- In this report, we round up the legal developments affecting the workforce solutions ecosystem in Europe in Q3 2017:
- European Union Untaken holiday leave can be carried forward; Quality of on-call time determines right to pay; Monitoring office emails breaches employee’s privacy.
- Czech Republic:New fines and stricter conditions for employment agencies.
- France: Macron proposes reforms on dismissals, collective bargaining and atypical contract workers; Budget proposals reduce CICE tax credit; Introduction of PAYE system for income tax is postponed to January 2019.
- Germany: Germany updates data protection law ahead of GDPR.
- Ireland: Government prioritises zero hours contracts ban; Minimum wage set to increase from January 2018.
- Italy: Jobs Act reforms on freelance contractors made permanent.
- Netherlands:New coalition proposes new rules on fixed term contracts and changes to independent contractor categories.
- Switzerland: Intragroup employee leasing subject to same rules as employment agencies.
- UK: New corporate offence of failing to prevent tax evasion impacts staffing sector; Government publishes Data Protection Bill; ICO warns recruiters against sharing candidate data; Holiday pay includes voluntary overtime; Employment status and the gig economy.
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