This article was written by Verushka Reddy, a Director and Erwyn Durman, a Candidate Attorney at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa
Employers and employees should be aware of the following twelve main principles in relation to rest breaks at work.
French regulations strictly supervise employees’ working time, which may not exceed a certain limit and must include break time and minimum rest periods. Not only must the employer comply with these obligations, but in the event of litigation, the employer must be in a position to produce evidence that it has done so.
Each employee
This post was also contributed by Sebastian Kutzner, Trainee, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP (Munich).
Due to increasing demands for a work life balance, uncertainty as to employees’ rights to rest periods, in particular, is widespread. German law distinguishes between two types of rest periods:
Article 167 of the Labor Colombian Code, establishes that “working hours during a work day, must be distributed in two sections, with at least one break or intermediate period, that rationally suit the nature of the work and the employee’s needs. Such resting time is not part of the working day”.
In this sense, Colombian
December 6th marked Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women and Girls. Recent studies suggest that 54% of domestic and sexual violence victims have faced abuse at or near their workplace, placing significant stressors on performance, attendance, and mental health. Employers also feel the effects of domestic violence. Statistics Canada has
The Government has published the revised draft of the Gender Pay Gap Information Regulations which are due to come into force in April 2017. Whilst the revised regulations do clarify some of the issues raised in the previous draft in February there are still some points on which further guidance is needed.
Which employees are
This article was written by Erwyn Durman, a Candidate Attorney at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa
Employers now have the authority to sanction serious cases of racism with a dismissal. The Constitutional Court by overturning contrary judgments of the Labour Court and the Labour Appeal Court: ruled categorically that a dismissal is an appropriate remedy
This article was written by Lee Crisp, an Associate at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa
Fixed term contracts are favoured by employers in the sports industry. As professional sport is heavily performance driven, fixed term contracts give employers a measure of flexibility in contracting with employees. While fixed-term contracts have benefits, both employees and employers
The Working Time Regulations 1998 (the Regulations), which implement the requirements of the 1993 EC Working Time Directive, introduced restrictions on the number of hours worked by employees and workers together with a right to rest breaks, rest periods and holidays. This post is concerned with the right to rest breaks during the working day.
Despite the fact that the U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime regulations were set to go into effect on December 1st, the validity of the regulations remains unsettled. We previously reported that on November 22nd, Judge Amos Mazzant of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide injunction precluding