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What Issues are the Companies Facing during Remote Work?
The SEE Legal Employment & Immigration Practice Group and ALRUD’s Labour and Employment Practice join forces to present and discuss the most challenging issues that companies based in Southeast Europe and Russia are facing during remote work. The discussion will be split over two webinars taking place on Tuesday, 15th June and Thursday, 17th June 2021.
The first webinar on Tuesday, 15th June will cover the jurisdictions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia and Slovenia. If your company is based in any of these countries, please feel free to register…
SEE Legal Group Establishes Two New Integrated Regional Practice Groups
The management of the SEE Legal Group decided to formalise the active practice groups of Employment and Immigration, and Intellectual Property.
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What Issues are the Companies Facing during Remote Work?
The SEE Legal Employment & Immigration Practice Group and ALRUD’s Labour and Employment Practice join forces to present and discuss the most challenging issues that companies based in Southeast Europe and Russia are facing during remote work.
The Serbian Ministry of Labour’s Guide through Occupational Health and Safety when Working from Home
Author: Marija Gligorevic, BDK Advokati
The Serbian Ministry of Labour published on 18 January 2021 the Guide for Safe and Healthy Work from Home (Vodič za bezbedan i zdrav rad od kuće) (“Guide“).
The Guide defines work from home as work which involves the use of information and communication technologies (PC, laptop, smartphone, and tablet) enabling remote work.
Documenting work from home
The Ministry of Labour suggests in the Guide that the work from home on an exceptional basis (and not as a special form of employment) requires that the employer and the employee conclude a formal annex…
The Fifth COVID-19 Act Adopted in Slovenia
On 15 October 2020, the Slovenian Parliament adopted the Interim Measures for Mitigation and Elimination of Consequences Act COVID-19 (ZZUOOP) or the so-called Fifth COVID-19 Act.
Novelties Brought to Employers by the Slovenian Fourth COVID-19 Act
Authors: Sanda Planinc, Kaja Baskovic, SELIH & PARTNERJI Law Firm
On 9 July 2020, the Slovenian Parliament adopted the Act on Intervention Measures to Prepare for the Second Wave of COVID-19 (hereinafter the Fourth COVID-19 Act). Its provisions entered into force on 11 July 2020, with the exception of provisions regarding the extension of reimbursement of the salary compensation for employees temporarily waiting for work; the latter are applicable retroactively, namely from 1 July 2020.
This article presents a summary of the provisions of the Fourth COVID-19 Act, which are of the highest…
How to Introduce Remote Work during COVID-19 Pandemic?
Author: Marija Gligorevic, BDK Advokati
COVID-19 pandemic is on a hike and the employers are therefore faced with the necessity to introduce remote work in order to secure occupational safety and health of their employees. However, the Serbian law does not provide for a legal basis for the employers to order teleworking in exceptional times.
During the recent state of emergency, which lasted from 15 March 2020 until 6 May 2020, the Government enacted the Decree on organisation of work during the state of emergency (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia nos. 31/2020) (“Decree“). The Decree…
New Safety and Health Measures the Employers Must Take During an Epidemic
Author: Marija Gligorevic, BDK Advokati
The Serbian Ministry of Labour adopted the Rulebook on Prevention of Epidemics of Infectious Diseases (Pravilnik o preventivnim merama za bezbedan i zdrav rad za sprečavanje pojave i širenja epidemije zarazne bolesti, “Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia” no. 94/2020) (“Rulebook“), which will become applicable on 11 July 2020.
The employers must enact a Plan on Implementation of Measures for Prevention of Epidemics of Infectious Diseases (“Plan“) until 10 August 2020 and, while an epidemic is ongoing, regularly adjust it to the orders…
The 'New Normal' of the Reopened Workplace
Authors: Iva Djugumanova and Ivana Slaveska, Polenak Law Firm
The Government of the Republic of North Macedonia adopted the Protocol on preventive measures for all workplaces in order to prevent transmission of COVID-19.
This Protocol is applicable for all workplaces and all people in the workplace, such as employers, employees, managers, contractors, customers and visitors. It includes measures related to personal hygiene and protective equipment, recommendations for respiratory hygiene and physical distancing in the workplace, as well as reducing travel related to work and a separate organisation…
What are the Labour Law Aspects of the Third Slovenian COVID-19 Law Proposal?
Authors: Kaja Baskovic, Darja Miklavcic, SELIH & PARTNERJI Law Firm
On 20 May 2020 the Slovenian Government adopted a Proposal of the Act Determining the Intervention Measures to Contain and Mitigate the COVID-19 Consequences (hereinafter “Proposal”) and proposed it for adoption to the Slovenian Parliament. We are presenting the proposed solutions in the area of labour law and the specifics of proposed solutions for sectors of tourism and catering that are expected to enter into force if the Proposal is adopted by the Slovenian Parliament in the proposed wording.
1. Part-time work
The…
Amendments to Turkish Labour Law through Omnibus Law
Law No. 7244 on Reducing the Effects of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic on Economic and Social Life and the Amendment of Certain Laws brings a number of amendments, some of which have significant importance from an employment law perspective.
