HR & Labor Law
Employment rules, worker rights, and labor-law changes that affect how you run HR and payroll.
Spain's Ley Rider: when a delivery app's contractors are presumed to be employees
Picture a delivery rider in Madrid. They signed up through an app, they were labelled an autónomo (self-employed), they send an invoice for their runs, and for years the platform booked them as a contractor with no…
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
Terminating an Employee in the UK: The Steps and How Severance Is Calculated
In the UK, the statutory payout for a dismissal is usually the small number, and the tribunal risk is the big one. Statutory redundancy pay is modest and capped: for 2026/27 a week's pay counts for at most £751, so the…
Greg Miaskiewicz
CEO & Co-Founder
How to Onboard a New Employee in the UK: A Step-by-Step Guide for Payroll Teams
Getting the right-to-work check wrong can be a costly mistake: employing someone without a valid check can mean a civil penalty of up to £45,000 per illegal worker for a first breach, and up to £60,000 for a repeat.…
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
Terminating an Employee in Germany: The Steps and How Severance Is Calculated
The surprising thing about ending an employment relationship in Germany is that the country has some of the strongest dismissal protection in Europe and, at the same time, no automatic right to severance. Those two…
Greg Miaskiewicz
CEO & Co-Founder
How to Onboard a New Employee in Germany: A Step-by-Step Guide for Payroll Teams
The German onboarding mistake that costs the most is a sequencing one, and it surprises companies used to registering new hires after they start. In several industries, Germany requires an employer to report a new…
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
