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France: Law requiring employees to be informed two months in advance of an intention to sell shares or assets in small and mid-size companies (Loi ESS – 31 July 2014)
Following our earlier post on the controversial Law of 31 July 2014, setting out an obligation for small and mid-size companies to inform employees in …
France: The end of the risk of imprisonment for breaches of obligations towards the works council?
Current regime for breach of obligations towards the works council (and other employee representatives) In France, failure to respect obligations in …
UK: New publications - employment status review, industrial disputes report, and guidance on BYOD, tax-free childcare and surveillance
BIS has launched an employment review intended to "help clarify and potentially strengthen the employment status of up to a million British …
France: Proposed abolition of the risk of imprisonment for breaches of obligations towards the works council
France's President, François Hollande, announced yesterday plans to replace the possibility of criminal sanctions (including imprisonment) for délit …
Spain: 2012 Labour Market Reform declared constitutional
In a judgment dated 16 July 2014, the Spanish Constitutional Court rejected, by a large majority, an appeal lodged by the Parliament of Navarra in which …
UK: Trade union recognition - blocking by sweetheart unions, and new guidance
The High Court has ruled that UK trade union recognition law is not incompatible with the European Convention of Human Rights in allowing an …
Australia: Dealing with picketing: the changing landscape
In brief Pickets can have swift and harmful ramifications for the target business. Because of this, they are likely to remain an industrial tactic, …
Australia: Federal Court clarifies 'no further claims' clause in Toyota decision
In brief The Full Court of the Federal Court has today confirmed that a 'no further claims' clause in an enterprise agreement does not prevent an …
Australia: Protected action ballots - the importance of 'taking the point'
A protected action ballot is the first step required to be undertaken by employees before they are able to engage in protected industrial action in …
UK: Industrial action - UK prohibition on secondary action upheld; independent review of law
Employers will welcome news that secondary industrial action, or 'sympathy strikes', remains unlawful despite the RMT's challenge before the European …
Australia: Targeting unlawful picketing in Victoria - new police powers and severe fines
In brief Unlawful picketing is generally designed to cause significant damage to the 'target' in a relatively short span of …
France: Information and consultation with French works councils – precisions on the minimum periods for obtaining an opinion
Reminder : an opinion of the French works council must be obtained in advance of making final decisions in relation to certain matters affecting the …
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