Talking Work

Variable pay plans are increasingly popular worldwide as ways of attracting and retaining talent. So today we look at some of the key things to think about when setting one up -including trickier aspects, such as whether employers can ‘clawback’ pay if an employee fails to deliver. Emanuela Nespoli, partner of our Italian member firm, Toffoletto de Luca Tamajo tells us all about it.

Check out Emanuela’s article on variable pay, plus a comparison table covering the rules in 24 countries here.

If you would like to contact Emanuela Nespoli, click here for her details.

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

The transfer of personal data across national borders is crucial for the functioning of many businesses. In this episode, we interview Inger Verhelst, of Belgian firm Claeys & Engels and explore the implications of the recent EU data privacy case that invalidated the so-called 'Privacy Shield' by which personal data used to be sent from Europe to the US. We also look at what should happen to the email account of someone who has left an organisation and we think about what employers can and cannot do when it comes to health checking employees returning to the office in the time of COVID-19.

Read more about the Belgian email case and check our interactive chart showing the position of different countries on the COVID-19 data privacy workplace questions discussed in this podcast.

If you would like to contact Inger Verhelst, click here to see her details.

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

In this episode, we talk about a proposal for a new law in Germany to support 'mobile working' - in other words, allowing employees to work from home or anywhere else. We speak to Alexander Ulrich, partner in our German firm, Kliemt HR Lawyers, about how the law might operate and what the challenges and pitfalls could be.

If you want to contact Alexander Ulrich, click here to see his details.

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

Trump and Biden are politically poles apart and so it is a fair assumption that changes to employment law will be made by the new Biden administration. But what specifically might they do? We invited Maria Tavano, attorney in our US member firm FordHarrison, to tell us what sort of changes she anticipates over the coming months.

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

As eliminating racial inequality in the workplace becomes a goal for more and more forward-thinking companies, we take a detailed look at the issue of 'positive discrimination' in this podcast.

We talk to José Carlos Wahle, partner in our member in Brazil Veirano Advogados about a Brazilian company that recently offered traineeships only to black applicants and is now being prosecuted for unlawful discrimination. We ask how likely the case is to succeed. We also talk to Lucy Lewis, partner in our UK firm, Lewis Silkin, as she sets out 5 key points employers should consider before taking affirmative action on behalf of disadvantaged groups.

José and Lucy have also collaborated on an article about positive discrimination, with comments from eight other countries, which you can read here: https://bit.ly/3owJo3v 

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

In this episode, we interviewed Frank Steinicke, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Hamburg, to find out how immersive technology will affect how we work now and in the future – and most importantly – how to prepare for this new reality. 

Frank will speak more about the impact of AI and virtual reality in the workplace at our Legal HR Summit on the 4-5 November. Register here: www.legalhrsummit.com

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

For this episode, we invited Jeff Mokotoff, partner in our US law firm FordHarrison, to talk about how COVID-19 is impacting employment in the US. Jeff tells us what is happening now, with layoffs and restructuring featuring heavily. He and also gives us his predictions about future employment litigation, based on working hours, discrimination and more.

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

To chime with World Mental Health Day on 10 October, we invited Yvonne Frederiksen, partner in Ius Laboris Danish firm Norrbom Vinding, to discuss just how ‘healthy’ the law on mental health is in different countries around the world and how to support good mental health practices at work. Yvonne also shares some great ideas on how to encourage neurodiversity at work. Check out this very healthy episode of Talking Work.

If you want to know more about this topic, take a look at our latest publication called ‘Mental Health at Work’.

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

The Revised Posted Workers' Directive and what employers need to know now.

Sophie Maes, partner in Belgian firm Claeys & Engels, talks to Deborah Ishihara about the revised rules for temporary secondees coming to work in EU member states. We find out what the new rules cover and also think about the patchwork of different countries, some having implemented the directive on time (30 July 2020), some with draft law in the pipeline and others that have not yet started the process. Sophie advises how employers should handle these disparities and also sets out the main points employers should check to ensure compliance.

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

Temperature checking, thermal imaging and more – how is the tension between data & privacy and data sharing and usage in the public interest playing out in the time of COVID-19?

We are joined by Alex Milner-Smith, Co-Head of the Data & Privacy Group at our Ius Laboris UK firm, Lewis Silkin, to discuss how past data protection norms are being pulled out of shape by the pandemic. We also take a practical look at how to undertake a data privacy impact assessment and Alex provides his checklist of issues for employers to focus on from a privacy perspective.

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