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Intra Corporate Transfer Directive and international assignments: a patchy picture across the EU

Many EU member states were due to implement the Intra Corporate Transfer-Directive (“ICT Directive”), into domestic immigration law late last year.  To date, the implementation map remains patchy across the EU.   However, international employers should be aware of the new…
Posted on 7th January, 2017
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Market Abuse Regulation one year in: key issues for employee share plans

The Market Abuse Regulation (“MAR”) came into force throughout the EU one year ago, with significant impact for companies operating employee share plans.  In this article we summarise the impact of the MAR on employee share plans, and some important…
Posted on 7th January, 2017
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Religious attire: practical tips for EU employers

Throughout the EU, disputes with employees who wear religious clothes or symbols, such as Islamic headscarves and Christian crosses, can be expensive and damaging for employers.  Such disputes attract potentially uncapped compensation awards if an employer’s dress code is found…
Posted on 7th January, 2017
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Brexit: Help reassure UK based European employees today

Since the UK’s decision to leave the European Union following a historic referendum many European nationals and their families will be naturally concerned about their future status in the UK. While we do not know the exact certainties that lay…
Posted on 9th January, 2016
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New European data protection regulations herald major changes from 2018

Businesses both within, and transacting with, the EU need to plan to manage the significant impact and major penalty regime of the new regulations. The Data Protection Directive of 1995 provided only for a basic level of security measures relating…
Posted on 6th January, 2016
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EU-US Privacy Shield rejected

In March 2016, the EU Commission issued a draft decision stating that the Privacy Shield agreement negotiated between US officials and the EU Commission in January 2016, as a replacement for the former Safe Harbor agreement, offered adequate protection for…
Posted on 4th January, 2016
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EU-US Privacy Shield published

The full details of the Privacy Shield Agreement reached between EU Commission and US government officials at the beginning of February 2016 have now been published. Where we left off As previously reported, the Privacy Shield Agreement (which was designed…
Posted on 3rd January, 2016
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EU data protection reform to usher in far reaching changes for businesses by 2018

Following four years of negotiation, agreement has been reached between the various European Union (EU) institutions (the Commission, the Council and the EU Parliament) on reform of data protection laws to be applicable across all EU member states, applicable from…
Posted on 1st January, 2016
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Changes to the accounting treatment for share-based payments

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is considering changes to the accounting treatment for share-based payments under IFRS2.  The changes would allow an award that is settled net of withholding taxes to be treated as entirely equity settled for accounting…
Posted on 10th January, 2015
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Employee data transfers to the US: The end of the Safe Harbor scheme

On 6 October 2015 the Court of Justice in the European Community (European Court) gave its judgment in the case brought by Max Schrems concerning the validity of the US Safe Harbor scheme and concluded that it does not adequately…
Posted on 10th January, 2015
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‘Working time’ now included in travel to and from work for mobile workers

Readers may remember that in our last edition we reported on an important case assessing whether workers were 'working' when they travelled from home to their first customer assignment of the day, and back home again at the end of…
Posted on 9th January, 2015
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Short stay visa no longer required for travellers from UAE to Europe

On 6 May 2015, the European Union and the United Arab Emirates waived the visa requirements for United Arab Emirates nationals visiting the Schengen* countries within Europe. Nationals from the United Arab Emirates may now stay in all Schengen countries…
Posted on 7th January, 2015
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Could ‘working time’ now include travel to and from work?

In what could be a landmark decision, Advocate General Bot has said that, under the European Working Time Directive, a group of Spanish workers were ‘working’ when they travelled from home to their first customer assignment of the day and…
Posted on 7th January, 2015
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ECJ clarifies definition of ‘establishment’ for collective redundancies

The long awaited decision regarding the former UK retailers Woolworths and Ethel Austin has been handed down by the ECJ. The ECJ decided that each store could be a separate ‘establishment’. Background: There is a legal requirement to collectively consult…
Posted on 5th January, 2015
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Is obesity a disability? ECJ Judgement

In a decision that could have a significant impact for employers, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that obesity could, in some cases, be a disability. In November 2010, Mr Kaltoft, a Danish childminder, was dismissed after 15…
Posted on 1st January, 2015
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