This booklet is intended to provide lawyers and those involved in Dutch business operations with a good understanding of the essentials of Dutch employment law. The human factor is considered crucial in successful organisations and a careful approach to HR strategy can lead to significant rewards.
This article highlights the importance of conducting security risk assessments in “hot” regions where kidnappings, abductions and suicide bombings are on the rise. The resource also discusses the importance of training employees regarding risks of security incidents.
A company negotiating an agreement to sell products to the government of a foreign country should consider a few steps for mitigating risk. Implementing these steps will be particularly important if the foreign country has had some prior political unrest and has insisted that any transaction must be handled in their judicial system.
This publication gives a highlight on below: UK and China Key Trade and Investment Facts; Trade and investment between China and the UK; The Business Environment; Investment; Key sector profiles; Who's who and who does what?; and UK-China Dialogues.<br />
Amcham-Brasil’s How-To Guides for businesses seeking opportunities in Brazil. Documents in the following categories provide the groundwork for successful expansion into Latin America’s fastest-growing economy:
• How to invest in São Paulo, Paraná, Pernambuco, and Goiás
• How to manage corporate taxes in Brazil, to establish a business presence in Brazil, to obtain visas for Brazil, to do
governmental contracts in Brazil, legitimize a business partnership in Brazil, and to understand litigation in Brazil
• How to obtain environmental permits in Brazil
• How to understand legal aspects of doing infrastructure business in Brazil
• How to do cash management in Brazil and to deal with banks financing in Brazil
• How to protect people and property in Brazil and to import into Brazil
• How to understand real estate market in Brazil and to choose your logistical/industrial facility in Brazil
• How to do branding in Brazil
• How to understand IT law in Brazil
This article pertains to attorneys who work with LPO providers regularly, as well as those who might be considering using LPO for the first time.
Ellen Pekilis is general counsel of CSA Group, an internationally- accredited standards development, and testing and certification organization headquartered in Toronto, Canada. In this article, she shares her experience working for an independent, not-for-profit member-based association dedicated to advancing safety, sustainability and social good.
A review of the recent interest and penalties amnesty related to the Brazilian state sales tax on companies importing goods. Includes discussion of how companies can reduce outstanding liabilities and resolve pending litigation.
A review of "moral damages" inflicted upon on employer by its employee. Acts such as unsuitable behavior, bad procedure, competition and, in particular, the violation of professional secrecy can give rise to "moral damages."