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According to the Employment Contracts Act, there are two grounds for cancelling an employment contract: ordinary and extraordinary. The easiest option is agreement between the parties, but what are the other options? How to dismiss someone who drinks on the job? Read more from our legal manager Kristel Tiits's article.

Organisations and companies that are required by law to conduct an internal audit often ask: is it more economical to establish an internal position at the company or outsource internal audit service?

A situation where a company gives or guarantees a loan to a shareholder, partner or board member comes up all the time. Yet the Commercial Code does set out restrictions on granting loans. I will discuss some of the most likely problems and potential tax risks below.

The midsummer holidays of St. John’s Day and Victory Day are getting closer and it is the right time to look at working on public holidays. When do employees have the right to a shortened workday or a day off work? What are the exceptions? To prevent misunderstandings, employers should think about such situations early on.

How to protect your company? Five most important recommendations for ensuring cyber security. The biggest targets of these new brand of bandits are companies that own and process large amounts of data and companies whose cybersecurity measures are lagging behind the times.

A year has passed since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force on 25 May 2018. The main purpose of the regulation is to give individuals more control over what data about them is processed. The GDPR also applies to employment relations where the employer processes personal data of employees.

In the business world, success comes from focusing on your field and working your way to the top. But that takes time and dedication. So if you are just going into business or expanding, it is wise to think about what sorts of support services are worth outsourcing – what happens if your accountant or computer person is not sitting in the next room but works for an external service provider?

On 1 January 2019, changes to the Commercial Code came into force, intended to resolve a few problems that have reared their heads in practice.

2019 has brought several changes to the process of filings made to the employment register. Besides the data currently required, now the working time rate, job title and workplace address must generally be specified.

Form INF 14, which needs to be submitted to the Tax and Customs Board, consists of several parts with different submission terms, the first of which is on 1 February 2019.

Amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act that came into force on 1 January 2019 will lead to a decrease in the administrative burden on employers.

Grant Thornton Baltic is proud to be a local payroll partner of ADP in Baltic countries and been named as one of the winners for the 2018 Partner Excellence Award.

Below we list eight main reasons why companies prefer outsourcing payroll operations instead of a dedicated in-house department.

This year, a number of large-scale purchase and sale transactions have provided much fodder for discussion in the media – Nelja Energia, Luminor and Utilitas are three examples. The large transactions always stand out, but this year has seen many mid-sized and small company acquisitions as well.

Although employer branding is seen as mainly the domain of personnel and marketing people, it isn’t only their function. Managers have just as important a role here, because it is managers who can leave employees with a good experience of the organisation as employer. Or the opposite – a negative experience, because Estonia has many organisations that have a substandard managerial culture and instead of leading people, they’re busy managing money and processes.

Next year, amendments to the Taxation Act are expected to enter into force. One of the amendments calls for more data to be added to the employment register, which will however increase the workload for accountants.