Worker's Compensation
UK: no interim injunction to enforce covenant where unreasonable delay, even where new job not yet started
Unreasonable delay can defeat an application for an interim injunction to enforce a restrictive covenant even if the individual has...
UK: investigatory context of unwanted comments is relevant to whether they amount to harassment
Comments made by an interviewee in the course of an internal investigation, which are related to a protected characteristic such...
Spain: New measures to protect work-life balance and worker protection
On 29 June, Spain’s Official State Journal (the BOE) published Royal Decree-law 5/2023, of 28 June, which adopts a wide...
Buyer Beware: Delaware Courts Continue to Refuse to Enforce Deal-Based Non-Competes
In a blog earlier this year, we discussed the Delaware Chancery Court’s refusal to enforce a sale of business non-compete...
U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Employers’ Religious Accommodation Obligations
On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its unanimous opinion in Groff v. DeJoy, No. 22-174, 600 U.S....
Recent Spate of Cases Clarifies Arbitrability of Sexual Harassment Claims (US)
We previously reported on the enactment of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021...
Indonesia: New Guidelines on Sexual Violence in the Workplace
With increasing reports of sexual violence in Indonesia over the last three years, and the enactment of Law No. 12...
State of the Nations – June 2023 – non-compete clauses
In recent months, governments in both the United States and the United Kingdom have announced their intention to propose sweeping...
UK: EAT provides welcome guidance on proportionality in belief / freedom of expression cases
In Higgs v Farmor’s School, a matter in which this firm acted for the Church of England as Intervenor, the...
The End of Non-Competes in New York? State Legislature Passes Non-Compete Ban Moving One Step Closer to the Edge
Executive Summary A sweeping bill that would effectively ban all newly entered non-compete agreements (and potentially impact provisions and agreements...