Employment Notes

UK/EU: ECJ ruling highlights the potential for discrimination claims if benefits based on salary are reduced to reflect temporarily reduced pay

France: The Loi Travail - Briefing 4

This briefing summarises the Macron reforms in relation to the introduction of a new codified right to make collective terminations by agreement (outside …

France: The Loi Travail - Briefing 3

This briefing summarises the Macron reforms in relation to the simplification of redundancy processes: limiting the economic difficulties test to the …

France: The Loi Travail - Introduction

One of Emmanuel Macron's key campaign promises was the reform of laws relating to employees partly, in order to help French companies respond in a more …

France: Loi Florange - new obligation to actively seek a buyer for a site before closure, where closure will result in redundancies

The French Parliament has now definitively passed the "Florange" law, which was a campaign promise of President Hollande.  Whilst initially the …

France: Proposed additional obligations to seek a buyer before closing a site

A proposed new law is being considered in France that would impose significant new obligations and potential costs/delays on large employers wishing to …

Europe: Collective redundancy consultation: ECJ fails to rule on trigger due to lack of jurisdiction

Uncertainty remains over the trigger point for collective redundancy consultation where a strategic business decision foreseeably or inevitably leads to …

Legislative proposals: draft EU redundancy proposals

In mid-August the Telegraph reported the publication of draft proposals by the European Parliament on restructuring and redundancies, including a …

Mass redundancies in EMEA

Recent times have seen regular announcements of mass redundancies, more often than not from a company with global operations. These companies face the …

France: important Supreme Court decision - the absence of economic grounds will give rise to damages, but the dismissals will still be effective

The French Supreme Court today handed down an important decision for French employers considering collective redundancies.  It held that in the …