European Parliament: Resolution “Strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women”

Mar 30, 2023 | Legislation

Just over two years after the European Commission put forward its proposal (see IR Notes 159), the European Parliament has definitively adopted the directive on pay transparency (see press release and Pay transparency). The directive now has to be approved by the...

Denmark: Act amending the Act on Equal Treatment of Men and Women in Employment

Mar 28, 2023 | Legislation

On 23 March, Parliament passed a law on sexual harassment, implementing the tripartite agreement concluded on this subject in March 2022. The government emphasises that the text is intended to support the “necessary cultural change in every workplace”. The law imposes...

Understanding the ban on the “cumul des mandats” – The French legal regime prohibiting concurrent mandates as worker director and employee representative

Mar 22, 2023 | Legislation

French legislation grants the employees of large groups the right to elect one or two employee representatives on the company board, but it also obliges the latter, once appointed, to resign from any other mandates they may hold as employee representatives within the...

European Commission: Interpretative Communication on Directive 2003/88 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time

Mar 15, 2023 | Legislation

European Commission: Report on the implementation by Member States of Directive 2003/88/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time

Mar 15, 2023 | Legislation

European Commission: Commission Staff working document – Detailed report on the implementation by Member States of Directive 2003/88/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time

Mar 15, 2023 | Legislation