As businesses become more global, in-house lawyers and HR professionals find it increasingly difficult to have at their fingertips the key employment laws in those countries where they do business and to keep up-to-date with important developments.

To help our clients save time and reduce legal costs relating to employment law enquiries, we were inspired to find a solution. As such, in collaboration with our global network of preferred specialist labour and employment lawyers, we have developed Global Edge.

What is Global Edge?It is a subscription-based information portal that you can access for up-to-date key employment law requirements and developments.

• Covers 32 countries (with more countries in the pipeline) plus the EU

• Covers 29 key topics (with more to come)

• “On the Horizon” (what’s in the pipeline), horizon tracker and “News” features

• Updated quarterly

• Very high search functionality

• Enables users to produce tailored reports on single and multiple countries in a variety of formats

• Compatible with mobile devices, including the ability to search and create reports directly from your iPhone, iPad or other mobile device

• Links to Employment Law Worldview and Brexit Legal Blogs

• Live news feed and access to Squire Patton Boggs’ employment twitter account

• Tailored packages – only subscribe to the countries you need

• Subscription runs on a yearly basis

Who is Global Edge for?Anyone who is a general counsel, member of an in-house counsel team, senior regional or global HR professional at a multinational organisation and has employees at numerous locations around the world.

Why Subscribe to Global Edge?• Enables multinationals to make considerable savings on external legal

fees for “commoditised” employment law information

• Makes your professional life much easier when researching foreign employment law

• Report function enables you to prepare tailored country or multi-country reports very quickly in country or topic format for topic and ‘On the Horizon’ matters

• Regular news articles to keep on top of latest legal developments

• Much more detail than other websites and will be updated quarterly together with ad hoc updates between quarterly reviews for important legislative developments

• Email alerts where there has been a significant legal change in one of your subscribed countries

• Enables you to have an informed discussion with foreign law firms when considering a specific situation

• Written in plain English without the legal jargon

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What Countries and Topics are Covered?Global Edge is a growing platform that offers a multitude of countries and labour law topics. More topics and countries are in the pipeline and will be released in due course.

Countries Covered

Argentina Denmark Italy Qatar Sweden

Australia EU Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Russia Switzerland

Belgium France Malaysia Singapore Turkey

Brazil Germany Mexico Slovak Republic UAE

Chile Hong Kong Netherlands South Africa UK

China (PRC) India Norway Spain US

Czech Republic Ireland Poland Coming soon: Finland, Indonesia, Nigeria, Portugal and Romania

Topics Covered

Agency workers Data protection Minimum terms and conditions Share sales

Alcohol and drugs Discrimination Monitoring, surveillance and screening Stop and search

Background checks Dismissals for misconduct/poor performance Notice of termination Termination indemnities

Business immigration Employee activities outside work Part-time employees Whistleblowing

Business transfers/outsourcing Employee representatives Probation Zero hours workers

Casual workers Homeworkers Redundancies Coming soon: Family Friendly Series (Maternity, Paternity, Parental leave), Holidays

Changing terms and conditions Fixed-term contracts Restrictive covenants

Confidential information and trade secrets

Interns Severance agreements

How Much Does a Subscription Cost?We understand that not all organisations are the same and have different geographical footprints and needs. Because of this, we have developed different packages to suit your needs. Subscriptions will cover three users, as standard and annual subscription will be subject to Value Added Tax (VAT) where applicable. For further details about pricing, please get into contact with us directly and we can run you through the various packages that are available.

How Do I Get Started?Simply visit http://www.globaledge.legal, select “subscribe” and complete the registration form. That’s it! If you would like to see a short demonstration, just click on the video.

Questions? Ask us via the website or simply state that you would like a call-back by providing your contact details. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us directly.

ContactsOlivia Mardon T +44 20 7655 1034 E olivia.mardon@squirepb.com

Caroline NobletT +44 207 655 1473E caroline.noblet@squirepb.com

Gary GansleT +1 650 843 3272E gary.gansle@squirepb.com

For general enquiries, please email global.edge@squirepb.com

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“Provides access to top level employment law advice, fully maintained, and presented in plain English. Flexible and easily useable, this product is an essential part of every in-house lawyer’s toolkit.“Senior EMEA Employment Counsel – defence sector manufacturer

“It’s terrific – I want Global Edge in my life.”Senior EMEA HR Manager – CBRE

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