Rhonda Levy and George Vassos examine a British Columbia case that considered what differentiates an employee from an independent contractor under the province’s Employment Standards Act (ESA). (Subscription required.)
Raoul Parekh talks about an increase in planned redundancies in the UK, due to higher interest rates and borrowing costs, as well as hangover effects of the pandemic.
Philip Cameron discusses a West Yorkshire employment tribunal case in which a man was dismissed from his job after a profanity-laced exchange led to an employment tribunal ruling that being called ‘bald’ at work is harassment related to sex.
Employers in Spain are required by law to assess the health and safety of their employees, but as Javier Molina discusses, that’s challenging when employees are working remotely.
The UK government announced a barrage of new laws, including a Bill of Rights and Brexit Freedoms Bill, but Sophie Vanhegan says the promised Employment Bill, which was not mentioned, has kept employers in a state of uncertainty since 2019.