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Workplace mobbing or harassment must be addressed not only for ethical reasons but also due to legal liability. Unfortunately, experience shows that mobbing situations are often ignored out of fear, ignorance, or other reasons. How to avoid mistakes when identifying mobbing? Not every failed joke among colleagues will be...
Read moreAfter the recent implementation of the Personal Data Protection System, we contacted our client – the skincare salon SKINPRO, whose services are used by more than 6000 individuals in Riga, Liepaja, and Daugavpils. We asked them to describe their experience in the system development process and also asked how...
Read moreTo ensure that video surveillance aligns with personal data protection requirements, its user must adhere to a series of legal requirements. These include establishing a legal basis and documenting the surveillance, adhering to data minimization principles, implementing proper data storage procedures, assessing recording formats, enforcing security measures, respecting the...
Read moreKārlis Vītols selected as a juror for the 2023 CEE Deals of the Year Awards | Office News
01.03.2024 LEADELLLEADELL Vītols law firm Managing Partner Kārlis Vītols has been appointed to the esteemed Country Selection Committee for the 2023 CEE Deals of the Year Awards. These awards stand as the pinnacle of peer recognition within the legal sphere across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). CEE Deals of the...
Read moreNew directive on closing gender pay gap and advancing pay transparency | Labour Law
19.06.2023 LEADELLOn 24 April 2023, the Council of the European Union, following the adoption of the European Parliament, approved the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to endorse the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women (so-called Pay...
Read moreHow does the implementation of personal data protection system in the company take place? | Data protection
05.06.2023 LEADELLGeneral Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) is a prevalent topic among entrepreneurs; however, the day-to-day work of our law firm sheds light on an ever-present confusion – entrepreneurs do not always have a clear road map for fulfilling the mandatory requirements. In addition, very often the reason for disorganized processes...
Read moreLooking for legal support in the creation of a whistleblowing system, a client employing several hundred employees turned to LEADELL Vītols labor law specialists. Since the Whistleblowing Law provides for the creation of a whistleblowing system in companies with more than 50 employees, it was the company’s obligation to...
Read moreAn industry leader has just joined the list of few entrepreneurs in Latvia who implement a socially responsible management model in the company whereby it devoted special attention to the assessment of observance of the principle of gender equality within the company. “Gender equality is not only a requirement...
Read moreIn response to signals from a senior employee about experienced mobbing in the work environment, one industry-leading company invites the specialists of the LEADELL Vītols law office for an in-depth investigation of the case. As a result, facts confirming the suspicions about mobbing are revealed, opening up opportunities for...
Read moreAn overview of the most important amendments to laws and regulations, most of which will enter into force already on 1 January 2023, has been prepared by LEADELL Vītols legal experts. Among them – several regulatory changes concerning shares and their owners. Performers of economic activities in the field...
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