Littler International Employment Law Podcast

Oct 01 2024 19 ep. 17 mins 16

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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

Oct 01 2024 7 mins

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.

118 - Three Things to Consider when Dismissing Employees in Asia

May 21 2024 13 mins

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 approaches to terminations across Asia. T

117 - Employment Contracts in the Americas

Mar 30 2023 21 mins

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 agreements. Juan Carlos and Courtney

116 - Return to Work: Challenges and Practical Recommendations

Feb 27 2023 17 mins

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.

115 - 2023 Outlook of the Americas – Prepare Your Workforce for a Year of Challenges

Jan 31 2023 18 mins

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 addressing the impact of lab

114 - The Works Council Under Dutch Law

Sep 03 2022 15 mins

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, when to actually involve the w

113 - The Termination Clause in Dutch Employment Agreements Explained

Aug 01 2022 11 mins

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 through if the employee doesn’t

112 - Dutch Non-Compete Clauses Explained

Jul 13 2022 20 mins

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 often than not lead to invalidi

111 - Littler’s APAC 2021 Series: Remote Workers in Asia versus Latin America

Mar 09 2021 18 mins

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 remote work compliance issue

110 - Littler’s APAC 2021 Series: Asia’s Focus on LATAM and Putting Workers On the Ground

Mar 08 2021 15 mins

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 associated with using independent