In The Debrief, our Practice Leaders across CEE share updates on recent and upcoming legislation, consider the impact of recent court decisions, showcase landmark projects, and stay up to date with the latest developments impacting their respective practice areas.
Solid Slovenia: A Buzz Interview with Jan Gorjup of Kirm Perpar
The business situation in Slovenia remains solid, although several challenges worsening prospects for the future are present – from the worker shortage to increasing prices and indications of a potential slowdown – while the country works on its green transition and considers reforming its tax, pension, and health systems and employment legislation, according to Kirm Perpar Partner Jan Gorjup.
Greenberg Traurig Advises Symfonia on Investment from Accel-KKR
Greenberg Traurig has advised Symfonia on a growth buyout investment from Accel-KKR. Goodwin Procter advised Accel-KKR on the acquisition while Kirkland & Ellis advised the investor on the debt financing.
Reinforcement of Social Dialogue on the Radar in Romania Again
In the past years, social dialogue in Romania has decreased in significance within labor relationships, considering the quite old-fashioned framework, having no collective bargaining agreements in place at the industry level, the lack of impactful voices at the trade union level, and the lack of general awareness of the legal framework – and of its potential positive impact on how workplace representation and collective negotiations could contribute to better business performance.
Implementation of the EU Directives on Work-Life Balance and on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions: Bulgaria
The EU Directives on Work-life balance and on Transparent and predictable working conditions were introduced into the Bulgarian national legislation in August 2022 and brought about significant changes and obligations for the employers. What do they mean for businesses?
BD2P Launches Milica Pesteric-Helmed ESG Department
Bojovic, Draskovic, Popovic & Partners has announced the launch of its Environmental, Social, and Governance department led by Partner Milica Pesteric.
Video surveillance at the Workplace – When is it Lawful?
In one of our previous texts we wrote about the recent decision of the Spanish personal data protection authority, by which it fined an employer as the controller of personal data for using the option of audio recording within the employees surveillance system, which data were subsequently used for termination of an employment contract.