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Europe Legal Update Q2 2017

In this report, we round up the legal developments affecting the workforce solutions ecosystem in Europe in Q2 2017:

  • European Union: Accrued holiday pay for untaken leave carries over       
  • Bulgaria: Act eases labour market access for foreign employees 
  • France: Introduction of company-level working time arrangements         
  • Germany: Employees gain the right to challenge a gender pay gap           
  • Italy: New legal framework for ‘smart working’  
  • Netherlands: Minimum wage for the self-employed       
  • Poland: Amendment to Temporary Work Act introduces assignment limits             
  • Spain: Court rules against recording daily working hours
  • UK        
    • Paternity leave and discrimination         
    • NMW and sleep-in shifts
    • A day’s pay is a calendar day
    • Holiday pay includes overtime; but the method of calculation is yet to be determined      
    • Underpayment of holiday pay must be claimed within three months 




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