Katrin Sarap | NJORD Law Firm

Areas of expertise

Katrin Sarap is a member of the Estonian Bar Association. She has more than 20 years of experience in advising local and international clients on all aspects related to employment law matters. Katrin is one of the most published authors and one of the most frequent lecturers on employment law issues in Estonia. Katrin is also among nine lawyers who are members of the Employment Law Committee of the Estonian Bar Association as well as a member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA).

Publications

"Four recommendations - whether a non-competition obligation clause exists and whether it is necessary". njordlaw.com, 09.02.2021
”Can an office worker become an athlete?”. Published in Estonian. Äripäev.ee, 08.10.2020. Read in English HERE
"Teleworking and flexible working - here to stay!". Published in Estonian. RUP.ee, Published in Estonian. RMP.ee, 14.05.2020
"How to reduce wages during the pandemic". Published in Estonian. Ärileht.ee, 02.03.2020
"I don’t want to go to work!". Published in Estonian. RMP.ee, 20.02.2019
"What should an employer know about employee's copyright?". Published in Estonian. RUP.ee, 14.02.2019
"NJORD Estonia: Are your employees getting enough vitamin D?"
"Your neighbour bought a drone!?". Published in Estonian. RMP.ee, 12.03.2018, Co-author
"Regulations and manuals don’t protect personal data if they are not used!". Published in Estonian. Ärileht.ee, 10.03.2018
"#GDPR – ready, set, GO!". Published in Estonian. Ärileht.ee, 11.03.2018
"It’s possible to submit a claim for one million euros to the labour dispute committee!". Published in Estonian. Ärileht.ee, 08.01.2018
"Three important things that make your employment contract more bulletproof". Published in Estonian. Ärileht.ee, 11.09.2017

Public speaking engagements

Changes in labor law in 2024 and 2025. Estonian Training and Conference Centre, 26.02.2025
Presentation XIII Labor Law and Data Protection Conference on the topic “Ensuring a safe working environment – employee obligations and rights”, 30.01.2025.
Correct termination of an employment contract, redundancy and amounts payable. Estonian Training and Conference Centre, 29.01.2025.
Major changes in labor law and new court decisions in 2024. Estonian Training and Conference Center, 22.10.2024.
Changes in labor law and new positions on the calculation of summed working time. Rahvakool OÜ, 15.08.2024.
How to prepare for a Labor Inspectorate inspection? Rahvakool OÜ, 12.06.2024.
Useful tips for navigating changes in labor laws. Rahvakool OÜ, 30.05.2024.
Changes in labor law in 2024. Rahvakool OÜ, 30.04.2024.
Correct termination of an employment contract, redundancy and amounts payable. Estonian Training and Conference Center, 25.04.2024.
Co-lecturer Heli Raidve Labor Law Assistant Spring Training Labor Law 2023-2024, 24.04.2024.
Innovations in labor law from January 1, 2024. Estonian Training and Conference Center, 30.01.2024.
Changes in labor law and new positions on the calculation of summed working hours. Rahvakool OÜ, 24.01.2024.
Selection of 2023 and earlier trainings:
Co-speaker at Heli Raidve Employment Law Spring Seminar 'Employment Law 2022-2023', 28.04.2023
”An employee with independent decision-making competence - for whom, why and how?”. organized by the Estonian Training and Conference Center, 04.2023
Co-speaker at Heli Raidve Employment Law Autumn Seminar 'Employment Law 2022', 20.10.2022
February 2021 – webinar „60 minutes of practical employment law". organized by Danish-Estonian Chamber of Commerce
March 2020 – speaker at the seminar “Paying wages during the crisis - how to proceed?” organized by the Estonian Training and Conference Center.
January 2020 – co-speaker at the workshop “Entrepreneurship Workshop - Recruitment. Data protection rules.” organized by Harju Business and Development Center
November 2017 – co-speaker at the seminar “Working abroad and from abroad” organized by NJORD Law Firm.