In this report, we round up the legal developments making the headlines in Europe in Q4 2016:
European Union
- Legal challenges to EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
- AWD – no contract needed to be a ‘worker’
- Fixed-term employees entitled to severance pay
Belgium - Structural reforms of the labour market get the go-ahead
France
- Protection of employment rights with a change of provider
- Employees’ right to disconnect
- Due diligence obligations for supply chain labour practices
Germany
- Collective wage agreement reached for temporary employment sector
- Temporary Employment Act (AÜG) to come into force on 1 April 2017
Hungary - Lawful use of employee photos
Luxembourg - Restrictions on requests for criminal record certificates
Netherlands - Suspension of DBA till 2018
Poland - Minimum hourly rate for independent contractors
United Kingdom - For the legal developments in the UK see our separate UK Legal Update for Q4 2016.
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