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.
From the 1st of September 2018, all Estonian companies will be required to submit data on their beneficial owners to the Commercial Register of Estonia.
In September, a new amendment to the Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Prevention Act will enter into force, requiring companies to disclose data on their beneficial owners.
On 1 January 2018, a new Labour Dispute Resolution Act (hereinafter referred to as TVS by its Estonian acronym) will enter into force, supplanting the Individual Labour Dispute Resolution Act (hereinafter ITVS) in force up to 31 December.
Employees posted to Estonia must be registered with the Labour Inspectorate
Starting this year, some important changes to the health insurance system took force, and thus those serving as management board members and working on the basis of contracts under the law of obligations (authorisation agreements, contracts for services etc) should pay attention to the issues relating to activation and suspension of health insurance coverage.
Management board member agreements and employment contracts
Compared to agreements on competition restrictions, the obligation to keep business secrets has not been dealt with as widely, yet it needs significantly more coverage. In this article, the author deals with the various nuances related to business secrets, defines business secret and discusses why keeping business secrets is important for every company.