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Dec
01
2020

Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP Webinar – 2020: The Year (and, oh, what a year!) in Review

Date: Tuesday, 1st December 2020
Time: 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST
Duration: 90 Minutes

Perhaps more than any other year in history, 2020 has kept us all on our toes. For employers, this year brought the unprecedented challenge of managing business operations through a global pandemic, along with numerous significant developments in labour, employment, and human rights law. This engaging webinar will provide participants with an overview of key developments that occurred in 2020, and will offer insight into what employers can anticipate in the year ahead.

Topics covered in this webinar will include:

  • Employment agreements: can employers effectively limit termination liability by way of contract?
  • Incentive compensation: what might employees be entitled to receive post-termination?
  • Overtime: are employers liable to pay for unauthorized overtime?
  • Drugs and alcohol:  how far does an employer’s duty to accommodate extend?

LSO CPD Hours: This program is eligible for up to 1.5 substantive hours.

To register, please visit: https://filion.on.ca/upcoming-seminars/seminars/2020-year-and-oh-what-year-review/

Speakers
  • Bonnea Channe
  • Janeta Zurakowski
  • Tawanda Masimbe
  • Clifton Yiu

Date and time:
December 1, 2020 9:00 am - 10:30 am (EST)

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Dec
03
2020

L&E Global Webinar: Data Privacy in Latin America – New Developments and Implications for the Multinational Employer.

Date: Thursday, 3 December 2020
Time: 10:00 AM Mexico – 11:00 AM Colombia – 1:00 PM Argentina & Brazil
Duration: 1 Hour

As Brazil adopts a major new data privacy framework with many echoes of GDPR, it reminds us that data privacy is an important issue in many countries in Latin America. In this webinar we will cover new developments in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico, with focus on some of the most current concerns for multinationals: international data transfer, diversity and inclusion surveys, and special privacy considerations related to COVID-19.

The webinar will have a duration of 1 hour and is free of charge. You can register for the webinar and feel free to forward the invitation to any of your colleagues.

Please follow us on LinkedIn to stay on top of global legal developments.

Speakers
  • Pablo Palazzi (Allende & Brea in Argentina)
  • Gabriela Lima (TozziniFreire Advogados in Brazil)
  • Alejandro Castellanos (López & Asociados in Colombia)
  • Jimena Sanchez (De La Vega & Martínez Rojas in México)
  • Moderator: John Sander (Jackson Lewis in the USA)

Date and time:
December 3, 2020 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (-03)

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Oct
29
2020

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.

Please follow us on LinkedIn to stay on top of global legal developments.

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 - 1:00 pm (CET)

Oct
02
2020

Employee Benefits in The Netherlands

Social Security Social security in the Netherlands can be subdivided into social insurance benefits and social welfare benefits, depending on the source of the funding. Social insurance is funded from the contributions paid by employees. This system is compulsory. All employees are automatically insured and pay a contribution. Social welfare benefits are financed from central […]

Oct
02
2020

Trade Unions and Employers Associations in The Netherlands

Brief Description of Employees’ and Employers’ Associations Only in case of a collective dismissal, or if provided by a Collective Labour Agreement, the employer is obliged to inform the trade unions when it reports its intention to implement the dismissal to the Employee Insurance Agency. The dismissal can be reported to the trade unions by […]

Oct
02
2020

Employment Contracts in The Netherlands

Minimum Requirements An employment contract under Dutch law may be concluded orally or in writing. However, the employer will nonetheless need to inform the employee in writing with respect to certain conditions pertinent to the employment. Fixed-term/Open-ended Contracts An employment contract can be agreed upon for a fixed period of time (fixed-term contract) or for […]

Oct
02
2020

Restrictive Covenants in The Netherlands

Definition and Types of Restrictive Covenants A restrictive covenant is a clause included in the (signed) employment contract that prohibits the employee from engaging in certain activities for a specified period of time. The clauses must be written down in a language the employee understands. Examples of restrictive covenants are: a non-compete clause; a non-solicitation […]

Oct
02
2020

Social Media and Data Privacy in The Netherlands

Restrictions in the Workplace The employer can restrict the use of Internet and social media during working hours by a guideline/code of conduct that states the rules concerning such usage. The employer must inform the employees about the email and Internet policy within the company. Can the employer monitor, access, review the employee’s electronic communications? […]

Oct
02
2020

Anti-Discrimination Laws in The Netherlands

Summary Dutch law explicitly prohibits discrimination on the grounds of religion, personal beliefs, political opinion, race, sex, nationality, heterosexual or homosexual orientation, civil status, age, handicap or chronic disease, or based on temporary / permanent employment contracts or working hours (part-time / full-time). While, in principle, the law prohibits indirect discrimination (occurs when a neutral […]

Oct
02
2020

Hiring Practices in The Netherlands

Requirement for Foreign Employees to Work If an employer wants to hire a foreign employee in a legal manner, several requirements have to be met. First of all, the foreign employee has to be in the possession of a residence permit. Secondly, the employer is obliged to obtain an employment permit. Employees with Dutch nationality […]

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