28/08/2026
📢 Andersen European Employment Insights – August 2026
What are the employment law developments European employers should have on their radar?
In the August edition of Andersen European Employment Insights, our Employment & Labor teams share practical updates from 13 jurisdictions across Europe, covering data privacy, equal pay, workforce flexibility, immigration and new models of work.
👉 Read the August edition here: https://docsend.com/view/r5vpvimcqmrfwsd2
🔦 Client Perspective
This month, we also hear directly from the business.
Rui Gomes, Vice President of Menzies Portugal, joins José Mota Soares of Andersen in Portugal to discuss the realities of managing a 3,500-person workforce in a highly regulated, safety-critical and international industry – and what businesses really expect from their employment law advisers.
“Understand the business first and then give me the law.”
Among the developments covered in this edition:
-A €460,000 data protection fine following unlawful access to former employees’ corporate emails in Italy
-A Spanish Supreme Court ruling invalidating contractual clauses allowing unilateral changes to working hours
-Proposed paid leave for early pregnancy loss in Ireland
-New rules on algorithmic management and platform work proposed in Lithuania