Update On The Landmark Chilean Labour Reform Bill

Harris Gomez Group has previously provided an overview of the labour reform bill that addressed the more significant changes and outlined the true implications from a legal perspective. It can be found here.

A landmark labour reform bill in Chile is facing a last minute hurdle after a top court ruled that certain parts of the reform were unconstitutional, sending them back to Congress for discussion despite passing through both houses of Congress recently. […]

By | June 9th, 2016 ||

A Guide to Employment Law in Sweden by Baker & McKenzie

The relation between employers and their employees is highly regulated in Sweden. In addition to a number of laws affecting employment, many aspects of labour relations, such as salaries and terms of employment, are regulated by collective bargaining agreements (CBA) that are negotiated by and between trade unions and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. Therefore, an investigation into the employment law applicable to any particular area of industry and commerce would not be complete […]

By | June 7th, 2016 ||

United Kingdom: Are Emails Sent At Work Private?

In Garamukanwa v. Solent NHS Trust  [2015], the EAT has upheld a finding that Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights was not engaged where an employer had used material during a disciplinary hearing that was found on the employee’s phone and provided to the employer by the police.
The facts
Mr Garamukanwa was employed by Solent NHS Trust (Solent) as a clinical manager. He formed a relationship with a staff nurse (Ms Maclean) […]

By | June 6th, 2016 ||