EU: European Parliament votes to strengthen role of European Works Councils European legislation With its proposal for an European regulation that it unveiled on 14 September, the European Commission intends for the EU Member States to create national authorities responsible for assessing the risks of forced labour and identifying the geographical areas and products particularly concerned.…
EU: EU Commission launches plan to strengthen European social dialogue European legislation On 25 January 2023, the European Commission presented a proposal for a recommendation comprising a series of measures to encourage the EU Member States to strengthen social dialogue at national level. The EU Commission also published a communication listing future initiatives to reinforce and promote European social dialogue, while employers continue to block several of them.
EU: Commission looks at labour migration to address staff shortages European legislation On 10 January, the European Commission convened a new body tasked with developing bloc-wide policy for labour migration at a time when demand for workers and skills is at an all-time high. At the same time, several EU member states are launching reforms to address labour shortages.
EU: a company cannot refuse to give contracts to a self-employed person on the grounds of sexual orientation (CJEU) European legislation In a judgment passed on 12 January, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in favour of a Polish television editor who claimed a nationwide broadcaster declined to renew his contract for freelance work because of his sexual orientation.…
EU: Council adopts position on due diligence directive, reducing its scope European legislation On 1 December, the Council of the European Union adopted its position on the corporate sustainability due diligence directive, presented in February by the European Commission. The text, which should make it possible to hold companies accountable for human rights,…
EU: the text imposing gender parity thresholds corporate boards of directors definitively adopted European legislation Relaunched during France’s 6-month presidency of the Council of the European Union in H1 2022, the directive on a better gender balance among non-executive directors of listed companies has been definitively adopted some ten years after its original …
EU: what change EU telework legislation could affect in Member States European legislation Transnational industrial relations Two and a half years on from the massive shift to remote work as lockdowns were put in place to contain the coronavirus pandemic, many European countries have introduced or updated their legislation on remote work or telework. From the differences of clauses in employment contracts, to unequal financial compensation and the implementation of the right to disconnect, mind RH has scrutinised the regulations introduced by the 27 European Union Member States.
Free EU: companies can prohibit the wearing of headscarf on the basis of internal regulations (CJEU judgement) European legislation In a judgement handed down on 13 October, the Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed a claimant who brought a case in Belgium concerning a dispute over the conclusion of an internship agreement.…
Free EU: Commission improves self-employed workers’ access to collective bargaining European legislation After proposing, at the end of last year, a directive under which platform workers would be deemed, by virtue of a legal presumption, to be in an employment relationship with the platform (see article n°12820),…
Free EU: European trade unions decry a European Commission proposal that would weaken the right to strike European legislation On 19 September, the European Commission presented a series of instruments (the SMEI, the Single Market Emergency Instrument) aimed at preserving “the free movement of goods, people in adverse times.” The texts aim to improve government coordination in response to the pandemic,…
