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We’ve just put the rackets away and it’s already time to take out the football cleats. The EURO 2016 started on Friday 10 June and with it arises the perpetual question of whether it is possible to watch matches at work. Both the astute and the disgruntled may be surprised to see this type of article flourishing around the time of the EURO, since the…
Having the best football player in the world is always a good reason to watch the matches of the Portuguese national team in Euro 2016. But is this reason strong enough to put aside the employer’s internal rules and the relevant legal provisions on working conditions? Holiday and working hours No special rules exist in this regard, being both employers and employees bound by the…
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” That’s how the comparison of football worship and (even) life looks like according to the famous British football manager Bill Shankly. Giving due credit to those keen on football, below we will try to weigh…
It is a known fact that most Turkish nationals have an interest in football and also enjoy watching football matches. Therefore, it is expected that some employees would be involved in Euro 2016 in some way; whether it be watching the matches, betting on games, talking about it etc. There are no special rules regarding the above circumstance. Thus, normal statutory provisions and company policies…
„Italians lose football matches as if they were wars and lose wars as if they were football matches.“ With this sentence, Winston Churchill summarised the intense emotion felt by Italians for football: like it or not, there are very few countries in which football takes on such a historic and passionate significance as in Italy. So, given this relationship between Italians and football, it is…
A major sporting event is not a new phenomenon. In recent years, we’ve had the Olympics, the World Cup and Wimbledon tournaments in which a British player actually has a shot at winning. As with any such event, planning ahead is a good idea and you may well have a plan based on what you did last time round. But don’t expect your staff to…
Wie in Deutschland (siehe dazu unseren Beitrag zum Entwurf des Lohngleichheitsgesetzes) hat die luxemburgische Regierung die Absicht die Lohnunterschiede zwischen Frauen und Männern abzuschaffen. Der geschlechtsspezifische Lohnunterschied in Luxemburg liegt bei 8,6 %. Die hat den (ehemaligen) Minister für Gleichstellungsfragen am 14. Oktober 2015 veranlasst, einen Gesetzesentwurf zur Durchführung einiger Bestimmungen des Gleichstellungsplans zwischen Frauen und Männern für den Zeitraum 2015-2018 einzureichen. Die aktuelle Grundlage der Lohngerechtigkeit zwischen Frauen…
Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win. That’s how simple football is, according to Gary Lineker. At all events, things are often far from simple, if football mania and employment law coincide. For not every employee is keen to miss the fun of the matches; some will (want to) follow their…
The confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Swe: Svenskt Näringsliv) and the Federation of Salaried Employees in Industry and Services (Swe: PTK) have negotiated a new collective bargaining agreement on non-compete clauses (“the New Non-Compete Agreement”) that replaces the previous agreement from 1969. The New Non-Compete Agreement will apply to non-compete clauses entered into by employers bound by it as of 1 December 2015. The New Non-Compete Agreement…
The Trade Union Bill last week received Royal Assent and became the Trade Union Act 2016 . The Act introduces significant reforms in relation to the holding of industrial action by trade unions. The legislation involves the most radical shake-up of strike and picketing laws since the Thatcher era despite including numerous amendments that were made in light of significant opposition in the House of Lords….