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Sick leave under German employment law: Termination, medical certificates by phone and latest topics

Termination in case of the threat of taking sick leave Employees who respond to an instruction by their employer with the threat of taking sick leave can be dismissed without notice. It is irrelevant whether the employee actually falls ill later or whether the instruction by the employer was unlawful. In a recent decision, the … Continue reading

New executive order issued requiring federal contractors to offer employees paid sick leave

By Shafeeqa Watkins Giarratani (US) and Derek Rollins (US) on September 18, 2015 Posted in United States

As he heads into the final year of his presidency, and in the face of continued Congressional impasse, President Obama continues to exercise his executive authority to issue directives targeting the federal contractor workforce. A new executive order requires that federal contractors offer employees up to seven days of paid sick leave. Eligible employees will … Continue reading

Paid sick days law in California is amended

By Arthur F. Silbergeld and Bennett Kaspar (US) on August 19, 2015 Posted in United States

The California Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 (“the Act”) went into effect on January 1, 2015, but its key accrual and use provisions became effective on July 1. On July 13, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 304, amending California’s Sick Leave law to make immediate changes. Those amendments state: Employers may … Continue reading

A duvet day keeps the doctor away

By Karen Ainslie (ZA) on July 16, 2014 Posted in South Africa

This article was written by Amelia Berman, an associate at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa While countries in the northern hemisphere are currently enjoying their long summer holidays, we South Africans are facing a cold (and unusually wet) winter wishing that we could borrow a practice from the United Kingdom and the United States and … Continue reading