Employment 2025

UK

The United Kingdom London

Ireland

Law and Practice Contributed by: Phil Linnard, Philippa O’Malley, David Rintoul and Clare Fletcher Slaughter and May

Germany

Belgium

France

Contents 1. Employment Terms p.690 1.1 Employee Status p.690 1.2 Employment Contracts p.691

6. Collective Relations p.698 6.1 Unions p.698

6.2 Employee Representative Bodies p.698 6.3 Collective Bargaining Agreements p.699 7. Termination p.699 7.1 Grounds for Termination p.699 7.2 Notice Periods p.700 7.3 Dismissal for (Serious) Cause p.700 7.4 Termination Agreements p.701 7.5 Protected Categories of Employee p.701 8. Disputes p.702 8.1 Wrongful Dismissal p.702 8.2 Anti-Discrimination p.702 8.3 Digitalisation p.703 9. Dispute Resolution p.703 9.1 Litigation p.703 9.2 Alternative Dispute Resolution p.704 9.3 Costs p.704

1.3 Working Hours p.692 1.4 Compensation p.692

1.5 Other Employment Terms p.693 2. Restrictive Covenants p.694 2.1 Non-Competes p.694

2.2 Non-Solicits p.694 3. Data Privacy p.694 3.1 Data Privacy Law and Employment p.694 4. Foreign Workers p.696 4.1 Limitations on Foreign Workers p.696 4.2 Registration Requirements for Foreign Workers p.696

5. New Work p.697 5.1 Mobile Work p.697 5.2 Sabbaticals p.697 5.3 Other New Manifestations p.697

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