EU employment

EU employment

This subtopic contains the following guidance on EU level rules relating to employment:

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EU employment and social policy tracker this tracker links to and displays the most recent key decisions and appeals from the General Court of the EU and the Court of Justice on employment and social policy
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EU employment law sets out a summary of key EU employment law. It provides an overview of EU law and its application in Member States (EU Treaties, Regulations, Directives and case law jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU)). The Practice Note then sets out the employment-related EU legislation, covering employment and social policy, labour law (including the protection of specific categories of worker), working conditions, protection against discrimination, equal treatment and work-life balance. Implementing legislation in the EU Member States is signposted
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Posting of workers in the EU discusses the posting of workers in the EU as governed by Directive 96/71/EC, the Posting of Workers Directive, Directive 2014/67/EU on the enforcement of the Posting of Workers Directive and supplemented by the EU case law. It provides guidance on the

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