Over the past years, the use of Employers of Record (“EOR”) has significantly increased outside of Europe and is now also developing across European countries.

This growing interest is due to the EOR system offering increased flexibility to companies, in particular for those intending to expand their business in countries where they do

The Dutch government has proposed to limit the compensation for payment of the statutory severance payment (transitievergoeding) following dismissal after two years of illness to small employers only.  Currently, there is no size threshold, and employers of all sizes are entitled to compensation from the Dutch Labour Office (UWV). The government

In a ruling dated November 13, 2025, the French Supreme Court determined that when an employee is hired under a fixed-term replacement contract, the employer must inform the new employee of the dismissal of the employee they have replacedFailure to provide such notification results in the fixed-term employment contract being reclassified as

Dans un arrêt du 13 novembre 2015, la Cour de Cassation a jugé dans le cadre d’un CDD de remplacement, que l’employeur devait informer le salarié remplaçant du licenciement du salarié remplacé et que s’il ne le fait pas, le contrat de travail a durée déterminée est alors requalifié en contrat de travail à durée

In einer überaus praxisrelevanten Entscheidung hat das Bundesarbeitsgericht (BAG, 12.02.2025 – 5 AZR 127/24) zur Frage der Anrechnung anderweitigen Verdienstes während einer Freistellung Klarheit geschaffen: Der ordentlich gekündigte und freigestellte Arbeitnehmer unterlässt in der Regel nicht böswillig anderweitigen Verdienst, wenn er vor Ablauf der Kündigungsfrist kein anderweitiges Beschäftigungsverhältnis eingeht.

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This article was co-authored by Emma Anvari.

A Victorian parliamentary inquiry report published in August 2024 concerning workplace drug testing (the Report) contains key recommendations relating to medicinal cannabis for both the Victorian Government and WorkSafe Victoria.

The terms of reference for the Victorian Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee (Committee) included inquiring into the

If an employee takes up other employment following an unlawful dismissal, holiday entitlements arise for the period of overlap of both employment relationships if the dismissal proves to be invalid in the unfair dismissal proceedings.  This also applies if the employee would not have been able to fulfil the obligations from both employment relationships cumulatively.

Geht ein Arbeitnehmer nach einer rechtswidrigen Kündigung einer anderen Beschäftigung nach, entstehen für den Zeitraum der zeitlichen Überschneidung in beiden Arbeitsverhältnissen Urlaubsansprüche, wenn sich die Kündigung im Kündigungsschutzprozess als unwirksam erweist.  Dies gilt auch, wenn der Arbeitnehmer die Pflichten aus beiden Arbeitsverhältnissen nicht kumulativ hätte erfüllen können. Um die Verdoppelung von Urlaubsansprüchen zu vermeiden, wird

On 10 October, the Government published the Employment Rights Bill 2024 (the Bill). The Bill contains significant reforms to employment rights and has been hailed as being a “once in a generation” change to the employment rights of workers. Its aim is to “deliver economic security and growth to businesses, workers and communities across