Recent EU news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the European Union as reported in our fortnightly newswire.
European Union: Youth unemployment data for May 2018
Over the year to May 2018, total youth unemployment (those aged under age 25) decreased by 519 000 across the European Union to 3 …
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European Union: Draft whistleblower protection directive published
The European Commission has published a draft Whistleblower Protection Directive (COM[2018] 218 final) …
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European Union: Enforcement requirements and specific rules for posting drivers in the road transport sector
If ever there was a reason for a country not to be a member of the EU, we now have it in the “Enforcement requirements and specific rules for posting drivers in the road transport sector COM(2017)027 …
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European Union: How common – and how voluntary – is part-time employment?
According to latest figures from the European Commission’s statistical bureau Eurostat, in 2017, 43 million people aged 15 to 64 in the European Union (EU) worked part-time …
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European Union: Mobile workers
In spite of open borders, just 3 …
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European Union: Temporary contract workers remained constant
The proportion of temporary contract workers in the European Union has remained fairly constant over the last seven years – at around 11% of the workforce …
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European Union: Inescapable mess
The European Union is in a huge, and probably inescapable mess …
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European Union: Proposal to establish a European Labour Authority
The European Parliamentary Committee on Employment and Social Affairs have met with Commissioner Thyssen on the recent proposal to establish a European Labour Authority …
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European Union: One area commonly overlooked by companies in their privacy statements concerning GDPR
With the GDPR upon us, one area commonly overlooked by companies in their privacy statements is a reference to where their data is processed …
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European Union: Austria decided to require its Data Protection Authority normally to issue warnings before hitting a company with sanctions
Implementing GDPR would appear to be a straighforqard process, as it is a rigid regulation that must apply in an identical way across the EU …
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European Union: Proposed EU Directive to help companies move across borders
The European Commission has proposed a new Directive aimed at making it easier for companies to move their company registration across national borders …
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European Union: Protective legislation for whistleblowers considered
A long overdue measure to protect whistleblowers is now finally being considered by the European Parliament …
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European Union: Political lobby in Brussels wishes to punish member states
The future of many EU projects is currently in doubt because of the loss of UK funding after Brexit and internal divisions over which countries should be the greatest beneficiaries of funds …
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European Union: Commission takes further action to better protect workers against cancer-causing chemicals
The European Commission has proposed an amendment to Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work …
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European Union: Work beats study for 25% of university drop-outs
According to latest figures from Eurostat, in 2016 over 3 million young people in the European Union (EU) had been to University or College, but had discontinued their studies at some point before completion …
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