Jan 28, 2015 | Case Law, IR Doc
Almost six years after the Hütter case (CJEC, 18 June 2009, case C-88/08), the European Court of Justice has again ruled on an Austrian matter concerning an employee whose reference date for the purposes of advancement did not take apprenticeship periods prior to the...
Jan 27, 2015 | Directives, European Union, IR Doc, Legislation
Directive 2015/121 of 27 January 2015, which amends directive 2011/96 concerning the common system of taxation applicable in the case of parent companies and subsidiaries in different member states, has been published in the Official Journal. The aim is to prevent...
Jan 22, 2015 | IR Doc, Social relations, Transnational collective bargaining
The international trade union federation IndustriAll Global on 6 February 2015 presented its new guidelines for negotiating global framework agreements (GFAs). As well as referencing and recognising fundamental social rights guaranteed by various international...
Jan 13, 2015 | Legislation
The new direction of the European Commission and no doubt also the fear that the reaction of the Greek people against austerity could spread have led to two decisions in quick succession intended to make more flexible the dogma of European economic policy founded on...