Employment Law Update: Directive (EU) 2019/1158 on work-life balance for parents and carers

Employment Law, News

The Directive was published on the 12.07.2019 and comes into force on the 01.08.2019. The directive has to be implemented into national law by the 2.08.2022 at the latest.

The Directive “lays down minimum requirements designed to achieve equality between men and women with regard to labour market opportunities and treatment at work, by facilitating the reconciliation of work and family life for workers who are parents, or carers”.

Employment Law Update: EU Court of Justice – breastfeeding mothers who work night shifts must enjoy specific protection

Employment Law, European Union Law

The European Court of Justice significant ruling on the definition of ‘night work’ will affect employers with pregnant / breastfeeding shift workers. In the case of Gonzalez Castro v Mutua Umivale, ProsegurEspana SL, Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), C41/17, the European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that pregnant workers who have recently…

Cyprus Employment Law Update: Commuting is work for workers with no fixed workplace

Employment Law, European Union Law

The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) in Federación de Servicios Provados del sindicto Comisiones obreras (CC.OO.) v. Tyco Integrated Security SL, Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Corporation Servicios SA held that, “when workers…do not have a fixed or habitual place of work, the time spent by those workers travelling each day between their homes and…

Cyprus Employment Law Update: Employees who fall ill whilst on annual leave must be allowed to take leave at a later date

Employment Law, European Union Law

A recent ruling in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has clarified that, irrespective of whether the sickness commenced before or during the period of scheduled annual leave, an employee whose illness coincides with their annual leave is entitled to rearrange their annual leave to a later date. In Asociación Nacional de…