Diversity Officers to CEOs: This Is What We Need

?Discrimination continues to run rampant in the workplace. Reports have shown that racial trauma at work is real, women who work similar jobs to men still earn less and LGBTQ employees face... Read more »

German Authorities Have Called for a Data Protection Law for Employees

?On May 4, the German Conference of the Federal and State Data Protection Authorities (DSK) published a call for an Employee Data Protection Act. As a reminder, in Germany, data protection is... Read more »

The EU Quota for Women on Boards

After a decade-long stagnation, the European Parliament and member states’ negotiators agreed on a bill to increase the proportion of women on corporate boards. Germany, like many other European countries, started down... Read more »

UK Government Has No Immediate Plans to Make Menopause a Protected Characteristic

?With menopause cases reaching U.K. Employment Tribunals at a record rate, there had been speculation about whether the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) could be amended to include specific protection for menopause.... Read more »

Employer of Record in Spain: Making it Easier to Hire Employees in Other Jurisdictions

?The concept of “local legal employer” or “employer of record,” which enables companies to access talent in other countries, has burst onto the scene in Spain as a new form of hiring... Read more »

What Impact Does an Asset Sale and Share Sale Have on Employees in the UAE?

?There are no transfer regulations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE); therefore, employees do not automatically transfer to a buyer on an asset sale. To transfer employee(s) from the seller to the... Read more »

Cancer Cases on the Rise: Here’s What Employers Should Know

The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to an increase in cancer cases nationwide. Learn which demographics are at increased risk of being diagnosed and what employers can… Read more »

McDonald’s Franchisee to Pay $1.6 Million in Sexual-Harassment Case

A New England-area McDonald’s franchisee must pay $1.6 million in damages for failing to protect workers from a manager who sexually harassed them over several years at… Read more »

Out of Sight, Out of Mind?

?Jasmine Lewis doesn’t want to return to the office because she’s tired of painting a smile on her face. Lewis is a vice president at a Houston-based home services firm and holds... Read more »

Hong Kong: Recommendations Made on Preventing and Responding to Harassment

?On May 12, Hong Kong’s Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) released the findings of the first-ever “Territorywide Representative Survey on Sexual Harassment in Hong Kong 2021.” In its report, the EOC set out and... Read more »