24 October 2019
Social Media & the Workforce - The Perils and Opportunities for Employers
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/social-media-and-the-workforce--the-perils-and-opportunities-for-employers

Leaving all the legal complications aside, in this article we seek to categorise the key questions that clients ask us about the general challenges that social media is creating in the workplace and we share our ...

09 April 2020
COVID-19: The Music Shuffle
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/covid-19-the-music-shuffle

We take a look at how the music industry is adapting to COVID-19, what the pandemic means for live events, how the music community is pulling together and how changing consumer habits could create new opportunities ...

03 December 2019
Wondergoal: Australian women’s football team score in securing equal pay
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/australia/wondergoal-australian-womens-football-team-score-in-securing-equal-pay

Earlier this month, a landmark deal between Australia’s football players’ union, the Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) and the sport’s national governing body, Football Federation Australia (FFA), secured the ...

22 November 2018
Bird & Bird supports All-in Diversity Project's inaugural report which benchmarks diversity, equality and inclusion in the gambling sector
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2018/global/bird-and-bird-supports-all-in-diversity-projects-inaugural-report

International law firm Bird & Bird's Gambling group has supported betting and gaming industry not-for-profit The All-in Diversity Project on its augural report on the sector's workforce.

21 March 2019
France & Employment Law: News Alert - March 2019
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/france/france-and-employment-law-news-alert-march-2019

France has increased training obligations for companies, including the obligation to hold an individual professional meeting with each employee to discuss their career evolution every two years, with sanctions for ...

29 August 2017
The esports revolution: recognising and protecting the workforce
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2017/uk/the-esports-revolution-recognising-and-protecting-the-workforce

The business of 'esports' – a collective term for organised, competitive video gaming undertaken on an increasingly professional basis – is booming, with global audiences, wide commercial engagement and global revenues ...

13 July 2020
Hong Kong Maternity Leave Update - July 2020
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/hong-kong/hong-kong-maternity-leave-update---july-2020

On 9 July 2020, the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2019 (the "Bill") was passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council.

06 August 2020
Private use of corporate email accounts in Hungary
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/hungary/private-use-of-corporate-email-accounts-in-hungary

In the last six months, the Hungarian Data Protection Authority (“NAIH”) has imposed a total of approx. EUR 5,000 in data protection fines for the private use of corporate email accounts, in three cases.

12 November 2020
An overview and analysis of the new whistleblower directive
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/an-overview-and-analysis-of-the-new-whistleblower-directive

On 7 October 2019, the EU Council of Ministers adopted a new whistleblower protection directive which obliges the member states to implement whistleblower rules which cover companies and public authorities and oblige ...

11 October 2018
EU migration post-Brexit: recommendations of the Migration Advisory Committee
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/uk/eu-migration-post-brexit-recommendations-of-the-migration-advisory-committee

In September 2018, employers and EU citizens welcomed the final report from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), which sketched the outline of a future migration landscape for EU workers.