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Mar
31
2020

‘Polish Anti-crisis Shield’: from the employers’ perspective – Sobczyk & Partners Law Firm Webinar

Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.

In relation to the negative economic impact of the announcement of the epidemic state in Poland and the restrictions applied, a package of new legal regulations for entrepreneurs, the so-called ‘Anti-crisis Shield’, will be introduced.

The solutions included in the package concern, among others:
• economic stoppages (i.e. periods when work is not expected from employees),
• short-time work solutions (i.e. extraordinary measures allowing for the reduction of working hours),
• co-financing of employee remunerations by the State.

We would like to discuss new regulations during an online meeting, taking into account the employer’s perspective. We invite you to participate in a free online meeting which will be conducted in English.

If you want to participate, please register via rejestracja@sobczyk.com.pl

Speakers
  • Alina Giżejowska
  • Janusz Zagrobelny

Date and time:
March 31, 2020 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (CEST)

Mar
23
2020

Coronavirus: Your Essential Workforce Update – L&E Global Webinar

Date: Monday, 23 March 2020 – 5 p.m Central European Time / noon Eastern Time

Coronavirus: your essential workforce update. Key information to help you make effective decisions in these challenging times.

Since our last webinar on this topic at the beginning of March, the situation especially in Europe has taken a dramatic turn. Questions that were imminent at the beginning of March are no longer relevant in practice. Employers are now being faced with the need to make difficult business decisions at extremely short notice. We would like to give you some guidance for key European jurisdictions.

We invite you to download the “Stay Up To Date: Resources from your presenters regarding COVID-19” or view the final presentation of this webinar by clicking on the icon below:

The webinar featured attorneys from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and The Netherlands with deep knowledge and experience regarding the consequences of the Coronavirus in the workforce.

The speakers answered among others the following questions:

Insights
  • What about employees who must stay at home to take care of their children given the school’s closure?
  • Can employees be asked to take their leaves and their dates of leaves changed without notice? What about the use of time saving accounts?
  • Short time work: how does it work? Conditions, timeframe and formalities, duration and indemnification
  • How to manage works councils statutory meetings and other duties?
  • Are redundancies prohibited?
Speakers
  • Verena Braeckeler-Kogel (Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law in Germany)
  • Marcello Buzzini (LABLAW in Italy)
  • Alina Gizejowska (Sobczyk & Partners Law Firm in Poland)
  • Karol Hillebrandt (Palthe Oberman in the Netherlands)
  • Frédéric-Guillaume Laprévote (Flichy Grangé in France)
  • Ivan Suárez (Suárez de Vivero in Spain)

Date and time:
March 23, 2020 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm (CEST)

Mar
02
2020

How the Coronavirus impacts the workplace? – L&E Global Webinar

Date: Monday, 2 March 2020
• 9 a.m CET / 5 p.m Japan Standard Time / 4 p.m China Time
• 6 p.m CET / 9 a.m Pacific Standard Time / noon Eastern Time

Employers are confronted with numerous legal issues as they address Coronavirus travel restrictions and consider health and safety measures to protect their workforce. In this webinar we will address legal risks and best practices relating to the Coronavirus, from the perspectives of employment law, health and safety, data privacy, and discrimination/human rights in the US, Europe and China.

We invite you to view the final presentation of this webinar by clicking on the icon below:

Speakers
  • Verena Braeckeler-Kogel (Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law in Germany)
  • Matt Harrop (Clyde & Co in United Kingdom)
  • Frédéric-Guillaume Laprévote (Flichy Grangé in France)
  • Katharine Weber (Jackson Lewis in USA)
  • Ying Zhao (Zhong Lun in China)

Date and time:
March 2, 2020 9:00 am - 8:00 pm (CEST)

Jul
12
2019

Restrictive Covenants in Portugal

Definition and Types of Restrictive Covenants Agreements to restrict the activity of employees during employment or after contract termination are allowed under certain terms and conditions. Non-compete agreements/clauses (after termination) are enforceable only if the activity of the employee is likely to cause harm to the employer and payment of a non-competition compensation amount is […]

Jul
12
2019

Social Media and Data Privacy in Portugal

Can the employer monitor, access, review the employee’s electronic communications? According to the Portuguese Data Protection Authority, the employer may define the rules on the admitted private use of IT and communication means made available at the workplace and rules should form part of internal company regulations. In the workplace, surveillance cameras may be used […]

Jul
12
2019

Anti-Discrimination Laws in Portugal

Extent of Protection The law expressly prohibits discrimination grounded on parentage, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, family situation, economic situation, education, origin or social conditions, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic disease, nationality, ethnic origin or race, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological beliefs and affiliation with trade union, […]

Jul
12
2019

Hiring Practices in Portugal

Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work A general principle foresees that expatriates working on work permit are granted equal rights and obligations as national employees – requires a written form of the employment contracts with expatriates working on work permit (non-EU). In accordance with the law, companies must assure the candidate holds a residence visa […]

Jun
12
2019

Retail webinar: On-the-clock, All Over The World

Date: Wednesday 12 June 5 p.m. Central European Time (11 a.m. New York time)

Identifying key wage and hour risks confronting international retailers and strategies for compliance

Insights
  • The webinar will feature a panel discussion among attorneys from United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and France with deep experience representing employers confronted with class action wage and hour cases and the myriad of issues arising from the unique scheduling demands of the retail industry as they collide with the growing push to ensure through local laws that employees receive sufficient time off and compensation.
Speakers
  • Jonathan Dye (Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti in Canada)
  • Eric R. Magnus (Jackson Lewis in USA)
  • Olivier Kress (Flichy Grangé in France)
  • James Major (Clyde & Co in United Kingdom)
  • Moderator: Rich Landau (Jackson Lewis in USA)

Date and time:
June 12, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm (CEST)

Apr
03
2019

PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX CHALLENGES

Even in the era of far-reaching international trade agreements and regional economic and political partnerships, the majority of laws and regulations governing the workplace are still determined by the individual countries where employees work.

Spanning 6 continents, L&E Global’s member firms are ideally situated to provide clients with pragmatic, commercial advice necessary to achieve their objectives. Our members work closely with corporate, legal, human resources departments and corporate executives across a variety of sectors and industries to address the strategic and tactical issues that arise in the workplace.

Discover the most important labour and employment rules, regulations and best practices specific to each jurisdiction, conveniently together in one place.

Jan
29
2019

Portugal: New rules establishing quotas for disabled workers in Portugal

New regulation was published in Portugal in January and will apply as from February the 1st, establishing minimum quotas for disabled workers (disability levels equal or over 60% disability classification) that must be adopted by medium and large-sized enterprises when engaging and organizing their workforce

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