Recent EU news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the European Union as reported in our fortnightly newswire.
EU/USA: Safe Harbor agreement considered invalid by Advocate General
An Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has issued a non-binding opinion stating that the US-EU Safe Harbor program, which has underpinned data transfers for the last two decades, should be considered an invalid agreement …
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EU/USA: Companies fail to consult works council about merger
Nokia is now well on its way to becoming the world’s largest supplier of mobile phone equipment following US regulatory approval for its proposed acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent …
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European Union: Overhaul of EU corporate tax system proposed
The European Parliament is currently discussing a potential overhaul of corporate tax practices in the European Union to reduce tax avoidance …
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European Union: ECJ ruling on working time of mobile workers
Following the opinion of the Advocate General, the European Court of Justice has held that time spent travelling to and from first and last appointments by workers without a fixed workplace should be considered part of that employee’s working time …
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European Union: Consultation on EU labour migration policies extended
The deadline for employers and other parties to comment on potential changes to the European Union’s labour migration policies and Blue Card system has been extended by the European Commission to September 30th 2015 …
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European Union: Combatting low female labour force participation
Following an announcement that a proposal to revise the Maternity Leave Directive had been abandoned, the European Commission has published a paper for public consultation on possible ways to increase female labour force participation …
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European Union: Consumer price inflation and its impact on future wage demands
The annual rate of consumer price inflation in the eurozone remained stable last month at just 0 …
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European Union: Job tenure following the economic crisis
According to a report published bythe European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), average job tenure at EU aggregate level increased between 2002 and 2012 from 116 …
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European Union: Labour market trends since the global economic crisis
The 2015 edition of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s Employment Outlook report has just been published …
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European Union: Opting out of the Working Time Directive
The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) has recently published a report entitled ‘Opting out of the Working Time Directive’ …
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European Union: States decide on Croatian workers’ access to their labour markets
The first phase of transitional arrangements regarding the free movement of Croatian workers ended on June 30th 2015 …
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European Union: EU maternity leave proposals dropped
The European Commission has announced that proposals to revise EU law to increase the minimum maternity leave entitlement from 14 weeks to 20 weeks have been withdrawn …
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European Union: Travel time considered working time
In response to a question posed by the Spanish courts, the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said that time spent travelling to and from work by an employee who has no fixed workplace should be considered working time under the Working Time Directive …
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European Union: Labour costs on the rise Q1 2015
The statistical office of the European Union, Eurostat, has released its latest statistical findings on labour costs …
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European Union: Statistics on accidents at work
According to the latest statistics provided by the European Union’s statistical office, Eurostat, there were 3,515 fatal occupational accidents in the EU in 2012 …
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