Wed, 8 Jun 2011: New legislation on Temporary Employment…
Jun 8, 2011 Baltics
After the law comes into effect, this problem will end. The law basically followed the recommendations of the Directive without setting additional restrictions. One may assess it positively becau...Tags: Agency Workers, Employment Agency, Employment Conditions, Employment Law, Employment Relationship, Illegal Work, Law Employment, New Legislation, Peculiarities, Periods, Remuneration, Service Provision, Temporary Agency, Temporary Employment, Temporary Work, Temporary Workers, Undertaking, Work Agency, Working Conditions
Wed, 18 Feb 2009: Taking Counsel: Annual vacation postponement and compensation in Latvia…
Feb 18, 2009 Latvia
In accordance with the Labor Law, by agreement between employer and employee, an annual paid vacation in the current year may be granted in parts. The law imposes certain restrictions, providing t...Tags: Annual Vacation, Calendar Weeks, Current, Empl, Labor Law, Latvia, Paid Vacation, Postponement, Undertaking, Vacation Dates
Wed, 17 Oct 2007: TALKING TAX -Corporate income taxes - new challenge for real estate inve…
Oct 17, 2007 Baltics
Amendments to the Law on Income Tax, effective from 2007, opened the hands of Estonian tax authorities. Accordingly, any gain realized by a foreign undertaking from a transfer of shares in an Esto...Tags: Amendments, Assets, Corporate Income Tax, Corporate Income Taxes, Corporate Taxes, Estonian Company, Inflation, Investor, Latvia, New Challenge, Real Estate, Share Transfers, Tax Authorities, Taxation, Transfer Of Shares, Undertaking
Wed, 17 Jan 2007: Taking counsel: Building management as a jack-in-the-box…
Jan 17, 2007 Baltics
The numbers look good. But have you checked the contemplated building management structure? A purchaser should be cautious when it comes to standard document content. Legal issues should not be l...Tags: Building Management, Decisions, Developers, Economic Analysis, Jack In The Box, Management Arrangement, Management Structure, Organize, Purchaser, Tendency, Undertaking, Unit Dwellings
Wed, 25 Oct 2006: Taking counsel: Deemed Transfer or Not Deemed Transfer?…
Oct 25, 2006 Baltics
It is also possible to make an acquisition by way of "transfer of an undertaking", i.e., alienation or acquisition of the assets and liabilities belonging to the business, without carrying out a r...Tags: Acquisition, Alienation, Ambiguities, Assets And Liabilities, Complexity, Legal Documentation, Reorganization, Reorganizations, Restructuring, Tax Consequences, Undertaking
Wed, 2 Mar 2005: Taking counsel…
Mar 2, 2005 Baltics
Following lengthy debates between practitioners and academics in the field, the senate has confirmed in its recent rulings that a refusal of an employee to agree to amendments to an employment con...Tags: Academics, Amendments, Debates, Employment Contracts, Equivalent Measures, Parent Company, Professional Training, Provisions, Senate, Undertaking
Thu, 29 Jul 1999: Insurance for sale in Riga…
Jul 29, 1999 Latvia
The company promise to open similar stores in other Latvian towns, if this undertaking proves successful.. ...Tags: Insurance, Insurance Company, Promise, Riga, Undertaking