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The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council has formally adopted a Directive of the EU Parliament, which aims to harmonise the protections available for EU whistleblowers who report breaches of EU law....By: Dentons

The government published its Good Work Plan back in December 2018 in response to Matthew Taylor's review of employment practices. The Good Work Plan's stated aims are to provide clarity, ensure fair and decent work and facilitate enforcement....By: Dentons

Following on from the 2017 Clean Growth Strategy (CGS), in which the government committed to support businesses in reducing their energy use by at least 20% by 2030, the government has now issued a consultation, The Non-Domestic Private Rented Sector...By: Dentons

The extent to which an employer is responsible in law for the harassment of its employees by third parties has changed several times over the years. As originally enacted, the Equality Act 2010 made employers liable for failing to protect employees...By: Dentons

For such an apparently simple idea, statutory trial periods are notoriously tricky. Often employers and employees agree some sort of trial period of their own and usually there is no problem. However, if a dispute arises, any deviation from the...By: Dentons

The French Competition Authority sanctions a grouping of road hauliers for customer allocation - On October 28, 2019, the French Competition Authority fined the first European grouping for transport and logistics Astre €3.8 million for having...By: Dentons

The High Court has given its decision in Income Tax Appeal No. 22 of 2017 UAP Life Assurance Company Limited v. the Commissioner of Domestic Taxes, upholding the appellant’s position that Tied Insurance Agents are not salaried employees....By: Dentons

Welcome to the autumn edition of the Dutch Law - German Newsletter....By: Dentons

Further to our bulletin published on 17 July 2019, the Private Security (General) Regulations 2019 have been annulled by the Parliament of Kenya. On 19 November 2019 Parliament adopted the Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation recommending...By: Dentons

In a decision dated September 11, 2019 (Cass. soc., September 11, 2019, No. 18-23.764), the French Supreme Court ruled that an employee cannot, in a same body and at the same time, hold the deliberative duties of his mandate as CSE member and the...By: Dentons