Recent EU news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the European Union as reported in our fortnightly newswire.
European Union: Improvement in employment rates recorded for Q3 2013
Data from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) reveals that there was an overall increase in the employment rate in the OECD area in Q3 2013 …
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European Union: EU accession talks begin
Serbia has now begun formal accession talks with the European Union …
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European Union: Employee rights to information and consultation
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that Article 27 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (EU Charter) on employees’ rights to information and consultation cannot be used in a dispute between individuals as a reason to disapply national provisions that are contrary to EU law …
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European Union: Resolution adopted by European Parliament to tackle social dumping
On January 14th 2014, the European Parliament agreed upon a non-binding resolution to improve working conditions in Europe …
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European Union: Countries risk losing EU funding
A number of European countries have so far failed to submit to the European Commission plans for tackling youth unemployment …
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European Union: Court advises that commission should be paid twice
An advisor to the European Court of Justice, Advocate General Bot, has published his opinion in a case concerning annual paid holiday leave …
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European Union: Equal employment rights for same-sex couples
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that employees in civil partnerships should have access to the same employment benefits as married workers …
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European Union: EU Recommendation for the integration of Roma communities
The EU Council recommendation on effective Roma integration in member states has been adopted by all 28 EU member states …
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European Union: Reforms to rules on posted workers
On December 9th, the EU’s Council of Ministers finally came to agreement over reforms to the Posting of Workers Directive …
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European Union: Labour market exit ages compared to official retirement ages
According to the OECD’s recent publication “Pensions at a Glance 2013” the effective labour market exit age in Luxembourg is 7 …
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European Union: Protection of trade secrets
The European Commission has published a proposal on protection against the misappropriation of trade secrets …
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European Union: Boardroom quotas
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly voted in favour of introducing a 40% quota on female non-executive representation in company boardrooms by the year 2020 …
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European Union: National economies – winners and losers
The European Commission’s statistical agency, Eurostat, has published a new set of data which seeks to highlight problems in national economies …
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European Union: Bad work organisation can hit employee health
A report into quality of life during the recession years 2007 to 2012 has revealed that “subjective well-being” fell significantly in Greece, Spain and Italy …
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