Cyprus: Getting the Deal Through Labour and Employment

Legislation and agencies
1. What are the main statutes and regulations relating to employment?
Cyprus employment law is a mixture of statute and case law. The Constitution guarantees certain fundamental rights relating to employment, such as the rights to work, to strike and to equal treatment. The main statutes that relate to employment include the Termination of Employment Law of 1967, the Social Insurance Law of 1980, the Annual Paid Leave Law of 1967, the Protection […]

By | June 11th, 2013 ||

China Enacts New Employment Law Affecting Employers Who Do Not Directly Employ Their Workers

China has a new employment law. This new law significantly impacts an employer who does not directly employ its own workers, but instead uses agencies such as FESCO or third party staffing companies, also known as labor dispatching agencies. At the end of 2012, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted the Decision on the Revision of the Labor Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Amendment”). The Amendment will take […]

By | June 11th, 2013 ||

Finland: The Need For Co-Operation Negotiations When Dismissing The Management Of A Company

The Finnish Act on Co-operation within Undertakings (the “Co-operation Act”) mandates co-operation negotiations between employers and employees. The purpose of the Act is to develop active co-operation between companies and their employees and improve employees’ ability to influence decision making relating to their work, their working conditions and their position in the company. The Act applies to companies employing 20 or more employees. Although the co-operation process is usually only seen as a phase […]

By | May 29th, 2013 ||