Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Introduction
Welcome to the latest edition of the McDermott Will & Emery Global Employment Law Update. The purpose of this publication is to provide you with concise summaries of many of the laws and court decisions from 2020 that significantly affect employers and employees all over the world. No publication has ever captured all new employment law developments from every single country. However, our effort to create the most comprehensive global employment update ever assembled has resulted in updates from 53 countries.
Many of the updates presented in this publication describe changes in the law that are well known to lawyers and human resources professionals from those countries, but are lesser known in other parts of the world. Our aim is to provide you and your colleagues with a useful reference guide to significant changes in employment law all across the globe. Furthermore, we hope this guide and other specially designed products we crea
Northern Ireland extends health and safety worker protections
Out-Law News | 10 May 2021 | 10:59 am | 1 min. read
Workers in Northern Ireland are to be given the same protections from employer repercussions for actions they take in respect of workplace health and safety as employees, economy minister Diane Dodds has announced.
Currently, employees in Northern Ireland are protected against employer detriment if they take any action to protect themselves or others where they reasonably believe there is a serious and imminent danger in their place of work. However, the same protections are not extended to those without full employee status. Examples of detriment include being passed over for promotion or being treated differently by management.
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