Hot Topics in International Labor and Employment Law

As the workplace and businesses evolve, keeping pace with today’s developments in international labor and employment law is not easy. It is not only labor and employment counsels who need to know the latest trends. In a global work environment, legal advisors need to appreciate the big picture and the business impact of labor and employment issues in order to meet their clients’ expectations, and the challenge is even greater when different jurisdictions from diverse regions such as Europe, the U.S. and the Americas are compared.

This highly topical seminar will cover litigation developments and strategies, as well as advisory and transactional issues on international labor and employment law.

Topics:

• Employment discrimination
• Business immigration and global mobility 
• Data protection and social media 
• Terminations 
• Non-compete agreements and team moves
• Labor relations 

Agenda items include:

Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 9:15 am
Technology at Work – Is Employment Law Adapting and Keeping Pace with New Technology?
Moderator: Jan-Ove Becker, vangard – Member of Littler Global, Hamburg, Germany

Friday, May 20, 2016 - 10:00 am
From LIBOR to VW
Speaker: Philip Berkowitz, Littler, New York, U.S.

Friday, May 20, 2016 - 11:30 am
Can Multi-nationals Introduce Global Employment Policies? The Challenges in Practice.
Speaker: Trent Sutton, Littler, Rochester, U.S.

Conference Program

Presented by the international attorneys of Littler Global.