Recent EU news

Over the year to May 2017, unemployment amongst those aged 15-24  decreased by 585 000 in the European Union (EU) to 3 …

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What happens if a self-employed worker later turns out to establish that they had been employed from the outset? In a recent case (C …

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Major changes are sweeping the European Union’s labour market – and probably the area of greatest concern to lawmakers is temporary employment …

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Although the maximum permitted length of temporary border controls within the EU Schengen zone is 18 months many countries have now been operating controls since the Autumn of 2015 …

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A European Court of Justice’s Advocate-General has issued their opinion on the interpretation of regular weekly rest breaks in the road transport working time regulation 561/2006 …

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A new EU Directive relating primarily to workplace pensions is now in force and must be incorporated into national legislation by 13th January 2019 …

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The European parliament’s civil liberties committee has voted to block visa-free travel by US citizens to EU countries. This follows the refusal of US immigration authorities to allow visa-free travel for citizens of five EU countries – Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania. 

The vote will not, in itself, reintroduce visas – but the European Commission is obliged to act on the resolution within two months. At that point, however, the council of ministers could object to any chosen measures – thus delaying any decision until a US-EU ministerial meeting on June 15^th. 

If the Council did not object to a proposed Commission measure to reintroduce visas (or the production of equivalent travel documents) then it would mean that US citizens will have to apply in advance to travel to the EU Schengen area (but not the UK) for the 12 months after the order is made.

The age profile of a company’s workforce will not only reflect past hiring practices, but also the broad demographic structure in the area where a workplace is located …

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FedEE’s 14-page data protection code of practice for multinational employers has now been published in the FedEE knowledgebase …

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Unemployment remains a serious issue for governments and employers alike, particularly in the Eurozone countries …

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The European Parliament has voted in support of a report calling for all EU countries to have a national minimum wage, although they blocked a proposal that national minimum wages guarantee at least 60% of the median income in each country …

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The European Parliament has approved a visa waiver resolution for citizens of Georgia …

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Final agreement has been reached on the EU Prospectus Regulation by all EU institutions and now awaits to be “rubber stamped” by the European Parliament …

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Hourly labour costs rose, on average, by 1 …

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The European Commission is looking at how individual EU member states can be allowed to limit unemployment and other social security benefits for workers from other member states in order to combat “benefits tourism” …

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