On November 28, 2025, international student placement organisation IDP Education carried out a large round of layoffs in Canada, with employees reporting that the company is shutting down entire d...

On 25 November, the Polish government published the principles that will form the basis of its new legislation implementing the outstanding provisions of the Pay Transparency Directive. Readers of...

The UK government has dropped its plans to provide employees in Britain with rights to claim unfair dismissal from ‘day one’ of their employment. Currently, only employees with two years’ service ...

Download PDF Share The Government has, somewhat unexpectedly, published a working paper on options for the reform of non-compete clauses in employment contracts. The Government seeks views on a ...

The government has taken inspiration from the US and Canadian approach to whistleblower incentivisation in a step to tackle tax evasion. The UK Budget launched a new whistleblower incentivisation ...

Ministers have set out plans to curb the use of non-compete clauses in UK employment contracts, in a move that would upend the approach of major employers to retaining their staff. The Department ...

Lawyer Dora Joana returns to Sérvulo & Associados to join, as a consultant, the employment department, led by Rita Canas da Silva. Dora Joana joins from DLA Piper, where she practised between ...

Back Just as the Employment Rights Bill seemed stuck in parliamentary ping pong, a dramatic U-turn on the government’s manifesto promise of day one unfair dismissal rights looks set to smooth its p...

The Federal Institute for Human Rights (FIRM) says Belgium’s whistleblower legislation remains too technical and complex for many people to navigate. In its first biennial report on whistleblower ...