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Pay Equity

Pay equity has moved to the forefront of regulatory, political, shareholder, employee, and public concern. Learn more about current pay equity ...
Pay Equity, Pay Transparency and Pay Data Reporting Resource Center | Orrick

Pay Equity

Pay equity has moved to the forefront of regulatory, political, shareholder, employee, and public concern. Learn more about current pay equity developments, and how Orrick’s Pay Equity Team can help mitigate legal risk, develop long-term pay equity and compliance strategies, and put in place best practices.
Pay Equity, Pay Transparency and Pay Data Reporting Resource Center | Orrick

Lapse of Virtual Stock Options in the Event of Voluntary Resignation – Good Leaver or Bad Leaver?

by Dr. André Zimmermann LL.M., Marianna Urban, Jonas Banse and Asalia Melanie Scheibner LL.M. (UCLA) | March.25.2025

On March 19, 2025, the German Federal Labor Court (BAG) handed down a landmark ruling (10 AZR 67/24) that is expected to have a significant impact on the design of employee participation programs. It ruled on a regulation that stipulates that vested virtual stock options (ESOPs) immediately lapse when an employee resigns.
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