26 January 2021
IR35 – are you ready for the 6th April deadline?
www.twobirds.com/en/events/global/2021/ir35-are-you-ready-for-the-6th-april-deadline

The webinar will be hosted by Alison Dixon, a partner in Bird & Bird’s International HR Services group who has advised a number of clients on their preparations for the new off-payroll rules, and Zoe Feller, a partner ...

09 July 2019
Supreme Court takes pro-employer stance on preventing employee competition
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/supreme-court-takes-pro-employer-stance-on-preventing-employee-competition

Last week's decision of the Supreme Court in Tillman v Egon Zehnder Limited is of particular interest to employers in the media, entertainment and sports sectors; for whom post-termination restrictions are often the ...

25 September 2017
Private & Confidential: What impact will the decision of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Bărbulescu v Romania have on the ability of employers to monitor employee communications?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2017/uk/what-impact-will-barbulescu-v-romania-have-on-monitoring-employee-communications

One of the fundamental rights protected under the European Convention on Human Rights is the right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence, which is set out in Article 8.

17 March 2020
Employment situation in Germany concerning SARS-CoV-2/ COVID-19
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/employment-situation-in-germany-concerning-sars-cov-2--covid-19

So far, there have only been a few cases of SARS-CoV-2/ COVID-19 (“Corona”) in Germany and no specific measures have been taken or guidelines published by the government or national health authorities. In some areas, ...

28 July 2020
Horizon Scanning Summer 2020
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/horizon-scanning-summer-2020

In the past six months the world has taken a turn that none of us could have predicted. COVID-19 and the tragic death of George Floyd guarantee that the workplace and indeed the workforce will never again be quite the ...

17 December 2020
The Ethical Workplace & The Law In Practice – The views from the Frontline
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/the-ethical-workplace-the-law-in-practice-the-views-from-the-frontline

As part of our Ethical Workplace & Law in Practice series, on the 15 December we were delighted to welcome some highly influential business leaders on our panel to share their thoughts on the extraordinary year that was ...

12 January 2021
The impact of EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on UK nationals
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/global/the-impact-of-eu-uk-trade-and-cooperation-agreement-on-uk-nationals

Free movement of persons between the UK and EU ended on 31 December 2020. In this article, we aim to raise awareness of the potential obstacles employers now face when sending their UK national employees to the EU for ...

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 ...

01 July 2019
The end of social security tax exempt equity plans?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/the-end-of-social-security-tax-exempt-equity-plans

On 20 May 2019, the Belgian Supreme Court confirmed a Brussels Labor Court of Appeal judgment in which the court held that compensation granted and paid by a third party to employees was compensation borne by the ...

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

Proposals for a framework for EU migration from March 2019 have been detailed by the independent public commission for migration.