Employment Notes

UK/EU: ECJ rules that Member States must require actual hours worked to be recorded

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 …

Europe: Statutory holiday pay claims- EU Advocate-General publishes opinion on workers denied paid holiday

The ECJ Advocate-General has given his opinion in King v The Sash Window Workshop that employers must make ‘adequate facilities’ (eg, contractual rights …

France: Employee's right to donate part of their paid holiday and RTT entitlement to a colleague with a sick child

Following the law of 9 May 2014, an employee now has the right (subject to the agreement of his employer – but in practice it may be difficult, …

France: Flexible working time arrangements - for businesses applying the SYNTEC collective bargaining agreement

Employer and trade union organisations in industries applying the SYNTEC collective bargaining agreement (including in particular a number of consultancy …

France: Challenges to working time arrangements (forfait jours)

Working time practices based on a maximum number of working days per annum (rather than weekly limits on working hours) may be unlawful following recent …

Pay in lieu of holiday: EU law allows calculation using pay rate applicable when accrued

Employers may be able to pay in lieu of accrued but unused annual leave on termination only at the rate of pay applicable during the period the leave was …

Legislative proposals: working hours

The deadline for the European social partners to reach an agreement on proposed changes to EU working time rules has been extended from September to 31 …

UK and EU: Statutory holiday - ECJ confirms limit on carry-over; EAT rules no right to pay unless take or request time off

The ECJ has confirmed that Member States can lawfully require carried over statutory holiday to be taken within the following 15 months or else be …