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Amendments to labour leasing laws
The second phase of amendments to the German labour leasing laws will become effective on December 1st 2011. The most important changes include a tightening of the requirement for possessing a licence for conducting a labour lease between companies, or
Discriminatory dress code
The Spanish Supreme Court has ruled on a case in which, under a collective bargaining agreement, women nurses in a part of a hospital were obliged to wear a specific dress code which was different to the rest of the
One in five part-time workers underemployed
New figures from the EU statistical office (Eurostat), show that in 2010 there were 41.3 million people in part-time employment across the EU, three quarters of which were women. 21% of those employed part-time were underemployed (because they wish to
Loans to attend mandatory integration courses
New immigrants to the Netherlands from outside the European Economic Area must now meet the costs of attending mandatory integration courses.
Until now the cost has been wholly or partly met by local councils. However, in future, these will be