Employment

07 March 2023

Being a Regional MEA Employer: Tanzania

Our Being a Regional MEA Employer series addresses the employment framework, legislative changes and challenges impacting employers and employees across a variety of jurisdictions. Our second episode focuses on Tanzania, an economic hub in the East African region.

14 December 2022

Being a Regional MEA Employer: Kenya

Our Being a Regional MEA Employer series addresses the employment framework, legislative changes and challenges impacting employers and employees across a variety of jurisdictions. Our first episode focuses on Kenya, an economic hub in the East African region.

22 June 2021

MEA Employment | Ep 3: Agile working and return to the workplace - can your employees now work from

In the third episode of our MEA Employment Law podcast series, our employment partners are joined by Barbara Henzen, Head of Tax and Corporate Services at KPMG, to discuss agile working and returning to the workplace.

29 April 2021

MEA Employment Law Podcast - Ep 2: Business Reorganisations in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar

In the second episode of our MEA Employment Law podcast series, employment partners Rebecca Ford, Sara Khoja and Emma Higham discuss the very topical issue of employer restructuring and business reorganisations and how this is applied in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, including the concept of “redundancy".

30 March 2021

MEA Employment Law Podcast - Ep 1: Restrictive covenants and protection of confidential information

As many businesses have been forced to make headcount reductions in the past year, the remaining employees are key – both in terms of business continuity and the knowledge of the business and customers that they hold. An organisation doesn't want to see valuable resource and knowledge walk out the door and as a result, employers now seem more willing and open to take steps to protect their legitimate interests when a key employee leaves.