Public perception in the UK is that the global economic crisis was, at least partly, as a result of bankers receiving large bonuses incentivising them to take high risks. Against this background and to achieve this curb on excessive bonuses the European Parliament has approved new measures. Initially these new rules will apply at parent
In Germany, there is a rule, which says: If you do not work you do not earn your salary. There are several exceptions (e.g. in case of illness or holidays) but does it apply to the following case?:
An employee (whose salary was EUR 95,000.00 per year, by the way) claimed for full compensation for
En vertu de l’article 2088 du Code civil du Québec, le salarié est tenu, entre autres, d’agir avec loyauté envers son employeur :
2088. Le salarié, outre qu’il est tenu d’exécuter son travail avec prudence et diligence, doit agir avec loyauté et ne pas faire usage de l’information à caractère confidentiel qu’il obtient dans
This post was contributed by Shannon Robinson, Associate, Norton Rose Canada LLP and Matthew Demeo, Articling Student, Norton Rose Canada LLP (Ottawa)
Last month, the Divisional Court of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court) upheld a decision that refused to certify class proceedings for unpaid overtime against the Canadian Imperial
Over the past few years, French case law has subjected to increasingly strict scrutiny employers using “forfait jours”, which is a specific method of working time for autonomous executives (whose working time is calculated as a number of days over the year rather than a number of hours per week).
In 2011, the
In an important decision that effectively reverses how employers assess whether their award or agreement covered employees are ‘true’ casual employees under the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act), the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (the Commission) has held that the characterisation of “casual employee” should be solely based on
Merci à Véronique Fournier, stagiaire en droit chez Norton Rose à Québec, pour sa collaboration à la préparation du présent article.
Dans une décision récente de la Commission des lésions professionnelles (Garoy Construction inc. et Jean Leclerc Excavation, 2013 QCCLP 1920, (Me René Napert, juge administratif)), la suspension des travaux imposée sur le
This post was contributed by Kate Paterson
In July 2013, the trade union Solidarity will take the Department of Correctional Services to the Labour Court in Cape Town for what is anticipated will be a week-long trial of the constitutionality of the Department’s employment equity plan.
The plan is for the Department’s employees to
Merci à Renée Loiselle, stagiaire chez Norton Rose Canada S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l., pour son aide dans la préparation de cet article.
Un employeur peut-il, sans devoir assumer l’obligation découlant des articles 82 et ss. de la Loi sur les normes du travail (« LNT »), renoncer au délai de congé que lui donne un salarié démissionnaire?
With the proliferation of social media, employers are more and more tempted to resort to their employees’ personal accounts so as to obtain valuable evidence whenever a dispute arises. For example, whether it be to provide proof of an employee’s state of mind, of activities that are incompatible with an employment injury or of fraudulent