Harassment South Korean court confirms employer powers in workplace stalking cases Railway company lawfully reassigned worker during active internal harassment investigation Restructuring Hundreds of Samsung workers to relocate or be laid off in US headquarter move Over 700 roles affected in consumer electronics division as manufacturer pivots focus to AI chip production Disputes Aldi Australia offers multi-million dollar settlement in underpayment class action Deal follows substantial ruling against fellow supermarkets Coles and Woolworths handed down last year Artificial Intelligence Meta layoffs to go ahead after judge rejects workers’ AI bias challenge Plaintiffs failed to show the “irreparable harm” needed to justify emergency intervention Regulation Poland’s new labour inspection powers put B2B models under scrutiny With inspectors now able to reclassify civil law contracts through administrative decisions, employers must urgently review their contractor arrangements Competition EU court backs antitrust agencies’ seizure of employee emails Ruling highlights growing crossover between competition, employment, and data protection law Collective Bargaining EAT upholds £4.8m collective bargaining breach over 2017 pay offer Rail franchise breached labour rules by making direct offer to staff while negotiations were ongoing Restructuring VW works council to grill CEO over proposed 140,000 job cuts German car giant plans record-breaking restructuring in bid to keep up with Chinese rivals Modern Slavery Australia to criminalise supply chain modern slavery violations Proposed penalty framework comes after Trump administration threatens global trade tariffs over forced labour inaction Events Global Employment Summit International Employment Lawyer is delighted to announce that the third Global Employment Summit will take place on Thursday 15th October at Convene 117 W 46th Street, New York.The full-day event will bring together leading in-house counsel, HR and ER professionals, and private practitioners from across the world to take a deep dive into the key issues impacting the management of global workforces from the vantage point of US-headquartered multinationals. Research IEL Monitor IEL Monitor is a forward-looking, fully searchable database of upcoming and prospective employment and labour legislation from around the world, designed to alert in-house teams of new laws and regulations, and support timely compliance. Private Practice Leaders Neurodiversity is a defining workplace issue that’s here to stay Private Practice Leaders Building a mothership platform, one location at a time Private Practice Leaders “Evolution, not revolution”: Susannah Kintish takes the helm at Mishcon de Reya