- In this report, we round up the legal developments affecting the workforce solutions ecosystem across Europe in Q2 2020.
- European Union: European Court rules the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is invalid affecting trans-Atlantic data flows; Genuine self-employed contractors are not covered by the Working Time Directive; Implications for employees of the transfer of an undertaking to two transferees
- Austria: Collective agreements override Working Time Act
- Belgium: Posting law places obligations on the temporary worker user undertaking
- France: Unemployment insurance penalty for employers on short-term contracts; Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are employees
- Germany: Travel time for work must be paid; Failure to invite a disabled candidate to interview is discrimination
- Italy: Measures to prevent unlawful staff leasing
- Netherlands: Plans to replace DBA model agreements are scrapped; Temporary agency clause cannot be relied on to terminate contract for incapacity
- UK: Temporary nature of agency work is not undermined by supply to a single client; Employers are less likely to be liable for the actions of an independent contractor; Untaken leave due to Covid-19 can be carried over for two years
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