Category Archives: Employment
Chapter six: Labour and social standards Article 6.1: Definition 1. For the purposes of this Chapter, “labour and social levels of protection” means the levels of protection provided overall in a Party’s law and ...
Background It has been claimed that over the years of EU membership that EU employment and social legislation has been a drag on UK productivity. It is claimed that the UK’s international competitiveness could be ...
Fixed Term Workers An EU directive establishes minimum requirements relating to fixed-term work. The purpose is to ensure equal treatment of workers and prevent abuse arising from successive employment contracts. The ...
Working Time The EU working time directives lay down general requirements in relation to the organization of working time. It deals with provisions of daily, weekly, rest, annual leave, night work and shift work. ...
Terms of Employment The EU has enacted a number of directives designed to keep employees informed of basic information in respect of their employment. There is a directive which requires that employees be told ...
Early Developments and Gender Pay The EU treaty provides the principle of equality of treatment in employment. The provisions of equality have had a dramatic effect on employment equality through the European Union. ...
Brussels, 28 March 2018 NOTICE TO STAKEHOLDERS RULES IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION OF WORKERS AT TRANSNATIONAL LEVEL The United Kingdom submitted on 29 March 2017 the notification of its intention to ...
Frontier workers The Citizens Directive and Free Movement of Workers Regulation makes provision for frontier workers. Frontier workers are workers who live in one state and commutes to work to another state having ...
Amendments to the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005 Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Introduction This Part sets out proposed amendments to the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005 with ...
Benefits and pensions for UK nationals in the EEA or Switzerland This guidance explains the rights of UK nationals in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland to benefits and pensions from 1 February 2020. ...
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) The 2008 financial crisis brought to light shortcomings in European Union (EU) financial supervision. Based in Frankfurt, the European Insurance and ...
Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 on a pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION? Known as the ‘PEPP Regulation’, it establishes the legal ...
Managing collective retirement schemes — occupational pension funds Directive (EU) 2016/2341 — activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision It sets out minimum harmonisation rules ...
Parental leave Revised Framework Agreement between European social partners on parental leave – Council Directive 2010/18/EU — It implements the revised Framework Agreement on parental leave concluded by the European ...
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND INCLUSION Brussels, 21 April 2020 REV3 – replaces the notice (REV2) dated 13 March 2019 NOTICE TO STAKEHOLDERS WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ...
Guidance Social security contributions for workers coming to the UK from the EEA or Switzerland from 1 January 2021 Check where you need to pay social security contributions from 1 January 2021, if you’re a worker ...
Guidance National Insurance for workers from the UK working in the EEA or Switzerland from 1 January 2021 Check which country’s social security contributions you must pay from 1 January 2021, if you’re a ...
Guidance Guidance relating to the UK’s operational implementation of the social security coordination provisions of Part 2 of the EU Withdrawal Agreement: Citizens’ Rights Published 11 November 2020 New rules for ...
Benefits and pensions for UK nationals in the EEA or Switzerland This guidance explains the rights of UK nationals in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland to benefits and pensions from 1 February 2020. ...
Contents Changes to rules Employer insolvency European Works Councils More information Changes to rules In most cases there will be no changes to workplace rights from 1 January 2021. However, there will be some ...
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