The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued its annual report for 2018. The report provides information on the EDPB’s work in the first seven months after the GDPR entered into force and outlines the EDPB’s plans for the future. Since the entry into force of the GDPR on 25 May 2018, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has been tasked with ensuring consistent application…
Connecticut has introduced new legislation on sexual harassment in the workplace, including new policy and training requirements and additional protection for employees complaining of sexual harassment. Executive Summary In the continued fallout from the ‘#MeToo’ movement, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has signed new legislation imposing sweeping changes to Connecticut’s human rights law designed to reduce sexual harassment in the workplace and provide additional protections to victims of sexual harassment….
Zum Erfordernis der Mitführung einer A1-Bescheinigung bei der Durchführung von Geschäftsreisen zwischen EU- und EWR-Mitgliedsstaaten sowie der Schweiz haben wir bereits hier im Blog berichtet. Nun hat das Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS) ministerielle Leitlinien zu seiner Auslegung des EU-Rechts hinsichtlich der Mitführung von A1-Bescheinigungen bei kurzfristig anberaumten und kurzzeitigen Geschäftsreisen von bis zu einer Woche (VO (EG) 883/2004 und VO (EG) 987/2009) veröffentlicht….
What might a ‘no-deal’ Brexit mean for UK employment rights? What could employers do now to prepare? And what might the future hold in a no-deal scenario? With new Prime Minister Boris Johnson clear that he would be prepared to leave the EU without a deal if necessary and current legislation committing the UK to leaving the EU at 23:00 on 31 October, this article revisits the employment law implications of a no-deal Brexit. What could employers do now to…
A new legal measure designed to encourage employees to retire has been introduced in Italy. This article sets out a description of how this new instrument works for employers and employees. Italy has implemented a pension reform in recent years, which has increased the state pension age in order to improve the system’s sustainability. Under the current rules, from 1 January 2019, the retirement age is 67. In addition,…
New Belgian legislation introduces more flexibility into applications for parental leave, leave for palliative care and leave for medical assistance to a seriously sick member of the household or family. The Royal Decree of 5 May 2019 amending various provisions concerning special leave enters into force on 1 June 2019. This Royal Decree leaves in place existing arrangements concerning parental leave, leave for palliative care…
The European Court of Justice has ruled that employers must keep a record of all hours worked by their workers each day, in order to ensure compliance with the rules on maximum weekly working time and rest breaks. The EU Working Time Directive (‘WTD’) limits maximum weekly working time to 48 hours a week, and gives workers the right to daily and weekly rest breaks….
Für die Einstellung von ausländischen Führungskräften aus Drittstaaten, wie zum Beispiel Geschäftsführerinnen oder leitender Angestellter aus Nicht-EU-Staaten, ist ein Aufenthaltstitel erforderlich (§ 4 Abs. 3 AufenthG). Die Grundlagen der Beantragung eines Aufenthaltstitels haben wir bereits hier im Blog dargestellt. In diesem Beitrag sollen nun diejenigen Aufenthaltstitel, die für die Einstellung eines drittstaatsangehörigen Ausländers in einer leitenden Führungsposition infrage kommen, einschließlich ihrer jeweiligen Voraussetzungen kurz dargestellt…
Following the UK Government’s ‘Good Work Plan’, published last December, new legislation has recently been made to implement the first of the proposed changes. This article takes stock of the reforms enacted so far, flags some of the practical issues and sums up what’s still to come. Background In December 2018, following Matthew Taylor’s extensive review of modern employment practices, the Government unveiled its Good Work Plan (discussed…
The European Commission (‘EC’) has recently revised its March 2018 guidance on the legal repercussions of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU for European Works Councils (‘EWCs’), including the implications of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit. The EC’s Notice to Stakeholders of 13 March 2019 does not have any formal legal status, but will be persuasive in any dispute. It confirms the analysis in our recent article on the impact of…