Global employment law manual

Pre-hire checks and immigration

Pre-hire checks

Immigration

Employment status

Permitted forms of working

Fixed-term employment

Part-time employment

Supply of temporary labour to an unconnected third party (labour leasing / agency work)

Temporary supply of labour intra-group (secondments)

Posted workers

Independent contractors and misclassification

Employment contracts and policies

Terms and conditions of employment

Probationary periods

Mandatory policies

Third party approval

Language requirements

Electronic signatures

Changing contractual terms

Post-termination restraints

Enforceability of restrictive covenants

Permitted types of restrictive covenant

Limits on the scope of restrictive covenants

Formal procedural requirements for valid restrictive covenants

Payment / compensation required for valid restrictive covenants

Enforcement of restrictive covenants

Common methods of business protection other than restrictive covenants

Confidential information

Protection of confidential information

Working time and time off work

Application of the rules on working time

Restrictions on working hours

Night work

Recording working hours

Overtime

Daily rest breaks

Weekly rest periods

Right to disconnect

Holiday entitlement

Holiday pay

Public or bank holidays

Sick leave and pay

Special leave

Remote working

Definition of remote working

Statutory right for employees to request remote working

Legal right for employers to impose remote working

Formal requirements for remote working

Right to revoke remote working arrangements

Provision of equipment for remote working

Payment of expenses incurred by remote working

Responsibility for health and safety of remote workers

Overseas remote working

Minimum wage

Family-friendly rights

Maternity leave and pay reserved for mothers

Paternity leave and pay reserved for fathers or partner

Leave and pay available to either parent following birth

Adoption leave and pay

Carer leave and pay

Emergency or other ad hoc family-related leave and pay

Right to request changes to working arrangements for family or dependent related reasons

Rights and obligations during family-related leave

Right to return to work following family-related leave

Protection against discrimination, detriment and dismissal

Other protection related to pregnancy, maternity or family-related leave

Sanctions for breach of family-related obligations

Discrimination and harassment

Scope of protection against discrimination and harassment

Protected characteristics

Prohibited discrimination or harassment (including mobbing and bullying)

Equality plan obligations

Equal pay obligations

Gender pay reporting

Disabled persons quota

Reasonable adjustments

Positive action

Employers' liability for discrimination or harassment by employees / others

Liability of individuals for discrimination or harassment

Sanctions against employers and / or individuals for discrimination or harassment

Forum and time limit for a discrimination or harassment complaint

Whistleblowing

Overview of whistleblowing

Business transfers

Outsourcing

Share sales

The transfer mechanism

Employee rights and employer liabilities

Objections or refusal to transfer

Contract variations and harmonisation

Collective bargaining agreements

Information and consultation requirements

Protection against termination of employment

Sanctions for breach of business transfer rules

Trade unions

Types and influence of trade unions

Trade union membership

Trade union rights

Informing and consulting trade unions

Trade union co-determination rights

Rights of trade union officials

Right to strike

Collective agreements

Works councils / employee forums

Establishment of a works council / employee forum

Works council / employee forum procedure

Informing and consulting a works council / employee forum

Work council / employee forum co-determination rights

Other works council / employee forum rights

Rights of works council / employee forum members

Other representative bodies

Supervisory board representation

Individual termination of employment

Grounds for lawful termination

Discipline procedures

Grievance procedures

Prohibited or restricted terminations

Third party approval for termination and termination documents

Notice required for individual termination

Pay in lieu of notice

Garden leave

Severance pay due for individual termination

Remedies for unlawful individual termination

Mass layoffs / collective redundancies

Definition of mass layoffs or collective redundancies

Prohibited or restricted terminations

Process and timing of mass layoffs or collective redundancies

Notice periods and payments in respect of mass layoffs or collective redundancies

Severance pay due on termination because of mass layoffs or collective redundancies

Government notification requirement in case of mass layoffs or collective redundancies

Sanctions for failure to follow mass layoff or collective redundancy requirements

Settlement of claims / waivers

Enforceability of waivers of rights / settlement agreements

Pensions

Overview of pensions

State pensions

Individual pension arrangements

Employer's obligation to provide a pension scheme

Voluntary provision by employers

Types of employer pension scheme

Structure of employer pension schemes

Eligibility for employer pension schemes

Contributions to the pension scheme by employer and employee

Investment of contributions

Benefit types under an employer pension scheme

Benefit age restrictions on employees

Benefit limits under an employer pension scheme

Vesting of employer pension scheme benefits

Employee leaving employment before retirement

Portability of employer's pension scheme

Impact of employee absences on employer's contributions

Changes to the employer's scheme

Taxation of employer pension schemes

Regulation of employer pension schemes

Forfeiture of benefits

Business transfers

Other common retirement funding options

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