Along with some key regulations and directives, 2026 brings several compliance and labour law challenges.
Join our International Employment experts to deep dive into the legal and practical aspects of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, as well as consider the impact of other upcoming EU Directives.
We will also look back at the implementation of the EU Whistleblowing Directive and how to approach employee investigations in Europe in light of these changes, including some key practical and technical aspects.
We invite you to join us and our International Employment team colleagues at our in-person event focused on navigating the key developments and emerging challenges for the year ahead in the CEE region (Poland, Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia), as well as the wider EU context.
Join us in our Warsaw office on Thursday 19 March 2026 for this half-day event that will be held in English.
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Registration, breakfast and networking |
| 09:30 - 09:45 |
Fireside chat: Welcome remarks and introduction to the current employment regulatory landscape in the EU, impact on CEE – by Karolina Stawicka & Thomas Hey |
| 09:45 - 11:00 |
First session: EU Transparency Pay Directive current implementation landscape – by Pieter De Koster (moderator and introduction), Susan Battye, Catharina Klumpp, Michal Olszewski, Filip Hron & Miguel Pastur |
| 11:00 - 11:15 |
Coffee break |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Second session: Workplace investigations: what and how to investigate – by Alison Dixon (moderator), Karolina Stawicka, Furat Ashraf, Anton Aerts & Jakub Kur (technical aspects) |
| 12:15 - 13:00 |
Lunch & networking |
Where possible, we try to avoid holding events over religious and cultural days of significance. Unfortunately this is not always possible and the dates of our events may fall on the same day(s).
Please let Bird & Bird know if the dates of this event impact your religious observance so we can make every effort to accommodate your participation in the event.
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