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13/04/2022
Slovenia: Spin-off Company Liable for Claims of Untransferred Employees?
Picture a situation where a company divests a part of its business to create a new company. Employees are transferred to the spin-off company too. Based on Article 75 of the Employment Relationship Act (ZDR-1), the provisions on the transfer of an undertaking (change of employer) then apply. The article governs the joint and several liability of both the transferor and transferee company; however, it limits liability solely to the claims of employees who were actually transferred.
13/07/2021
Future of Work
This guide helps you find answers to essential questions about mobile working.
18/03/2021
CMS Employment Snack
Have you heard about the latest developments in employment law? Modern working environments are leading to unprecedented challenges and the pandemic also conducts frequent and rapid changes to labour law.   In our webinar series CMS Employment Snack – the name says it all – you can find out how to best deal with the numerous employment law issues in appealingly presented and digestible portions. Our employment law experts provide frequent information here on everything you need to be aware of. We not only keep an eye on the legal situation in Austria but also on CEE jurisdictions.  The following episodes of our CMS Employment Snacks are currently available – we hope you enjoy listening:
22/01/2021
CMS On your radar | Issue 14
Welcome to the latest edition of "On your radar", which is a story of two halves…   First, we take the opportunity to look back at developments during 2020, in many cases highlighting those that you...
01/07/2020
Signing with e-signature in CEE
Digitalisation affects all aspects of a business’s operations, including contracts, internal documentation and employment relationships. The COVID-19 pandemic has created the need for contactless and...
01/01/2018
Employment employs us
Employment law issues play a particularly important role in times of economic change. CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz has been advising in this area for more than 30 years. During this period, we have been...
27/07/2017
New powers of the Labour inspectorate
Slovenia is in the process of adopting the Act Amending the Labour Inspection Act. Since the Act is being adopted in the shortened legislative procedure, it should enter into force relatively quickly...
18/03/2016
Simplification of employment of aliens for certain professions in Slovenia
The recently published Order on determining the occupations in which the employment of aliens is not linked to the labor market (the “Order”) will simplify employment of aliens in Slovenia, but only...
25/01/2016
The recent ECHR ruling does not give employers the right to act like Big...
The ECHR ruling in case of Barbulescu v. Romania could be interpreted as allowing employers to unlimited access and surveillance of private communications of their employees. Although it cannot be denied...
11/09/2015
Mobile worker's commuting constitutes working time, the European Court...
On 10 September 2015 the Court of Justice of the European Union (Court), issued a judgement in the case C-266/14 (Tyco), which in essence says, that the journeys made by workers without fixed or habitual...
19/06/2015
The European Employment and Pensions Challenge
Expertise across all jurisdictions Doing business across Europe is complex and can be confusing. European laws, languages and cultures mean that local jurisdictions vary widely. And in the case of employment...
10/12/2014
A new Collective Agreement for Slovenia’s Metal and Foundry Industry
The representatives of employers (Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia and the Association of Employers of Slovenia) and trade unions of metal and electro industry concluded a new collective agreement...