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Employment Law News Flash APRIL 2012 SOCIAL
SOCIAL ELECTIONS ARE COMING CLOSER -
Social elections 2012: Composition of the polling station...
postal voting, final modifications to candidate lists -
Social elections 2012: do temporary workers count for the distribution of the mandates?
In recent case law, the question was raised whether, with respect to the distribution of the number of mandates per category of employees, one must take into account the temporary workers. At least two contradictory court decisions have been rendered until now. -
Accumulating indemnities in the event of the dismissal of an employee representative
The Supreme Court has ruled that the indemnity for protection against dismissal for employee representatives can be cumulated with an indemnity for employment security which is due on the basis of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) concluded at the level of a branch of industry. -
Gaming & Gambling Law Newsletter March 2012
Judgment on copyright protection of football league fixture lists (C-604/10) On 1 March 2012, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) delivered its judgment in the Football Data Co case (C-604/10). -
Social Elections 2012: the candidate lists arrive…!
On day X+35 at the latest, the candidate lists must be given to the employer. These lists will have to be posted up by the employer on day X+40 at the latest. Thereafter, the employer has some time to dispute the lists if he wishes. -
Social elections 2012: are the temporary workers taken into account for...
the determination of the number of mandates? -
Favourable decision for Veuve Cliquot orange bubbles up
Companies often use colours to promote their products, applying them to goods and packaging and using them in advertisements and point of sale displays. Colours may become a powerful corporate tool, especially when they are registered as trademarks in relation to the company's goods. -
New act on lease of movable property?
In November 2007, Bertil Bengtsson was appointed to make an examination concerning the Consumer Services Act. In the memorandum he presented in conjunction with that examination, he concluded that the Consumer Services Act should not contain any rules on lease of movable property since lease of movable property does not legally constitute a service.- Delphi -
Social elections 2012: Day X (between 7 and 20 February)
Between the 7th and the 20th of February 2012 lots of information needs to be dispersed. This implies that you are exactly 90 days away from the date of the election.