DOING BUSINESS IN EUROPE
Author: Andre Beukes LLM
Facebook to police hatespeech
Facebook, Google and Twitter will face new legislation if they don’t do more to police online hate speech, according to the European Commission. A study commissioned by Věra Jourová, the …
New EU financial powerhouse
London has so far been considered as the financial powerhouse of the European Union. With Britain, all set to separate from the EU following its Brexit vote, the position is now open for others to fill in. While Germany and Switzerland remain the most favored replacement for London, there are two unlikely contenders — Greece and Lithuania making a hard push to attract fintech and blockchain startups into their country.
New information security certification for Start-ups – Expand to Europe #expandtoeurope
Two Dutch startups have obtained a new type of information security certification. Restaurant bill splitting app Tabster and educational software company SOWISO have passed the Security Verified review. This is the first information …
SWISS IMMIGRATION TO GRANT MORE WORK PERMITS FOR NON-EU IMMIGRANTS
As nations across Europe, including the UK, clampdown on the number of non-EU workers entering their countries and Donald Trump in the US promises even tougher immigration controls, Switzerland has …
Is Europe a Good Place for Doing Business?
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Companies Doing Business in the EU Must Be Aware of Perils of Talking with Rival Companies
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The future of jobs
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is interacting with other socio-economic and demographic factors to create a perfect storm of business model change in all industries, resulting in major disruptions to labour …
World Bank rankings: best places in the EU to do business
New Zealand, Singapore, Denmark, Hong Kong and South Korea led this year’s rankings. Between June 2015 and June 2016, the report, which measures 190 economies worldwide, documented 283 business reforms. …
Right to leave: EU workers
An employee remains entitled to an allowance by way of compensation for any days of annual leave not taken in the course of his employment even when the said employee himself decides to retire from the job, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has recently confirmed.
Dutch Labour Law for Managers #10
Dismissal of an employee for refusal to work / Dutch Labour Law Dutch Labour Law for Managers #10 Dutch Labour Law. Be prepared and informed. Click hereto receive a weekly Dutch …
‘Brexit’ Vote Has European Workers in Britain Unsure of Future: nytimes
LONDON — Filipe Graca hovered over an espresso machine at the British food chain Pret A Manger and frothed out a cafe latte for a waiting customer. Until last …
Losing your job as an expat in the Netherlands
Losing your residence right With an employment-based residence permit (such as a highly skilled migrant permit or a permit for paid employment), premature employment termination does not only mean losing …
Overseas students: new work visa rules make UK ‘challenging’
International students may be put off from applying to UK universities by “challenging” new restrictions on employing foreign graduates, an expert on immigration law has warned. While higher education has …
10 Issues raised at the hearing on the Dutch Work and Security act in the Dutch Second Chamber, 03-02-2016
Dutch Managers must decide if they are going to follow the easy or the difficult route with the management of the Work and Security act. The easy route may seem difficult and expensive in the beginning, but the benefits that it will yield in terms of personnel engagement and labour relations can not be measured.