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Many outstanding issues on the agenda. In focus: Employment law outlook for 2020
Many outstanding issues on the agenda
: Focus on employment law prospects for 2020
The turn of the year also marks the start of a new decade, and the very magic of the number alone prompts us to consider which issues will occupy us not only in the new year, but also beyond. We are not starting from ‘scratch’, however; the issues from the past year continue to be relevant. The challenges arising from working life are well known. These also give rise to employment law issues.
The advance of digitalisation will bring familiar issues further to the fore: employees’ skills, and the handling of employees’ data. Or, the evolving possibilities for making working life more flexible – work that is ‘breaking down boundaries’ in terms of both space and time. These changes do not affect all employees equally. Although buildings are planned with the aid of IT, they are not constructed by it. For the construction worker, the issue of increased flexibility through working from home and using a laptop is not a concern. Specific legislative proposals are linked to these broader trends.
Read the full article in the latest online edition of the Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel:
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Monday, 27 January 2020, for our Labour Law Day on 30 January 2020, which will address issues relating to working time legislation and current labour law matters.
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