In this issue: Data protection and IP update: Adoption of EU data protection regulation likely in 2015 Amendment of the Belgian Data Protection Act Book XI of the Belgian code of economic law Employment law update: Termination of part-time employees Look forward: Michel I Social elections in May 2016 Commercial...

The Government has announced (see here) that it is introducing regulations (see draft here) to limit a claim for holiday back-pay, made via the unlawful deduction of wages provisions, to two years. However, whilst helpful in some cases to limit historic exposure to claims, employers must now review their holiday...

Employers need to start preparing for the new “family” rights set to come into force later this year and which will apply to babies born or adopted on or after 5 April 2015. We set out below an overview of the new right to shared parental leave and shall be...

A recent decision affecting how much employers must pay to their workers while they are on holiday could also have pension implications. The ruling on holiday pay The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) confirmed that to reflect European law workers should receive holiday pay which reflects their ‘normal remuneration’. This decision...

Zaquensis Personalservice GmbH is a German staffing firm that has 55 service centers across the country and more than 4,500 employees. Osborne Clarke’s Corporate Partner Rudolf-Matthias Hübner advised the main shareholder, Claudia Schmaler, on the sale of her shares and a new managing director contract. The Osborne Clarke team that...

GSA, a leading provider of student accommodations, creates, manages and finances real estate projects. The acquired Headquarter portfolio includes sites in Munster, Dresden, Darmstadt and Frankfurt. Hereby, the British investor and facility operator enters into the German market and continues its expansion course. A team of Osborne Clarke, led by...

Thomas Daily is a leading provider of market information for the German real estate industry. CoStar aims to maintain the company’s growth with the acquisition. The Osborne Clarke team that advised on the takeover was led by Partner Dr Björn Hürten who was assisted by Annette Simon, Efthimios Detsikas (all...

As well as the statutory changes coming into force this April (see here), the end of March also saw a number of Acts gain Royal Assent, including the Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (“SBEE”) and the Deregulation Act 2015. These include a number of provisions of interest to...