Be Global: Employment law in 5
5 developments to read for February in less than 5 minutesMonitor: APAC Employment Law Forecast 2023
Read our Asia Pacific annual employment law forecast for a summary of major legislative changes and developments across 16 jurisdictions in 2022 and significant trends for APAC employers in 2023.
Review: Significant developments across the US
US employers continue to see developments at the federal, state and local levels. For example, the NLRB issued a decision restricting the use of broad confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in severance agreements; the Ninth Circuit held that the Federal Arbitration Act pre-empts California’s effort to impose sanctions on employers that require mandatory arbitration agreements; and the Illinois Supreme Court held that defendants are liable for each violation of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act.
Progress: Pace picks up on whistleblowing laws
Three more Member States - the Netherlands, Austria and Spain – finalised local laws in February implementing the EU Whistleblowing Directive. Ten countries have yet to transpose the Directive. Review our whistleblowing tracker for further information.
Attend: Employment law events around the globe
There are various opportunities coming up to hear from DLA’s lawyers about topics of current interest to employers. On 1 March, you can attend in person to discover recent trends in South Africa. On 7 March, our Singapore office will host an APAC employment seminar with speakers from Hong Kong, China, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. On 21 March you can join our webinar on Czech Labour Law and on 28 March join our webinar on Spanish Employment Law. Finally, you can listen to our recent webinar on employment law for financial services employers
Focus on Poland: Legislative changes in 2023.
2023 has begun briskly for employers in Poland where regulations have already been finalised in relation to remote working and sobriety checks. The remote working rules will come into effect on 7 April and those on sobriety checks came into effect on 21 February. Poland has still not implemented the EU Whistleblower Directive, the EU Directive on Work-Life Balance, or the EU Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions, but new legislation in these areas will also come into force in 2023
