Talking Work

The Social and Economic Committees, which are the employee representative bodies in France, now have a new remit to scrutinise the environmental implications of projects planned by employers. Arnaud Teissier, partner in our French firm, CAPSTAN Avocats, gives us the low down.

Find Arnaud Teissier’s article here.

Discover the article on sustainable corporate governance in the EU here.

If you’d like to contact Arnaud Teissier, click here for his details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found here.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com

The unions have faced some difficult challenges during COVID and in this episode we talk to David Hopper, partner in our UK law firm, Lewis Silkin, about how they have tried to meet them. We also think about future challenges: how to motivate young people to join; how to deal with technological advancements and how to stay relevant when other, newer, pressure groups start moving into their space…

Find our survey on union activity here.

Discover our article on French CSE obligations on environment here.

If you’d like to contact David Hopper, click here for his details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found here.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com

In this episode, Alexander Ulrich of our German firm, Kliemt HR Lawyers, explains all about our new digital tool, which enables employers to find what legal obligations they have based on their employee headcount. It turns out that headcount matters for lots of reasons: health & safety, trade unions and redundancies, for example. You can choose any of 30+ countries, tell the system how many employees you have - and it will tell you what you are required by to do law. Alexander sets out the details.

Find our new digital tool on employer obligation here.

If you’d like to contact Alexander Ulrich, click here for his details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found here.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com

COVID-19 has also taken a toll on the mental health of many employees. While some people are dealing with feelings of isolation when working from home, others can find it hard to switch off from work. In this episode, we discuss these twin issues with the Italian Chair of our international Expert Group on health and safety, Stefano de Luca Tamajo.

If you’d like to contact Stefano de Luca Tamajo, click here for his details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found here.

Find our trending page on mental health at work, with Stefano’s article on isolation and disconnection from work, along with a map, survey data and a table with tips from employers here.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com

The 6 main parties taking part in the German Federal elections have set out their ideas and in this episode, we take a look at their plans for employment. Till Heimann from our German law firm, Kliemt HR Lawyers, joins us to explain what they each envisage.

If you would like to contact Till Heimann, click here for her details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found here.

Read Till Heimann's article on our website here.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com

US attorney Dawn Siler-Nixon talks to us about how the new US administration is putting a big focus on the rights of LGBTQ+ people at work. According to Executive Orders issued by President Biden: ‘Every person should be treated with respect and dignity and should be able to live without fear, no matter who they are or whom they love.’ We look at what federal agencies are now required to do and what private employers also need to think about.

If you would like to contact Dawn Siler-Nixon, click here for her details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found here.

Read Dawn's article on our website here.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com

If you can’t measure it, how can you improve it?

If you want to increase the diversity of your workforce, you first need to know if you are allowed by law to ask your employees diversity questions. In some countries you can, but in others you can’t. In this episode we ask Ben Favaro, data privacy specialist from our UK law firm, Lewis Silkin, about the results of our international survey into diversity and inclusion monitoring and what it all means for employers.

If you would like to contact Benjamin Favaro, click here for his details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found here.

See the results of our D&I Monitoring survey here.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com

We invited Karen Baxter from our UK firm, Lewis Silkin, and Síobhra Rush from our Irish firm, Lewis Silkin Ireland, to discuss internal investigations and the new EU Whistleblowing Directive that comes into effect in December. Karen takes us through a scenario in which an employee is accused of sexual harassment by another employer and shares tips on how to avoid any pitfalls, while Síobhra sets out for us the main changes to the whistleblowing regime in Europe.

If you would like to contact Karen Baxter, click here for her details. You can reach out to Síobhra Rush by clicking here. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found here.

Take a look at our page on Internal Investigations and Whistleblowing here. We have also recently launched a chapter of our Global HR Law Guide on this topic, covering the rules in 25+ countries.

Having worked remotely during the pandemic and traveled a little during the holiday season, many people are starting to wonder what it would be like to work abroad on a more permanent basis – particularly in a sunny country. We invited Inês Reis, partner at our Portuguese member firm pbbr, to tell us about relocating to work from home in Portugal.

If you would like to contact Inês Reis, click here for her details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found here.

Read our Working from Home Abroad Report here, with some tips on working abroad from 25+ countries.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com

Board members in Germany cannot currently suspend their mandate temporarily in case of pregnancy, sickness or to care of a sick family member. However, this is about to change as a result of the initiative #stayonboard.

Joining us is Jessica Jacobi, partner at our German firm Kliemt HR Lawyers and one of the initiators of #stayonboard, along with one of her co-activists Tobias de Raet, a corporate/M&A partner at Linden Partners. We discussed the new law, its impact on companies and why they first decided to start the #stayonboard initiative.

Find out more about the #stayonboard initiative on their website here and also get informed about the new law with this article by Jessica Jacobi.

If you would like to contact Jessica Jacobi click here for her details. Our host, Deborah Ishihara, can be found here.

Talking Work is a podcast by Ius Laboris, the leading legal alliance in employment law - www.iuslaboris.com