Recent EU news

Latest items of recent news relevant to the European Union as reported in our fortnightly newswire.

European Union: Gender pay transparency directive must be implemented by 7th June 2026

Back in April this year, we informed FedEE Members about the then draft Pay Transparency Directive …

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European Union: When do young Europeans leave their parental home (2022)?

According to the latest Eurostat data (2022), Finland had the earliest average departure age at 21 …

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European Union: Employment in sport (2022)

In 2022, 1 …

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European Union: Inflationary forces finally coming down in the eurozone (July 2023)

For the first time since May 2010 broad money supply (M3) fell in July, indicating that much needed austerity was finally being applied by the European Central Bank after the excesses of the Covid years …

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European Union: Spanish agenda for its EU Presidency

The Spanish government took charge of the EU earlier this month as part of the rotating presidency of different functional councils where the principal business is undertaken in the EU …

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European Union: Schengen visas to be fully digitalized

The old system of placing a simple sticker in a passport to indicate that a Schengen visa has been issued will soon be replaced …

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European Union: Cross-Border reorganisation

There was a time when EU laws were distinguished by their simplicity of structure and language …

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European Union: Effective end to Digital COVID Certificates (DCC)

The EU Digital COVID Certificate Regulation requires the issuing of a QR code that travellers can show to prove they are vaccinated, have recently recovered from COVID or have tested negative …

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European Union: Temporary protection directive

All EU states have enacted the Directive in order for those escaping the Ukrainian war to reside and work in EU countries whilst the current war is taking place …

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European Union: Member States still undecided on Directive for Platform Work

Officials from EU countries have repeatedly met to consider the evolving text of a proposed Directive to control the employment of own account ‘gig’ workers …

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European Union: Simplification of merger control rules

The new merger simplification package only has marginal relevance to the HR professional, as it simply speeds up the merger process and reduces reporting obligations in about 25% of all cases …

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European Union: Duration of working life – how long in 2021?

Rise in the expected years of working life …

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European Union: Eurozone inflation rises to 7% after months of decline

Euro area inflation marginally up in April 2023 …

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European Union: 7% worked long hours in 2022

According to the latest figures from the Eurostat, 7% of employees worked long hours (49 hours or more per week) in their main job during 2022 …

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European Union: New Framework agreement for cross-border teleworkers

During the pandemic special measures were introduced for cross-border workers concerning the payment of social security …

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