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Mar 12, 2026

An employee may not drink alcohol at work or during working hours away from the workplace, for instance on a business trip, and may not enter the workplace under its influence eit…

Mar 12, 2026

Iceland is part of the European Economic Area, but not the EU or the eurozone, so you need to build protection against the Icelandic króna's swings into your contracts and pricing…

Mar 12, 2026

The UN Charter permits the use of force in self-defence only in response to an armed attack that is actually under way, while so-called preventive strikes justified purely by a pr…

Mar 12, 2026

Iceland isn't an EU member, but as a signatory to the Lugano Convention it allows relatively smooth recognition and enforcement of judgments from other European states, including…

Mar 12, 2026

Iceland has no statutory minimum wage — pay levels and most other employment standards are set exclusively by collective agreements between unions and employer associations. Using…

Mar 12, 2026

An operator holding a Maltese licence may not actively target the Czech market without also holding a Czech licence — EU member states aren't required to mutually recognise each o…

Mar 12, 2026

External legal services give a company access to specialist expertise for a specific problem without hiring in-house experts for every area of law. They can support in-house couns…

Mar 12, 2026

A zoning plan amendment must be prepared so that the municipality can clearly explain the reasons for its decision and manage the process transparently. Completing the formal step…

Mar 12, 2026

Terminating a distribution agreement can be difficult if the contract does not clearly define when and how the relationship may end. With a fixed-term agreement, the absence of an…