What will the new Conservative government mean for immigration law and policy in the UK? Having fought his campaign on the promise to ‘get Brexit done’ it is now certain that Mr Johnson will take the UK out of the EU. With a 78-seat majority, Mr Johnson plans to bring his Withdrawal Agreement Bill back to the commons next Friday and pave the way for…
With the re-election of a conservative majority in the UK Parliament, UK citizens – and their employers – continue to face the question to which extent they will be allowed to reside and work in Germany after a „No-Deal Brexit”, i.e. after a withdrawal of the UK from the EU without an agreement regulating the legal modalities of the withdrawal, on the new Brexit date…
Nachdem der Austritt des Vereinigten Königreichs aus der EU nunmehr auf den 31.01.2020 verschoben wurde, stellt sich für UK-Staatsbürger – und deren Arbeitgeber – weiterhin die Frage, inwiefern diese sich nach einem „Brexit“ ohne ein diesen regelndes Abkommen – „No-Deal Brexit“ – in Deutschland aufhalten und arbeiten dürfen werden. Hierzu haben wir bereits Anfang des Jahres hier im Blog berichtet. Der deutsche sowie der EU-Gesetzgeber…
There are strong feelings on either side of the Brexit debate, with people passionately arguing for both leave and remain. What issues arise if a supporter brings their views into the workplace? Are there potential discrimination risks? Could ‘Brexit’, or an equally strong belief in ‘remain’, count as a philosophical belief for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 (‘EqA’)? The legal test for a…
This article initially published on the Open Access Government page on 16 October 2019 explains the current and future effects of the GDPR one year after its implementation. Ius Laboris share their thoughts on what the first year of GDPR looked like and where they see it heading in the future. In the run-up to 25 May 2018, preparations for the implementation of the European…
The Work-Life Balance Directive, which brings in new rights for carers and working parents, must be implemented in all EU member states by the middle of 2022. We look at what it means for employers. Background to the Directive The Work-Life Balance Directive (the ‘Directive’) originates from the EU Commission’s unsuccessful attempts to improve maternity rights across the EU. Currently, EU law provides for 14 weeks…
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…
In diesem Jahr fand die Ius Laboris University vom 12. bis 15. Juni in Kiew in der Ukraine statt. Die Ius Laboris University ist eine Fortbildungsveranstaltung für die Anwälte unserer internationalen Ius Laboris Allianz. Sie erhalten einerseits die Möglichkeit in verschiedenen Workshops über den „juristischen Tellerrand“ hinauszuschauen und andererseits Kollegen aus verschiedenen Ländern des Ius Laboris Netzwerkes kennenzulernen. Aus Deutschland haben fünf Anwälte und Anwältinnen…
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….
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…