Portugal

The Court of Justice of the European Union has often surprised national jurisdictions and employers with its rather strict interpretation of the EU Working Time Directive, for example regarding the obligation to register working time. Also, recent cases concerning the conditions to qualify on-call time as working time and on the application of the working […]

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 […]

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is underway throughout the globe, and employers worldwide are confronted with complex issues as they protect the health and safety of their workforces while avoiding infringement of the rights of individual employees. In this webinar, we will discuss some of the unique questions arising in the Asia-Pacific region: Can the employer require employees […]

In the webinar we will address the new Subcontracting Reform in Mexico published on April 23rd, 2021 and discuss the immediate and far-reaching legal consequences for multinationals with operations in Mexico. In general, the extensive subcontracting arrangements currently used by many companies will as a result of this reform be limited to specialized services or work which […]