ECJ decision on job-seekers' allowance
On 15 September 2005, the European Court of Justice ("the ECJ") gave its decision in Office national de l'emploi v Ioannis Ioannidis (C-258/04).
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Opel/Vauxhall reached a framework agreement with its European Works Council in May 2010 to accompany a major Europe-wide restructuring programme, involving more than 8,000 job losses. The deal contains...
View ArticleEuropean Commission assesses implementation of insolvency Directive
The European Commission published in February 2011 a largely positive evaluation of the implementation across the EU of the Directive protecting employees in the event of their employer's insolvency,...
View ArticleUnfair dismissal: Tribunal correctly applied objective test of reasonableness
In Fuller v London Borough of Brent [2011] IRLR 414 CA, the Court of Appeal held that the employment tribunal correctly applied the objective “band of reasonable responses of a reasonable employer”...
View ArticleLeading insurer signs Europe-wide agreement on anticipating change
AXA, the France-based insurance multinational, signed an agreement in September 2011 on preparing its 109,000 employees across Europe to deal with future restructuring and change and improving their...
View ArticleEU-wide agreement signed on inland waterways working time
Representatives of employers and trade unions in the inland waterways sector signed in February 2012 a Europe-wide agreement on working time. The agreement should now be implemented by an EU Directive,...
View ArticleBelgium: Training and development
An employment law guide to training and development in Belgium, covering paid training leave, apprenticeships and other training-related contracts.
View ArticleBelgium: Recruitment and selection
An employment law guide to recruitment and selection in Belgium, covering discrimination, advertising vacancies, induction of new recruits, young people and children, and foreign nationals.
View ArticleBelgium: Industrial relations
An employment law guide to industrial relations in Belgium, covering trade unions, collective bargaining, informing and consulting employees, informing and consulting prior to redundancies, informing...
View ArticleBelgium: Health and safety
An employment law guide to health and safety in Belgium, covering duties on employers and employees, safety representatives, enforcement and penalties, and compensation for injury or illness.
View ArticleBelgium: Equal opportunities
An employment law guide to equal opportunities in Belgium, covering exemptions, harassment and sexual harassment, victimisation, positive action and remedies and penalties.
View ArticleBelgium: Employee rights
An employment law guide to employee rights in Belgium, covering hours of work, rest breaks and rest periods, Sunday work, holiday and holiday pay, maternity and pregnancy rights, parental and paternity...
View ArticleBelgium: Contracts of employment
An employment law guide to contracts of employment in Belgium, covering probationary periods, types of contract, written statement of terms of employment and variation of contract.
View ArticleBelgium: Useful online resources on employment law
Useful online resources on employment law in Belgium.
View ArticleBelgium: Termination of employment
An employment law guide to termination of employment in Belgium, covering notice periods, summary dismissal on serious grounds, unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal, and collective redundancies.
View ArticleBelgium: Pay and benefits
An employment law guide to pay and benefits in Belgium, covering payment of wages, deductions, equal pay, national minimum wage, pensions, income tax and social security, and pay for employees not at...
View ArticleInternational manual country guide updates: April 2014
There are updates to various country guides in the International manual this month, including the Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Jersey and Singapore guides.
View ArticleInternational manual country guide updates: November 2014
There are updates to various country guides in the International manual this month, including the Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Jersey, Netherlands, Qatar and South Africa employment law...
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