EU : Directive 2023/970 of 10 May 2023 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms

May 10, 2023 | Directive, European company (SE), IR Doc

Pay Transparency Greater transparency will mean less wage discrimination Just over two years after the European Commission put forward its proposal, the European Parliament has definitively adopted the directive on pay transparency (see press release). The directive...

Directive 2008/104/EC

Mar 23, 2022 | Directive, European company (SE), IR Doc

An agency worker does not necessarily have to hold a temporary post A German employee was employed by a temporary-work agency, starting on 1 September 2014. Until 31 May 2019, he was assigned exclusively to the German car maker Daimler, to work on an engine assembly...

Reclassifying a worker who is recognised as having a disability

Feb 23, 2022 | Directive, European company (SE), IR Doc

The Court of Justice has delivered a ruling concerning a maintenance technician recruited by the Belgian railways company to work on railway tracks.During his traineeship period prior to qualification at the company, he was diagnosed with a heart condition. He was...

Council Directive 2001/86 of 8 October supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees

Oct 8, 2001 | Directive

The Directive sets out to ensure that the establishment of an SE will not mean the disappearance or watering down of existing employee involvement arrangements in the companies concerned. So it calls for a set of rules in this field, preferably through agreement...