Recent EU news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the European Union as reported in our fortnightly newswire.
European Union: Women’s gross hourly earnings 14.1% below those of men in 2019
The latest EU data, just published, shows that – in 2019 – the difference between female and male gross hourly earnings was, on average, 14 …
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European Union: Recommendations 01/2020 on measures that supplement transfer tools to ensure compliance with the EU level of protection of personal data
If you have not already done so, it is essential that all companies operating in Europe (including the UK) closely examine the EU Recommendations published by the European Commission on 10th November last year …
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European Union: MEPs call for an EU-wide “right to disconnect”
The European Parliament lacks the direct powers to submit measures for approval as Directives or Regulations …
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European Union: Self-employed unions
The European Commission is undertaking a very brief consultation exercise ahead of launching a new proposed measure promoting collective agreements for self-employed workers …
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European Union: Brexit – Will the EHIC still be valid
All European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) that were issued before the end of 2020 giving UK citizens free access to the state-provided medical treatment in any EU country, or in Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, where the scheme also applies, will be valid until their expiry date, although perhaps still not honoured in practice …
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European Union: Expansion
The European Commission is keen to resume EU expansion following Brexit, if only to prove its essential popularity after the shock in losing a key player …
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European Union: Portugal takes over rotating EU presidency
Portugal has just taken over the six-month rotating Presidency of the European Union …
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European Union: Impact of the pandemic upon pay growth
The EU Statistics Agency, Eurostat, has been examining the impact of the pandemic upon pay growth …
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European Union: Digital markets and services acts
The ultimate goal of the EU sometimes appears like it is to challenge “big tech companies” such as Amazon, global Internet-related service providers and the largest IT players to almost breaking point …
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European Union: Due diligence
Hard on the heels of the Wage Transparency Directive is another measure that would appear to have widespread political support from member states …
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European Union: Directive on “wage transparency”
The European Commission’s latest planned measure is likely to be highly unwelcome for international employers …
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European Union: Directive on “Representative Action”
The European Parliament has approved yet another Directive that will have to be incorporated into national legislation across all EU member states within the next 24 months …
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European Union: A1 form
Many employers are still not aware that employees moving between EEA/Swiss States, even for short business trips, are strictly obliged to carry with them an A1 form at all times …
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European Union: Hungary and Poland refuse to back EU long-term budget and recovery package
Refusal by Poland and Hungary to sign off on the new EU post-pandemic budget means that the rescue package is effectively blocked …
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European Union: EU Commission proposes rules for adequate minimum wage
Although the EU exceeds its powers in seeking to address the issue of minimum wages in Europe (Art 153v[5] EU Treaty), this has not prevented it from issuing a draft Directive on an “adequate minimum wage” …
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