By the time the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) goes into effect on January 1, 2023, employers doing business in California will be required to implement a broad privacy and information security compliance program for the personal information of employees, independent contractors, and job applicants who reside in California. The Littler CPRA Podcast Series is designed to help covered employers attain a basic understanding of their compliance obligations. This series also will examine up ...
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Conversations for the multinational employer on issues impacting their global business. The purpose of Littler's podcasts is to provide helpful information for employers, addressing the latest developments in labor and employment relations. They are not a substitute for experienced legal counsel and do not provide legal advice or attempt to address the numerous factual issues that arise in any employment-related issue.
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119 - Wage Transparency and Pay Equity Issues in Asia
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Littler's Trent Sutton and Thelma Akpan explore key reasons why employers in the APAC region should begin to think about pay equity and wage transparency or prepare to implement their own wage transparency initiatives.By Littler International Employment Law
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118 - Three Things to Consider when Dismissing Employees in Asia
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This podcast discusses the critical considerations when evaluating whether and how to terminate employees in Asia. Trent Sutton (U.S. qualified lawyer), Soowon Hong (Korean qualified lawyer) and Shiau Sang Tee (Hong Kong and Malaysia qualified lawyer), members of Littler’s APAC Regional Office based in Singapore, set out the general three approache…
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117 - Employment Contracts in the Americas
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Littler Shareholders Courtney Wilson and Juan Carlos Varela discuss the practical implications of employment contracts in the Americas and their interaction with non-compete agreements and confidentiality clauses. In this podcast, Courtney gives the audience a summary of the common misconceptions employers have when structuring their employment agr…
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116 - Return to Work: Challenges and Practical Recommendations
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In this How to Do Business in the Americas podcast series installment, Shareholder Juan Carlos Varela and Rodrigo Tajonar, Chief People Officer of the Boston Globe Media, discuss how organizations are dealing with the aftermath of the pandemic in the workplace.By Littler International Employment Law
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115 - 2023 Outlook of the Americas – Prepare Your Workforce for a Year of Challenges
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In this "How to Do Business in the Americas" podcast series installment, Littler attorneys Lori Brown, Jorge Sales Boyoli and Juan Carlos Varela discuss relevant labor and employment issues employers will face in the Americas in 2023. Topics include managing “wandering workers,” making staffing decisions in this period of economic uncertainty, and …
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In this episode, Jasper Hoffstedde and Dennis Veldhuizen shed light on the works council’s purpose and added value in the decision-making process. For U.S.-based listeners, Dennis’ quick side-by-side comparison of union vs works council rights may be of interest. Furthermore, all of the basics are explained: when and how to set up a works council, …
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113 - The Termination Clause in Dutch Employment Agreements Explained
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Jasper Hoffstedde and Fleur van Lieshout of Littler’s Amsterdam office discuss the termination clause in Dutch employment agreements. The termination clause seems an easy and straightforward clause; you simply invoke the clause and terminate employment, right? For the employee that is indeed in the case, but the employer has another hoop to jump th…
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112 - Dutch Non-Compete Clauses Explained
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Jasper Hoffstedde and Eric van Dam of Littler’s Amsterdam office discuss non-compete clauses in Dutch employment agreements. A non-compete clause may be agreed upon in writing in indefinite-term employment agreements with a person of age (18+). For fixed-term employment agreements, additional conditions apply. Such conditions are strict, which more…
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Keeping in mind that the compliance date of the California Privacy Rights Act is not until January 1, 2023, what are steps employers can take now? Denver Shareholders Zoe Argento and Philip Gordon, also Co-Chairs of Littler’s Privacy Practice, discuss building your CPRA compliance team, data retention, vendor management and watching for other state…
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Philip Gordon and Zoe Argento, shareholders in Littler’s Denver office, are joined by Kwabena Appenteng, shareholder in Littler’s Chicago office, to discuss new vendor contracting issues related to the CPRA. Kwabena addresses both requirements and recommendations for provisions to be included in the necessary addenda to vendor or service agreements…
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Are you wondering about the CPRA’s enforcement framework and enforcement risk? California is about to launch the first-ever U.S. administrative agency dedicated exclusively to enforcing a privacy law and conducting compliance audits. Is your organization prepared? In this podcast, Littler's Privacy Practice Group Co-Chair, Philip Gordon explains th…
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The “Purge Rule,” retention schedules, and data breach risk. Littler Shareholder and core member of the firm’s Privacy Team, Kwabena Appenteng, explains what could be the most burdensome compliance requirements for employers.By Littler California Privacy Rights Act Podcast
