EY teams advise you on complex labour law projects in different regions and support you throughout the development of your business, helping you manage the personal legal aspects of restructurings, mergers, acquisitions and all types of business transformations. In this newsletter, we focus on the challenges of labor law for companies to return to work (or not) in our Covid-19 world. Here you will find information from 39 jurisdictions around the world. Paula leads EY`s global Labour and Employment team, which is comprised of labour lawyers from around the world. She has over 15 years of experience advising on complex international labour law issues. Roselyn is a global leader in labour and employment law at EY. She works with clients to design and execute their overall strategies from a human resources perspective. Passion for establishing and maintaining close working relationships with clients. Recognized by Who`s Who Legal as one of the best lawyers in labor law. Globalist before his time. Beach and art lovers.
Townspeople. In addition to ESG reporting requirements, countries around the world understand that incentives and binding legal measures are needed to achieve gender parity and greater diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace in general. For this reason, many countries pass laws to ensure that anti-discrimination laws are in place, and also require companies to measure and report on diversity, equity and inclusion. At the head of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, on the 18th. In March 2021, he told the French National Assembly that it would take 140 years to achieve parity between men and women if nothing more was done. In this issue of EY`s Global Labour and Employment Law Strategic Topics, we look at the 31 countries` DE&I laws. We advise you on the initial design of the company`s restructuring or transformation, as well as the full range of associated employment compliance requirements, which can help you manage workforce aspects specific to your company`s needs and better control the application schedule. Now more than ever, companies need to understand labor law to manage costs and risks, proactively identify potential barriers, and enable effective, timely, and agile application of global or regional projects. With over 35 years of experience, Roselyn focuses on transformations, transactions, restructurings and managing clients` day-to-day needs such as works councils and union issues, harassment, discrimination and litigation.
She began her career as a lawyer in the United States before moving to France, focusing exclusively on international labor law issues for multinational clients. This is by no means last-minute news that the past 12 months have been the most unusual of our lives. We are (still) facing a health crisis all over the world. Governments are doing their best to prevent an economic crisis: many governments keep their economies afloat by subsidizing businesses and labor costs. These stimulus packages have worked very well and have so far prevented a flood of layoffs around the world. But it can take much longer. Sooner or later, businesses could be alone to cope with the new economic situation resulting from the pandemic. Paula is a frequent speaker on topics such as the development of Swedish labour law, social media in the workplace and the #MeToo movement.
She holds an LLM from the University of Gothenburg. EY`s Global Labor and Employment Law COVID-19 Tracker provides an up-to-date overview of labour law considerations resulting from the pandemic. Strategic workforce planning is an important necessity to facilitate talent acquisition and retention. EY`s global employment team, led by Paula, is well positioned to advise on the range of human resources issues. Compliance and regulatory regulations are increasing rapidly worldwide. Paula works closely with EY clients in the area of workforce risk management. Advise clients on a wide range of national and international employment law matters – staff restructuring, strategic workforce planning, personal risk management and HR transactions. EY`s Global Labor and Employment Law COVID-19 Tracker provides an up-to-date overview of lawyers` employment law considerations in more than 60 jurisdictions. Monitoring provides information on employers` rights, obligations, leave and government incentives to help companies understand and apply employers` changing obligations around the world to their workforce. Paula frequently provides strategic HR advice to global companies in terms of hiring, compensation and managing a growing workforce. His extensive experience in human resources and transactions includes union consultation, negotiations, benefit program amendments, restructuring, enforcement of restrictive agreements and trade secret protection. Human resource issues are a major challenge in these multinational transformations, as each country has different labour and labour laws.
EY Law Practices, in collaboration with other EY member firms, has the multi-territorial experience and knowledge to assist business leaders, where permitted, in the feasibility, design, implementation and coordination of multi-country transformation projects. You can deploy and lead project teams of experienced professionals and project management staff to carry out these business transformations in a timely and cost-effective manner, while advising you on appropriate compliance with local labor regulations. “In my work with clients, I attach great importance to providing socially responsible advice. I facilitate compliance with labour law on a country-by-country basis worldwide; and protect the image, reputation and brand of our customers. By helping global companies understand how to be a socially responsible corporate citizen around the world, I am doing my part to create a better world of work. EY has access to detailed and continuously updated country-by-country information on labour and labour laws and appropriate human resources practices. In addition, our project teams can count on the support of EY`s network of experienced local employment agencies to validate information or receive more detailed advice as needed. All this significantly increases the level of coordination and consistency, which, together with the significantly reduced response time, is a key differentiator in today`s market. In this rapidly changing environment, companies` legal functions are faced with questions that need to be addressed urgently.
Companies around the world continue to face unprecedented challenges, not only financially, but also in terms of personnel. This digital guide is constantly updated, but should not be used as legal advice. You should contact your local EY legal team for the latest developments. EY does not engage in advocacy if we are not permitted to do so under local law. No legal advice is provided in the United States of America. Updated: March 1, 2021. The impact of the pandemic has varied greatly depending on whether a business is large or non-essential, whether a business can work remotely or requires a physical presence, whether it serves people at home or in the office. Some sectors performed well, particularly high-tech and groceries, while other sectors were simply devastated, such as travel, leisure, catering and aviation.
In addition, many companies do not plan to “return” to a pre-Covid-19 work environment. Many plan to integrate long-term remote work. For those severely affected and those experimenting with new ways of working, workforce restructuring and reengineering is imminent and may lead to downsizing.