May 18, 2022 | IR Doc, Legislation
Covid-19 to be recognised as an occupational disease On 18 May 2022, Member States and social partners sitting on the EU Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (ACSH) reached an agreement on the need to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease in the...
May 17, 2022 | Agreement, European Works Council, IR Doc
After nearly four years of negotiations, on 11 May 2022, the management of e-commerce giant Amazon (238.000 employees), signed a European Works Council agreement. The EWC comprises 30 members, including representatives of the United Kingdom, and the agreement is...
May 12, 2022 | Case Law, IR Doc
Equal treatment for temporary agency workers On 12 May 2022, the EU Court of Justice delivered a ruling on a Portuguese case concerning two temporary agency workers made available to a user undertaking for a period of just over two years.Under the specific legislation...