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Teleworking White Book: state of the art in 15 countries
Labor law Teleworking White Book: state of the art in 15 countries
An overview of remote work developments in 15 countries before, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
1 min read | 25 Nov 2024
Chief accountants and CFOs: don’t forget an important task before Christmas!
Financial management Chief accountants and CFOs: don’t forget an important task before Christmas!
Companies’ credit agreements generally contain customer-specific conditions called covenants. December is the last chance to check whether the company is indeed in compliance with these covenants, especially considering how companies’ financial results have been impacted by the current ultra-rapid economic growth, rising prices and supply chain problems.
Mart Nõmper
Mart Nõmper
| 3 min read | 20 Dec 2022
Turning a blind eye to data protection can end up costing millions
Data protection Turning a blind eye to data protection can end up costing millions
Having data protection affairs in order at a company ensures reliable and trustworthy relations with businesspartners and a stronger position at the negotiating table. On the other hand, problems can mean fines running into the millions of euros even long after the issues are resolved.
4 min read | 22 Sep 2021
Processing of employees’ personal data in the context of the coronavirus pandemic
Data protection Processing of employees’ personal data in the context of the coronavirus pandemic
Many employers have questions about whether and to what extent personal data can be requested from employees in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. In this article, I highlight some practical questions and concepts that employers should factor into processing of employee personal data and provide advice on how to mitigate the main risks for both employer and employee.
10 min read | 22 Sep 2021
Deadline for workplace risk assessments is approaching
Legal Deadline for workplace risk assessments is approaching
Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, employers must compile a risk assessment of the working environment. It is mandatory for employers who have at least one employee (security institutions excluded).
Kristel Tiits
Kristel Tiits
| 2 min read | 18 Aug 2021
Inclusively leading through change
Leadership Inclusively leading through change
In the post-pandemic landscape, a new model of leadership will be needed to enable organisations to thrive. Engendering innovation, collaborating and communicating across the business, and adapting to change have become operational necessities, while empathy and inclusion are the keys to team performance.
3 min read | 04 Jul 2021
3 suggestions on how to return to normal working life
Human resource mnagement 3 suggestions on how to return to normal working life
It has been a year and a few months since the coronavirus turned a new page in world history and exploded all comfort zones. Since that time, Estonia has beaten back two waves of the virus, and like last spring, we are now facing a calmer period. But this brings up new questions – how to return little by little to ordinary working life and juggle the needs of companies and employees while taking into account the way work will be organized in future.
Marge Litvinova
Marge Litvinova
| 7 min read | 10 Jun 2021
Key changes in tax legislation in the Nordic Baltic region in 2021
Tax Key changes in tax legislation in the Nordic Baltic region in 2021
In the beginning of the year, several tax changes were introduced in Nordic-Baltic region. In addition we shall highlight tax rates applicable in the Nordic-Baltic region as of 2021.
1 min read | 21 May 2021
What possibilities do employers have to stay afloat in a crisis?
Labor law What possibilities do employers have to stay afloat in a crisis?
The coronavirus restrictions have put many employers in a very difficult situation. When turnover is down, it’s time to analyse what would lead the company through the difficult times – applying for a new salary compensation from the government, temporary pay cuts, leave or layoffs.
Kristel Tiits
Kristel Tiits
| 4 min read | 09 Apr 2021
Home offices have been the biggest game-changer in employment relationships
Labor law Home offices have been the biggest game-changer in employment relationships
The coronavirus crisis, which started a little more than a year ago, changed quite a few things in employment relationships. One of the most important changes has been the widespread use of working from home offices. Provided that the nature of the job had some degree of compatibility with the format, employees were allowed to work remotely by companies and organisations where this had not previously been the practice.
Kristel Tiits
Kristel Tiits
| 3 min read | 09 Apr 2021
Consolidation and Brexit
Consolidation Consolidation and Brexit
It will soon be time to prepare annual reports for the financial year 2020. Estonian companies with parent companies in the UK will have to take into account new rules.
16 Feb 2021
Annual reports – an unsung marketing method
Annual reports Annual reports – an unsung marketing method
An annual report can be a great calling card and the secret to doing business more successfully, even though Estonian business people aren’t all that active in submitting them. Last year was an exception: the deadline for submission of annual financial statements was postponed by several months and a larger number of the reports came in on time.
11 Feb 2021
Stockmarket Grant Thornton Baltic
Annual reports Listed companies get extension for complying with new requirement
Under a European Union directive, publicly listed companies must adopt the European Single Electronic Format, ESEF. But they will probably not have to file ESEF format annual reports for another year.
Mart Nõmper
Mart Nõmper
| 11 Feb 2021
Grant Thornton Baltic saade Kasvukursil Äripäeva raadios
Financial advisory Why determine the value of assets at a company and how to choose the right method?
After the year of the coronavirus, there is good reason to review the value of a company’s assets with particular care. Even more, because the value of some assets may instead have increased in these muddled times, as we heard on the Äripäev Radio programme ‘Kasvukursil’, on which Mart Nõmper, Sworn Auditor and Head of Audit and Assurance Services, and Mikk Mägi, Head of Financial Advisory at the pan-Baltic audit, outsourcing and advisory services provider Grant Thornton Baltic, discussed asset valuation.
10 Feb 2021
What is the difference between a good and a mediocre financial manager?
Advisory What is the difference between a good and a mediocre financial manager?
Mart Nõmper, Sworn Auditor and Head of Audit and Assurance Services, and Mikk Mägi, Head of Financial Advisory at the pan-Baltic audit, outsourcing and advisory services provider Grant Thornton Baltic, spoke about what distinguishes a good financial manager from a mediocre one on the Äripäev Radio programme ‘Kasvukursil’.
10 Feb 2021
Transmission of personal data to the US – mission impossible?
Data protection Transmission of personal data to the US – mission impossible?
On 16 July 2020, the European Union Court of Justice (CJEU) passed judgment C-311/18 (Schrems II), invalidating the US-EU certificate programme Privacy Shield, which ensures data transmission security.
22 Jan 2021
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