Global employment briefing: European Union, January 2013 - court decides case on short-time working and paid annual leave *

European Union - January 25 2013
In the case of Heimann v Kaiser GmbH, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that, where a worker is absent from work as a…

Global employment briefing: European Union, January 2013 - court rules on disability discrimination and termination payments *

European Union - January 25 2013
In Odar v Baxter Deutschland GmbH, Baxter concluded a Social Plan with its work council concerning the amount of compensation to be paid on…

Global employment briefing: European Union, January 2013 - unjustifiable lowering of a compulsory retirement age in Hungary *

European Union, Hungary - January 25 2013
The European Commission asked the CJEU to declare unlawful a new compulsory retirement age of 62 imposed on Hungarian judges, prosecutors and…

International HR briefing: European Union *

European Union - April 17 2012
New EU data protection rules, if adopted, may result in large employer fines in the event of non-compliance.