Employment and Labour Law

Interactive global employment law guides for HR professionals

On the following pages you will find global employment law guides for your computer/laptop, iPhone and BlackBerry.

These guides act as an easy to access reference source for employment law across the globe, and allow you to compare legislation in different jurisdictions.

Life-cycle of an employment contract

You'll find easily accessible information in a question and answer format focused on the life-cycle of an employment contract. This includes:

• Engaging an employee; local requirements, benefits and special contractual requirements.
   
• Employment contracts; holiday entitlement, discrimination and minimum wage.
   
• Termination of employment; procedure, special protection and collective agreements.

Other topics included 

Other areas covered by the guides include:

• Key employment terms and conditions; minimum wage, probationary period, holiday entitlement and working time.
   
• Family friendly rights; maternity, paternity, and adoption leave and pay, flexible work and time off for dependants.
   
• TUPE; information and consultation requirements, employees ability to object, and penalties for not following the correct procedure.
   
• Restrictive covenants; non-solicitation, non-competition and non-dealing.
   
• Atypical employment contracts; part-time contracts, fixed-term contracts and zero-hours contracts.

These guides are designed for you and your colleagues.  We do hope you find them useful, but if you have any queries or suggestions for additional content please contact Richard Morris, richardmorris@eversheds.com.

Eversheds would like to thank Seyfarth Shaw LLP for contributing content for the USA sections of the Global Guide to Employment Law.