New Zealand

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)
• Michael Thomas (Jackson Lewis in USA)

Moderator:
• Michael Hatcher (Jackson Lewis in USA)

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.

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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: 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: Thursday, 25 February 2021
Time: Two options-
• 3 p.m. China time / 6 p.m. Australia Eastern time » Register!
• 6 p.m. CET / noon Eastern time » Register!

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.

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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: 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!

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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: Friday, 5 February 2021
Time: 1 p.m. CET / noon UK time
Duration: 30 Minutes

What do employers need to know about the new post-Brexit immigration system? The close of the transition period on 31 December 2020 marked the end of the UK’s participation in the European Union Customs Union and European Single Market. Our Brexit 30-minute webinar will give you practical implications of Brexit for employment law and your people processes.

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• Actions that are required in relation to existing EU staff in the UK / What do HR and British employees in France need to do?
• Right to work – what checks need to be carried out and what are the risks if they’re not done correctly?
• Supporting employees – what can you do to help and to what extent are you required to do so?

Speakers:
• Olivier Kress (Flichy Grangé Avocats in France)
• Neena Samuel (Clyde & Co in UK)

Brexit Exchange Forum

Are you still confused about Brexit? L&E Global’s Brexit Exchange Forum is our interactive knowhow platform created to help clients confront the challenges posed by Brexit, informatively and effectively.

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/