The French Supreme Court has ruled that an employer who provided employees with timekeeping software implicitly accepts their performance of overtime. The court considered that the employer was thus informed of the hours worked, regardless of the absence of prior authorization from the employer for the performance of these overtime hours.
France: An employer can use evidence from an employee’s private Facebook account
The French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) considered that the right to evidence can justify that elements extracted from an employee’s private Facebook account be produced in court, provided that such production is indispensable to the exercise of the right of evidence and that the infringement is proportionate to the goal pursued.
GDPR & Employee Data Privacy – Recent Developments – L&E Global Webinar
Date: Thursday, 29 October 2020
Time: 12:00 PM CET
Duration: 1 hour
In this L&E Webinar we bring you snapshots of recent developments in the area of GDPR & Employee Data Privacy, seeking to share the latest information on relevant court cases and development of legislation in various jurisdictions, whilst also showing the very broad impact that data protection legislation can have across the globe.
The webinar will have a duration of 1 hour and is free of charge. You can register for the webinar clicking here and feel free to forward the invitation to any of your colleagues.
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Speakers
- Helena Tapp-Barroso (Morais Leitão in Portugal)
- Michael Witteler (Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law in Germany)
- Nicolas Simon (Van Olmen & Wynant in Belgium)
- Paula Nowak (Sobczyk & Partners Law Firm in Poland)
- Moderator: Stefania Stanciu (Magda Volonciu and Associates in Romania)
Date and time:
October 29, 2020 12:00 pm
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1:00 pm
(CET)
France: Transfers of Undertakings to more than one business
A recent surprising decision from the European Court of Justice offers new insight into the transfers of undertakings and their impact on employees. More specifically, we learn that if an employee works for a transferor on a full-time basis, he may end up being employed by two (or more) employers following the TUPE transfer on […]
France: European Directive on Posted Workers enters into force
The European directive enshrines the principle of “equal pay for equal work in the same workplace”. France has been applying since Thursday 30 July the new European rules on posted workers adopted in 2018 with the principle of equal treatment. This directive aimed to put an end to “social dumping”. From now on, an employee […]
France: Can an Employer Ban Beards?
Since 2016, an employer may include in the company’s written rules a neutrality clause prohibiting the visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious signs in the workplace. European and French case law has laid down conditions for the validity of such a clause: it must treat all the employees of the company in the […]
L&E Global Webinar: Restructuring in Asia-Pacific in the age of COVID-19
Experienced practitioners from Australia, China, India, Japan, and Singapore will share their perspectives on key issues facing multinational employers required to make organizational changes in light of COVID-19:
- COVID-related laws, regulations and programs which affect or alter the normal restructuring legal scheme
- Limitations or special provisions affecting economic dismissals
- Wage subsidies, salary reduction measures, work-sharing or other programs to avoid job loss
- Actual COVID restructuring experiences country-by-country
- Major restructuring events — what sectors, how large, what types of employees
- Major challenges legally as well as in public relations, governmental/political affairs, and labor relations
- Lessons learned and best practices
We invite you to view the final presentation of this webinar by clicking on the icon below:
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Speakers
- Thomas Choo (Clyde & Co Clasis in Singapore)
- Michael Harmers (Harmers Workplace Lawyers in Australia)
- Sowmya Kumar (Induslaw in India)
- Tatsuo Yamashima (Atsumi & Sakai in Japan)
- Carol Zhu (Zhong Lun in China)
- Moderator: John Sander (Jackson Lewis in USA)
Date and time:
September 22, 2020 12:00 am
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9:00 am
(UTC)
France: Sick Leave Allowance Calculations Changed on 1 July 2020
On 1 July 2020, several rules relating to the calculation of daily sickness benefits changed, as provided for in the Social Security Financing Law for 2020. In particular, the increase in the replacement rate, applicable when the insured person has at least three dependent children, is abolished.
France: Can an Employee on Sick Leave Go for a Jog?
In order to engage in exercise or a sporting activity during a work stoppage, the employee must be expressly authorised in advance by the attending physician, and such authorisation must be included directly on the notice of stoppage. Otherwise, the payment of daily allowances will be suspended and a corrective certificate from the physician is insufficient.
France: Employer’s Neutrality Obligation in Professional Elections
An employer who does not allow equal access to the means of election propaganda between trade unions is in violation of its obligation of neutrality, which is sufficient to justify the annulment of the elections