Germany: Background Checks On Job Applicants: What Is Allowed?

The words of the poet Friedrich Schiller, “So test therefore, who join (forever),” apply not only to relationships between romantic partners, but to relationships between employers and employees as well, since the employer and employee enter into a permanent debt relationship upon concluding an employment contract. Once the federally mandated protection against unlawful dismissal applies (i.e., after six months), the employee can be terminated only under very restricted conditions.
Initial Position: The Employer’s Right to […]

By | February 26th, 2013 ||

Economic Dependency Characterises Employment Relationships In Belgium?

The Act of 25 August 2012 (published in the Official Gazette of 11 September 2012) (the Act) amends the Labour Relations Act of 27 December 2006 (LRA) in that, amongst other amendments (of a procedural nature), it introduces for certain sectors of industry rebuttable presumptions to characterise a professional relationship as an employment relationship. These presumptions essentially reflect indications of economic dependency
Basic Rules
Under the LRA – and in line with well settled Supreme Court case […]

By | February 20th, 2013 ||

Ukraine: New Requirements Of The Law On Employment On Personnel Outsourcing (In Russian)

Новые требования Закона о занятости при аутсорсинге персонала
Прежде всего следует обратить внимание на то, что до 1 января 2013 года, когда вступил в силу новый Закон Украины «О занятости» (далее – Закон), вопросы, связанные с аутсорсингом персонала, не были непосредственно урегулированы украинским законодательством. Несмотря на это, компании-заказчики пользовались услугами по различным видам аутсорсинга персонала (т. е. аутстаффингу, лизингу, темпингу) на свой страх и риск, руководствуясь общими положениями КЗоТ и Гражданского кодекса. Таким образом, привлечение работников посредством аутсорсинговой компании было […]

By | February 12th, 2013 ||