the graphic designers were entitled to compensation for non-pecuniary damage.
Invalid termination – joint employer responsibility
Pursuant to Section 15-7(1) of the Working Environment Act, a downsizing process as a result of reduction in production must be objectively justified by a company s situation and circumstances. The legal requirement is that the entire downsizing process must have a justifiable basis and implies, among other things, that the selection circuit cannot be unjustifiably limited.
The graphic designers argued that there had been a joint employer responsibility between
Dagbladet and Aller Media and that the selection circuit had therefore been unjustifiably limited by including only
The Federal Council recently tasked the Department of Finance with drafting a bill which will introduce a cyberattack notification obligation for operators of critical infrastructure. The draft will appoint a central reporting office and provide uniform criteria for all sectors in order to clarify how the reporting procedure would work. This step forward represents a key point of implementation of the national strategy for the protection of Switzerland against cyber risks.
On 4 December 2020 the Office for the Protection of Competition (the office) announced in a press release(1) that it had imposed a Kc32 million (approximately €1.2 million) fine on Czech retail chain HRUŠKA, spol sro for an alleged abuse of significant market power. The decision is not final and an appeal has been filed.
According to the press release, the retail chain allegedly violated the Significant Market Power Act (SMPA) by fully transferring all business risks and losses associated with the sale of goods nearing their expiration date to dozens of its suppliers between 2016 and 2019. The retail chain was said to have provided its suppliers with a so-called full service , within which it demanded that suppliers reduce the price of goods already in stock if their expiration date was near. If these goods were not sold before the expiration date, a corrective invoice was issued to suppliers. As a result, suppliers had to return part of the money for the goods to the retail cha
The Royal Court recently handed down judgment in
In the matter of CanArgo Limited (in liquidation) ([2020] GRC064), bringing to an end an important chapter in a long-running dispute regarding control of the exploration and exploitation of the oil and gas reserves of Georgia. This judgment makes it clear that liquidators can approach the court to approve a significant decision that they have taken to enter into a transaction and that such decision is akin to a
Public Trustee v Cooper blessing of a momentous decision in a trusts context. While the court will not allow liquidators to surrender their decision-making powers to the court, especially in a commercial context, it does have a supervisory jurisdiction over its officers and is available to bless the decision that the liquidators have taken even in the face of opposition from creditors.
Introduction
In recent years there has been a remarkable effort to make Greece an attractive destination for the production of audiovisual works (eg, films, TV series and video games). The most important initiatives in this respect are:
the cash rebate state aid scheme, which covers 40% of eligible production costs; and
the tax relief incentive, which covers 30% of eligible production costs.
An audiovisual work may qualify for both the cash rebate scheme and the tax relief,(1) provided that this complies with the EU Block Exemption Regulation (651/2014).
This article provides a brief outline of the above incentives.
Cash rebate scheme
The cash rebate scheme has attracted several investments since its creation. According to the National Centre of Audiovisual Media and Communications (EKOME):