During a January 28, 2021 news conference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced stricter rules for travellers entering Canada from international destinations.
A look at the first six months of Japan’s anti-bullying law, how it has been applied, and what steps both large and small employers should be taking to comply with its anti-bullying requirements.
Generally, Dutch employers can terminate an employment contract only if they have reasonable grounds for doing so, and reassigning the employee within a reasonable timeframe is impossible or impractical. Does that include creating a new position?
On January 5, 2021, the UK government’s guidance was updated to clarify that employers may (but are not required to) furlough employees who have caring responsibilities for children who are at home as a result of school and childcare facilities closing.
Shareholder Trent Sutton and Special Counsel Nancy Zhang discuss China’s new civil code and focus briefly on new personal privacy rights that could impact employee monitoring.
On January 14, 2021, Ontario announced the start of a workplace health and safety inspection blitz of big-box stores in certain cities. A week later, it expanded this program to additional business sectors.
2021 brings new questions for Canadian employers; the most challenging of all is whether, in the unprecedented circumstance of a global pandemic, they can require their employees to be vaccinated.
A deliveryman for a confectionery chain who was suspended because he repeatedly refused to wear a mask is not entitled to his salary, the District Court of Utrecht ruled last week.
