Chile Labor Reform – Union’s Right To Access Financial Information

Pursuant to Law 20.940 (the “Labor Reform”) which has entered into full force as of April 1st, 2017, employers have the obligation to periodically deliver certain documents to unions, which varies depending on the company’s size.
1. Large Companies.
Companies that have 200 employees or more, must provide the following informatation on a yearly basis:

Balance Sheet;
Income Statement;
Audited Financial Statements; and
All public information that, according to the legislation currently in force, must be […]

By | June 1st, 2017 ||

OFCCP Files Discrimination Complaint Targeting Tech Hiring Practices

Earlier this year, we predicted that the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance (“OFCCP”) would ramp up investigations directed at rooting out alleged discrimination by information technology companies. Many tech companies have indeed been the focus of increasingly intense and acrimonious investigations in 2016.

OFCCP took its enforcement efforts to the next level this week by filing a formal administrative complaint for violations of Executive Order 11246 (which prohibits discrimination by federal contractors). […]

By | June 1st, 2017 ||

Alberta Ready To Pass Major Workplace Law Reforms

Alberta’s Government is on the verge of passing Bill 17, the Fair and Family-Friendly Workplaces Act, which contains significant amendments to both the Employment Standards Code (the “Code”) and the Labour Relations Code (the “LR Code”).  Most of the amendments will come into force on January 1, 2018 and will affect all union and non-union employers operating in Alberta.

Alberta’s employment and labour standards statutes have not been substantially amended since 1988 and although some of these changes can be seen […]

By | May 30th, 2017 ||