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Employment law in 5: 5 developments for February to read in less than 5 minutes | Insights - DLA Piper

Wed, Feb 2, 2022 17:09 ET
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Be Global: Employment law newsletter
New year, new challenges for employers

Employers are facing challenges on many fronts, involving issues from pay and benefits transparency and diversity standards to remote working, artificial intelligence and noncompetes. Read our report on top trends for US employers and APAC employment law forecast covering 16 countries. You can also register here for our APAC update webinar on February 24 (12:30 HKT) covering regional trends.

In case you missed it, you can still watch the recording of our global year in review webinar – and don’t forget our global 2022 preview report, with content for 40 countries.

Vaccine issues continue
In the wake of a US Supreme Court decision blocking its enforcement, OSHA announced on January 25 that it is withdrawing its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) while it continues to work on a permanent standard. Meanwhile, France’s “Vaccination Pass” law took effect on January 24. In the UK, a tribunal upheld an employer’s dismissal of a care home worker for refusing to be vaccinated. In Austria, mandatory vaccines are due to be introduced from February 1, with enforcement starting on March 15.
New restrictions on noncompetes
As many employers struggle to retain talent, new laws are making noncompetes harder to enforce. In the US, the Freedom to Work Act is already in effect, providing Illinois employees with...


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