Flexible Work Arrangement Obligations Coming For Federal Employers

The Federal Ministry of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour will soon be concluding a period of consultations with the general public about flexible work arrangements. In that process, the Minister has made it clear that changes are coming. They will affect employers covered by the employment standards provisions of the Canada Labour Code, which represents a small segment of the Canadian workforce as it only applies to federal employers i.e. employers in industries like […]

By | July 11th, 2016 ||

The Right To Disconnect

The French government has presented before Parliament the “El Khomri” bill which, if passed, should modify a significant part of the employment law framework in France.

Among various provisions, the bill mentions the right, for the employees, to disconnect.

Indeed article 25 of the bill states that the employer has to regulate the employees’ use of digital tools in order to protect their private and family life as well as resting periods.

More specifically, it is provided […]

By | July 8th, 2016 ||

Ireland: How Does An Employer Objectively Justify A Mandatory Retirement Age?

On June 27, a federal court in Texas enjoined the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) from implementing its new interpretation of the “Persuader Rule.” In a sweeping 86-page rebuff to the DOL, the court opined that the DOL’s new interpretation of the “Advice Exemption in Section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act” (“New Rule”) is “defective to its core” and thus preliminarily enjoined implementation of the New Rule nationwide. This decision […]

By | July 6th, 2016 ||