As more and more companies invest overseas, the need for readily
available, accurate, and detailed knowledge of labour and
employment laws in multiple jurisdictions becomes an essential
resource for employers and their counsel. Now, this one-of-a-kind
new loose-leaf publication provides exactly such a tool. Launching
with chapters on no fewer than sixteen countries - all of them
among the world's most important commercial jurisdictions and
labour markets - the Handbook promises to become, as it expands
with new chapters on more jurisdictions added regularly, the
preeminent, indispensable source of information on labour and
employment laws worldwide. Each country chapter, written by a
distinguished legal practitioner in that country, is based on a
standard outline that allows users to compare the legal landscape
and analyse solutions to employment problems in each jurisdiction.
The following general categories, broken down in specific detail,
are covered in each chapter: Legal Framework: Employment Law
Contracts of Employment Recruiting, Interviewing, Screening and
Hiring Employees Managing Performance/Conduct Termination of
Employees for Performance or Disciplinary Reasons Layoffs,
Reductions in Force, and/or Redundancies as a Result of Job
Eliminations or Other Restructuring Labour and Employment Law
Ramifications upon Acquisition or Sale of a Business Use of
Alternative Workforces: Independent Contractors, Contract
Employees, and Temporary or Leased Workers Obligation to Bargain
Collectively with Trade Unions: Employees' Right to Strike and a
Company's Right to Continue Business Operations Working Conditions:
Hours of Work and Payment of Wages - By Statute or Collective
Agreements Other Working Conditions and Benefits - By Statute,
Collective Agreements, or Company Policy Workers' Compensation
Company's Obligation to Provide Safe and Healthy Workplace
Immigration, Secondment and Foreign Assignment Restrictive
Covenants and Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential
Information Protection of Whistleblowing Claims Prohibition of
Discrimination in the Workplace Smoking in the Workplace Use of
Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace AIDS, HIV, SARS, Bloodborne
Pathogens Dress and Grooming Requirements Privacy, Technology and
Transfer of Personal Data Workplace Investigations for Complaints
of Discrimination, Harassment, Fraud, Theft, and Whistleblowing
Affirmative Action/Nondiscrimination Requirements Resolution of
Labor, Discrimination and Employment Disputes: Litigation,
Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation Employer Recordkeeping,
Data Protection, and Employee Access to Personnel Files and Records
Required Notices and Postings For each category the chapter
provides detailed coverage of applicable laws, with the addition of
such practical features as checklists of do's and don'ts;
step-by-step compliance measures with mandatory standards and
procedures and recordkeeping requirements; specific applicable
fines and penalties; and much more. Thoroughly practical in
orientation, the Handbook is easy to understand for lawyers
andnon-lawyers alike, and is sure to be greatly welcomed by
business executives and human resources professionals as well as
corporate counsel and business lawyers.
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