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Littler Shareholder and core Privacy Team member Zoe Argento discusses the extensive list of rights the CPRA confers on employees, independent contractors, and job applicants who reside in California. What is the scope of these rights, and what are employers’ obligations when responding to requests? Learn the answers to these questions and many mor…
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Co-Chair of Littler’s Privacy Practice, Philip Gordon, covers the big change for employers with respect to information security under the CPRA – the new, affirmative obligation on employers to implement reasonable security policies and practices. Is this a game changer for employers?By Littler California Privacy Rights Act Podcast
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01 - CPRA: Background, Notice at Collection, and Website Privacy Policy
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As the pandemic ebbs in late 2021, employers need to confront new data protection challenges. In the first podcast in the Littler California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) Podcast Series, Co-Chair of Littler’s Privacy Practice, Philip Gordon, along with core privacy team members, shareholders Kwabena Appenteng and Zoe Argento, discuss the origin and sco…
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111 - Littler’s APAC 2021 Series: Remote Workers in Asia versus Latin America
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Trent Sutton, Managing Shareholder for Littler’s APAC Regional Hub in Singapore, and Juan Carlos Varela, Shareholder of Littler in the Miami office and leader of Littler’s Latin American Practice, discuss issues associated with remote workers in Asia versus Latin America. This discussion presents the essential checklist for any employer assessing r…
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110 - Littler’s APAC 2021 Series: Asia’s Focus on LATAM and Putting Workers On the Ground
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With Singapore planning on signing the Pacific Alliance to join this LATAM trade bloc, it seems that Asia’s interest in doing business with this region continues to gain attention and effort. In this podcast, we discuss briefly the primary options Asia employers may use to put workers on the ground and focus on some of the key risks and benefits as…
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109 - Littler’s APAC 2021 Series: Japan, 6 month Review on the New Anti-bullying Rules
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In this podcast, Trent Sutton and Aki Tanaka take a look at the first six months of Japan’s anti-bullying law, effective for large employers in June 2020. We discuss what the law is, how it has been applied, and what steps both large and small employers should be taking to comply with its anti-bullying requirements.…
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108 - Employment & Labor Law 2021: China, The New Civil Code and Personal Privacy at the Workplace
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China’s new civil code is one of the most significant pieces of legislation in China’s modern era. Among other things, it impacts a number of key areas for employers in China. In this podcast, Shareholder Trent Sutton and Special Counsel Nancy Zhang out of Littler’s Singapore office talk generally about the civil code and focus briefly on new perso…
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Equal Pay Day 2020 in Belgium is on March 27. In honor of this occasion, Koen De Bisschop and Yne Machiels, attorneys in Littler’s Belgian office, provide an overview of Belgian law governing equal pay, legislative and employer efforts to combat gender-based pay discrimination, and gender discrimination litigation in general.…
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106 - The Employment of Foreign Nationals in Belgium
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In this podcast, Jolien Ceulemans and Koen De Bisschop with Littler’s Belgium office discuss some key points for multinational employers to consider when moving foreign nationals to Belgium for employment purposes.By Littler International Employment Law
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Littler Italy Associates Nicole Comelli and Marilita Piromalli provide an introduction to Italy’s labor system, discuss its unique features, and outline ways to efficiently access it.By Littler International Employment Law
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104 - Cross-Border Internal Investigations: How Headquarters Can Investigate Around the World
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Conducting a thorough, effective and legally compliant internal investigation is tough enough when the investigation is confined to the United States. When a multinational company headquartered in the United States needs to investigate possible wrongdoing internationally, there is a whole new world of extra challenges. Donald Dowling, Shareholder o…
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103 - Handling Harassment Allegations in Europe: Critical Do’s and Don’ts
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In this podcast, Littler’s Johan Lubbe moderates a high-level discussion on the critical do’s and don’ts of handling harassment allegations in Europe and how the investigative process in Europe differs from what employers may find customary in the United States. Attorneys Sophie Pélicier-Loevenbruck (Littler France), Julia Viohl (Littler Germany), …
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102 - Dismissal Procedures for Misconduct or Performance in Japan, Colombia, the Netherlands, and UK
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In this podcast, Littler’s Johan Lubbe moderates a discussion on the mandatory procedures that should precede the dismissal of employees for misconduct or unsatisfactory work performance from the angle of four different jurisdictions – Japan, Colombia, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom – in contrast to the prevailing employment at-will doctri…
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101 - Overview of European Works Councils
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Johan Lubbe, U.S Practice Co-Chair of Littler’s International Employment Law Practice Group, and Dennis Veldhuizen (Littler Netherlands), Guillaume Desmoulin (Littler France), Ole Kristian Olsby (Littler Norway), and Dennis Lüers (Littler Germany) provide an overview of works councils in Europe. This podcast is a high-level discussion of this commo…
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