Employment: What is coming into force in April 2024?
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by Amanda Sanders (UK)
10h ago
As we highlighted in our previous post (What to expect in employment law in 2024), 2023 saw the introduction of several significant employment legislative changes. Just to remind you of the changes due to come into effect in April. Holiday Leave and Pay: Provisions for irregular hours and part-year workers apply to leave years starting on or after 1 April 2024. These provisions will affect how holiday pay accrues and is carried forward for workers with irregular hours or part-year employment and will allow employers the option to pay rolled-up holiday pay. Carer’s Leave: From 6 April 2024, emp ..read more
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Territorial Jurisdiction – where is the employee’s base?
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by Amanda Sanders (UK)
5d ago
  In Yacht Management Company Ltd v Gordon the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld a decision of the Employment Tribunal, that there were numerous factors to support the Tribunal’s conclusion that it had jurisdiction to hear a claim of unfair dismissal brought by the employee because the seafarer’s “base” was her home in Aberdeen, Great Britain despite the fact that her “tours of duty” on the yacht all began and ended outside Great Britain and the yacht did not enter a UK port or UK waters at any time during her employment. Facts The employer, Yacht Management Company Ltd (YMC Ltd ..read more
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Germany: Collective redundancy notifications
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by Claudia Posluschny and Stefanie Radina
5d ago
German Federal Labour Court: The planned change of direction of the Sixth Senate In its decision of December 14, 2023 in case 6 AZR 157/22 (B), the Sixth Senate of the German Federal Labour Court, which is responsible for insolvency matters, announced that it would depart from existing case law pursuant to which a dismissal in the context of a collective redundancy pursuant to Section 17 (1) of the German Dismissal Protection Act (Kündigungsschutzgesetz – KSchG) is held to be invalid where a notification pursuant to Section 17 (1), (3) KSchG is missing or incorrect at the time of its declarati ..read more
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Aktuelles zur Massenentlassungsanzeige
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by Claudia Posluschny and Stefanie Radina
5d ago
BAG: Der geplante Kurswechsel des Sechstens Senats Der für Insolvenzsachen zuständige Sechste Senat des Bundesarbeitsgerichts hat mit Beschluss vom 14. Dezember 2023 in dem Verfahren 6 AZR 157/22 (B) angekündigt, seine Rechtsprechung aufzugeben, wonach eine im Rahmen einer Massenentlassung nach § 17 Abs. 1 KSchG ausgesprochene Kündigung unwirksam ist, wenn im Zeitpunkt ihrer Erklärung eine Anzeige nach § 17 Abs. 1, Abs. 3 KSchG fehlt oder fehlerhaft ist. Eine Aufgabe dieser Rechtsprechung stünde jedoch im Widerspruch zur ständigen Rechtsprechung des Zweiten Senats des Bundesarbeitsgerichts, de ..read more
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Agences de placement: Congédiement illégal d’un employé ayant contesté une clause de non-embauche d’une durée de plus de six mois  
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by Margot Beauchemin-Daoust
1w ago
Introduction Le Tribunal administratif du travail (TAT) a été appelé à rendre une décision[1] qui, pour la première fois, met en cause l’article 23(2) du Règlement sur les agences de placement de personnel et les agences de recrutement de travailleurs étrangers temporaires (Règlement sur les agences de placement)[2], lequel interdit de restreindre l’embauche d’un employé d’agence de placement par un client au-delà d’une période de six mois. Ainsi, dans une décision rendue le 19 janvier 2024, le TAT confirme l’illicéité du congédiement d’un employé ayant exercé un droit lui étant conféré par ce ..read more
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La Cour d’appel du Québec confirme l’exclusion du statut parental comme motif de discrimination prohibé
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by Gabrielle Rollin
2w ago
Introduction La Cour d’appel du Québec a récemment eu à se prononcer sur la notion de discrimination fondée sur l’état civil, tel qu’énoncé à l’article 10 de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne (la « Charte »)[1]. Dans un jugement rendu le 19 février 2024, la Cour d’appel confirme que les concepts de « parentalité », « état parental », « situation de famille » et « situation parentale » sont exclus de la notion de discrimination basée sur l’état civil[2]. Contexte En 2018, le Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique, section locale 3333 (le « Syndicat »), représentant des chauffeu ..read more
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Paid leave entitlements during sickness absence: a significant change in France
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by Marie-Thérèse Eugénio
1M ago
In three decisions handed down on 13 September 2023, the French Supreme Court took an unprecedented position reversing the previous case law concerning accrual of paid leave for employees absent from work due to sickness. In these decisions, the French Supreme Court ruled that all employees on sick leave, regardless of whether the illness is work-related or not, must continue to accrue paid leave during the period of sickness absence. These rulings are based on the argument that in this area French law does not comply with European law. The French Labour Code as drafted does not comply with EU ..read more
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Closing the wage theft, redundancy and domestic violence loopholes
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by Jason Noakes and Michael Nightingale
1M ago
This article was co-authored with Millie Jones and Ying Yi Lim. As discussed in our article late last year, the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes Act 2023 (the Act)) was passed by Parliament on 7 December 2023. The Act introduced significant changes to “close the labour hire loophole” and prevent bargained rates in enterprise agreements from being undercut by the use of labour hire. The Act received Royal Assent on 14 December 2023. As foreshadowed, in this article, we consider a number of other changes introduced by the Act which: criminali ..read more
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Tous les salariés en arrêt maladie ont droit aux congés payés : le revirement de jurisprudence
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by Marie-Thérèse Eugénio
1M ago
Par trois décisions rendues le 13 septembre 2023, la Cour de Cassation a pris une position inédite et opéré un revirement de jurisprudence concernant les règles applicables aux congés payés des salariés en arrêt maladie. Ainsi, la Cour de Cassation a considéré dans ces décisions que tous les salariés en arrêt maladie, que l’origine de cette dernière soit professionnelle ou non professionnelle, devaient continuer à acquérir des congés payés pendant cette période. Ces décisions sont justifiées par le fait que le droit français en la matière n’est pas conforme au droit européen. Ainsi, le code du ..read more
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Germany: What to expect in 2024
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by Claudia Posluschny and Frank Weberndörfer
1M ago
German employment law will introduce new legislation bringing numerous changes in 2024 that HR managers should be aware of. New legislation enters into force The factors for calculating the levels in the social insurance system were adjusted on 1 January 2024. You can find the current rates and limits here. The statutory minimum wage was increased to €12.41. The annual earnings limit for mini-jobs (being a form of part-time employment allowing workers to earn a limited income without being subject to the usual full social security contributions) in 2024 has been raised to €6,456 (€538/month ..read more
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