Workers in the United Kingdom with irregular work patterns will be able to request more work schedule certainty, as the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 recently received Royal Assent. The act follows hot...more
The president of the Italian privacy authority has reiterated the need for employers to follow the safeguards set out in Italian national legislation when considering closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance. This...more
The European Union (EU) has recognized Bosnia and Herzegovina as a potential candidate country for joining the EU. To prepare for joining the EU, Bosnia and Herzegovina agreed to the so-called Reform Agenda of 2015 – 2018,...more
Belgium has spent much of the last 12 months without a government following gridlock in coalition negotiations after the general election in May 2019. As such, there has not been any new legislation covering employment law....more
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Effective 1 January 2020, Sweden increased the maximum fines that can be imposed on companies from 10 million Krona (SEK) to 500 million SEK. The measure aims to increase the personal and physical safety of workers....more
On November 29, 2017 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that misclassified self-employed contractors who are really workers or employees could claim back holiday pay all the way to 1996—the year that the European...more