Multinational Employers

In 2023, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) clarified the limits of applicants’ right of access requests under Article 15 of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in landmark decisions with far-reaching consequences for employers. Quick Hits For example, the right to a copy

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 January 2024 compiled by L&E Global

After more than two years of legislative highs and lows for the European Union’s proposed Platform Work Directive, the EU may be inching closer to adopting regulations on the classification of platform workers, such as rideshare drivers and app-based delivery persons, as Belgium assumes the presiden

Mexico’s final congressional ordinary session period for 2023 ended on December 15. Unless an extraordinary session is called, pending bills are now dormant until February 2024 when the first ordinary session of the year begins. The following discussion provides a primer on the legislative process i

For In-house Counsel or HR professionals in Asia, what are some key issues to be aware of when implementing a business restructure? There are some key areas you will want to focus on when restructuring a business operation in the APAC region.

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 September 2023 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 September 2023 compiled by L&E Global.

Following on the heels of the launch of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF)1 this summer, the U.S. Department of Commerce has extended the DPF to cover transfers of personal data from the United Kingdom (UK) (and Gibraltar) to the United States, in addition to transfers from the European Union

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 September 2023 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 August 2023 compiled by L&E Global.

In this How to Do Business in the Americas podcast series installment, Littler attorneys Lori Brown, Jorge Sales Boyoli and Juan Carlos Varela discuss relevant labor and employment issues employers will face in the Americas in 2023. Topics include managing “wandering workers,” making staffing decisi

The Global Guide Quarterly (GGQ) is a newsletter Littler publishes on a quarterly basis to provide a general update on global labor and employment (L&E) law developments in key countries in the American, EMEA, and APAC regions. GGQ is designed to provide high-level notice of such developments to hel

The past two years created a significant shift in working conditions, and with that, a new avenue of employment arrangements. The normalization of flexible working paired with talent scarcity created an ideal environment for its rise. To help set up a global workforce, many service providers—referre

The final World Cup game is set for this Sunday, December 18. Over the past month we have been staging our own matchups, comparing labor and employment laws of participating countries.1 While there have been plenty of mistakes on the field during this tournament, employers can be a bit more

On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14086, “Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities,” which provides a new framework for legal data transfers between the European Union (EU) and the United States.

Just how far can companies go in requiring in-person work? That is one of the critical questions facing European employers today, according to Littler’s fifth annual European Employer Survey. Drawing on insights from nearly 700 human resources executives, in-house attorneys, and business leaders, th

While a global contingent workforce may be an extension of a company’s internal workforce for all practical purposes, legally, it is a separate and distinct group of nonemployees. That can create a number of obstacles for employers, particularly when the contingent workers are located outside the Un

As part of a wave of women’s health reforms, Spain has announced that it is planning to introduce specific paid medical leave (potentially up to 5 days a month in cases of severe pain – with a doctor’s note) for people who suffer from period pain. Those eligible would receive

Employers often want to have a data retention policy that works for all of their international operations. We look at the challenges with this approach and how to make it work in practice. Why bother with data retention policies? Following the introduction of the European general data protection reg