. This Insight summarizes key provisions of the Bill, when they would take effect, and what proposals did not make it into the 158-page document.

Jackson Lewis is a founding member of L&E Global, a worldwide alliance of independent law firms providing advice and counsel on employment law matters. We are pleased to present you with recent international employment law updates for October 2024 compiled by L&E Global.

European businesses are navigating numerous changes impacting their workplaces, driven by factors that range from national election outcomes and the rapid adoption of AI to ESG initiatives and emerging compliance challenges.

2024 has been a fruitful year in the UK for whistleblowing law so far, with three key cases employers should be aware of: Can an external job applicant qualify as a whistleblower? One of the very first questions to ask when presented with a whistleblowing claim in the UK is

This article was originally posted in International Employment Lawyer .

What is it? The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) was established in 2008 to document the history and legacy of residential schools, which were operated between the late 1800s and the late 1990s by the federal government and Christian churches as part of a federal policy to assimil

As of September 22, 2024, the final provision of Law 25, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information will take effect, establishing a new right to data portability for individuals in both the private and public sectors. This right, integrated into the

On April 11, 2022, Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 88), received Royal Assent and became law. Among other things, Bill 88 enacted the new Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act, 2022 (DPWRA).1 The DWPRA did not come into force upon its enactment.

In a significant decision focused on public employers, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently held that Ontario public school boards are “government” and, as such, they are subject to the provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ( Charter ), and their teachers are protected from

The United Kingdom continues to see rapid growth in the number of workplaces adopting remote and hybrid work arrangements, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although this new type of work offers many positives for both businesses and employees, it can also blur the boundaries betwee

One of the primary concerns for an organization that wants to start conducting business in a new country must be the laws of the specific country. Employment regulations vary widely around the globe, and some may be so contrary to an employer’s expectations that missteps and noncompliance could resu