Colombia will begin applying a Temporary Protection Statute for Migrants, which aims to regularize about a million Venezuelans who have arrived due to their country’s humanitarian crisis.
Colombia: Local/zonal quarantines end in Bogotá as hospital`s Intensive Care Unit occupancy decreases
Decree 039 of February 2, 2021 ordains the end of the “red alert” for Intensive Care Unit occupancy in hospitals in Bogotá as occupation rates for ICU drop 5% and hospitalization decreases 20%. Consequently, early termination of local quarantines is ordered, and the reopening of school and shops is permitted.
Colombia: National Government adopted temporary restrictions for passengers from Brazil due to COVID-19
In recent months, three different variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been reported to the World Health Organization in other countries, including Brazil. Therefore, to avoid transmission, entry of passengers from Brazil is suspended as of January 29, 2021.
Colombia: Electronic Payroll as support document for Tax Declarations
On December 17, 2020, the National Directorate of Taxes and Customs (DIAN) published on its website a Resolution Project for which the functionality of the electronic payroll as support document is implemented. The project awaits comments from the National Government.
Colombia: New Law introduces relevant labour disposals for Independent Workers
Colombian Congress issued Law 2069 of 2020 (best known as “Entrepreneurship Law”), which aims to impulse entrepreneurship in Colombia. The new law includes some relevant changes regarding labour law, such as reducing requirements for independent workers to join family compensation funds; decreasing the number of founding partners needed to create worker cooperatives; regulation of remote work and dispositions to increase labour productivity and business reactivation, and more.
L&E Global Webinar: Diversity and Inclusion: What is or is not allowed?
Date: Thursday, 25 March 2021
Time: 6 p.m. CET / 1 p.m. ET
Duration: 60 Minutes
Diversity and inclusion, once identified as a US-specific concern, has now become a key global objective for multinationals everywhere. How does the concept of diversity and inclusion vary across regions? How can the employer obtain demographic and other data around the world to assist in measuring diversity without violating local employment laws and data privacy requirements? What legal and cultural limitations affect what we ask in individual countries? This webinar will answer your questions and provide best practices regarding global diversity and inclusion, and means to measure and enhance it.
Speakers:
• Simone Carrà (LabLaw in Italy)
• Melanie D. McNaught (Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti in Canada)
• Jimena Sánchez Argoytia (De La Vega & Martinez Rojas in Mexico)
Date and time:
March 25, 2021 2:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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L&E Global Webinar: The Whistleblowing Directive: A Gamechanger?
Date: Thursday, 18 March 2021
Time: 6 p.m. CET / 1 p.m. Eastern Time
Duration: 60 Minutes
On 16 April 2019, the EU Whistleblowing Directive was passed by the European Parliament, giving EU-based employee whistleblowers many of the same protections long enjoyed by employees in the US. What does this mean for your EU-based business? To what extent will national laws implementing the Directive create a variety of local requirements across the EU? What do you need to know and how do you as a business comply? The EU specialist speakers will discuss the implications, provide best practices and answer your questions.
Speakers:
• Florence Bacquet (Flichy Grangé Avocats in France)
• Gautier Busschaert (Van Olmen & Wynant in Belgium)
• Kristian Foss Aalmo (Storeng, Beck & Due Lund in Norway)
• Michael Witteler (Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law in Germany)
Moderator: John Sander (Jackson Lewis in USA)
Date and time:
March 18, 2021 2:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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L&E Global Webinar: Cross-Border Remote Work, Authorized and Unauthorized – Europe
Date: Thursday, 4 March 2021
Time: 5 p.m. CET / 4 p.m. UK time / 11 a.m. ET
Duration: 60 Minutes
Your employees suddenly turn up in a foreign country or exotic locale without management knowledge or approval carrying out remote work from their laptops, and intend to remain indefinitely. Or an employee wishes to return to his or her native country to spend extended time with family during the COVID-19 crisis. What issues of work authorization, permanent establishment tax exposure, local social security requirements, cross-border employment law, workplace injury, and security of electronic communications arise, and how can they be handled? How can we establish a uniform approach to cross-border remote work, which both treats employees equitably and protects the company from exposures which it has no business interest in incurring. In this webinar a panel will discuss the challenges for companies when employees request to work from another country and share best practices.
Speakers:
• Laura Cinicola (LabLaw in Italy)
• Nick Elwell Sutton (Clyde & Co in UK)
• Kamila Kopec (Sobczyk & Partners Law Firm in Poland)
• Alexander Lorenz (Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law in Germany)
• Helena Tapp Barroso (Morais Leitão in Portugal)
Moderator: John Sander (Jackson Lewis in USA)
Date and time:
March 4, 2021 1:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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L&E Global Webinar: Cross-Border Remote Work, Authorized and Unauthorized – Asia-Pacific
Date: Thursday, 25 February 2021
Time: Two options-
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Your employees suddenly turn up in a foreign country or exotic locale without management knowledge or approval carrying out remote work from their laptops, and intend to remain indefinitely. Or an employee wishes to return to his or her native country to spend extended time with family during the COVID-19 crisis. What issues of work authorization, permanent establishment tax exposure, local social security requirements, cross-border employment law, workplace injury, and security of electronic communications arise, and how can they be handled? How can we establish a uniform approach to cross-border remote work, which both treats employees equitably and protects the company from exposures which it has no business interest in incurring. In this webinar a panel will discuss the challenges for companies when employees request to work from another country and share best practices.
We invite you to view the final presentation of this webinar by clicking on the icon below:
Speakers:
• Avik Biswas (IndusLaw in India)
• Bernadette How (Clyde & Co Clasis in Singapore)
• Emma Pritchard (Harmers Workplace Lawyers in Australia)
• Tatsuo Yamashima (Atsumi & Sakai in Japan)
• Yinbing Chen (Zhong Lun Law Firm in China)
Moderator: John Sander (Jackson Lewis in USA)
Date and time:
February 25, 2021 3:00 pm
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4:00 pm
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L&E Global Webinar: Vaccination and Employment: Considerations for Employers
Date: Thursday, 18 February 2021
Time: 6 p.m. CET / noon Eastern time
Duration: 60 Minutes
Now that the vaccination process in countries has started, difficult issues for employers arise. Can the employer ask a candidate in an interview whether he has received a vaccination and require proof of same? Can the employer make vaccination a condition of hiring or continued employment? Is a specific business necessity beyond the employer’s general duty of care needed to justify a vaccination requirement? If a vaccination requirement is valid, what duties of accommodation of religious beliefs, disability status or other characteristics does the employer have? In this webinar you will get answers to these data privacy and employment questions. Of course, you will have the opportunity to ask all questions you have!
We invite you to view the final presentation of this webinar by clicking on the icon below:
Speakers:
• Avik Biswas (IndusLaw in India)
• Pedro Diaz-Torres (Jackson Lewis in USA)
• Frédéric-Guillaume Laprévote (Flichy Grangé Avocats in France)
• Gabriela Lima (TozziniFreire Advogados in Brazil)
Date and time:
February 18, 2021 6:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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