The Poland Labor Code is the key legal contract between an employer and an employee. Changes to Poland’s labor code came into effect on 7 September 2019. Today, Poland’s labor code protects employees from discrimination, revises policies of issuing employment certificates, and gives parents permission to assign maternity and parental leave entitlements to a family member.
Italy offers a wide variety of benefits to employees across the country. From vacation and holiday leave to maternity and overtime benefits, learn about employee benefits in Italy for 2020.
Force majeure clauses are commonly found in many different contracts and at its most basic level, creates an instance where neither party to the contract is held liable to honor the contract terms in the event of circumstance out of their control. With the current effects of the COVID-19 crisis, it is becoming apparent many signatories have not fully understood the terms of the force majeure clauses in their contracts.
Across Canada, most non-essential businesses have faced immense pressure to shut down their operations and this has created a number of issues with regard to temporary layoffs or furloughs across the country. In Canada, an employer does not have the right to temporarily lay off an employee unless it has been expressly agreed to in a contract. This has left many operations in jeopardy due to the fact that they have no work available for their employees, but they also don’t have the legal rights to temporarily layoff their workers.