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Work-for-hire unpaid: who owns the IP?
Suppose X is a software developer, the only employee of sole proprietor Y.
The contract is oral, "build an app like (famous app), earn $wage per week". Laws breached by this are outside the ...
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Is it legal having two 40 hour jobs in 2 EU countries being non EU [closed]
I have a work permit in Sweden for 3+ years.
I have received a job offer from another EU country.
I want to work both jobs. Both jobs are 55k+ euro annually so I have no issues with minimum ...
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What are an employed/contracted software developer's responsibilities under the GDPR?
This is prompted by this question but that is rather complicated by the technical details. Suppose the following hypothetical:
Alice is a software developer for Bob Inc. perhaps as a normal employee, ...
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Working part of the year from Spain for a UK company, what are the implications?
I am an EU national based in the UK working for a British company. I would like to live and work remotely from Spain between 3 to 6 months per year. My current company told me they would not ...
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Working from Home in EU
Is there anything in EU (or German) law or directives to encourage or even mandate working from home, outside of a pandemic? Are there plans to do so?
Background: I plan to move to a neighbor EU ...
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Can company's code of conduct influence what employees are doing outside of working hours if it doesn't create a conflict of interest?
In many companies nowadays we can find the following paragraph in their code of conduct:
Employees must, however, avoid acquiring any business interest or participating in any other activity outside ...
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Is an individual liable for administrative costs when backing out of an employment contract accepted via email?
A non-EU citizen accepted an offer of employment in writing via email for a company based in the Netherlands. They sent their passport and other documentation to the company to begin the process of ...
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Would she be entitled to welfare benefits?
Say an Irish national resides in another country (Denmark) and looks for work and cannot find work in her profession. But instead, she finds a part-time job that is poorly paid and she is only working ...
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Is it legal for employers to hire only native speakers?
I recently learned that there are some companies (for instance, certain editing, writing, or translation services) that explicitly refuse to hire non-native English speakers for certain positions a ...
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Are anti-employee-poaching clauses in contracts enforceable?
Many companies have so-called "anti-poaching" clauses in job contracts to prevent employees that leave from referring their old colleagues.
I heard some large tech companies have got in ...
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EU potential employer asking for Police Clearance Certificate because of my nationality
I'm from Portugal and living in Poland now. I have passed a recruiting process for a Danish company here in Poland.
The company stated that as I'm not Danish, nor Polish, I should go through an ...
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Is it legal to work more than more than 48 hours in EU with multiple jobs if one is a freelance job?
I am working full-time as an International research assistant (in a University Library) in Germany. A startup (based in London) asked me to work with them as a research consultant (a kind of ...
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Accepting two offers from two EU countries
I had an offer from a Spanish company last month and I accepted it. And because I am a non EU citizen I need Visa process to be completed before I can join I am waiting for some documents here in my ...
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Am I legally responsible for being a developer of a code, if my customer uses it illegally?
I am from an Europe country, I work online and get orders on freelancer websites.
Few months ago, I had a customer hiring me to do some Bitcoin-related coding, I'm one of their developers for 6-7 ...
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Hiring a UK resident and citizen to work remotely in a Finnish company (pre and post brexit)
Company A: a software development startup. Incorporated in Finland.
Person B: An UK resident and citizen
A is looking to employ B to work entirely remotely. Because of reasons, it is not possible ...
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