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ARTICLE · 05 JULY 2019

EU Developments: What New Measures Might We See On Workers' Rights?

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The EU Council has had a busy month, adopting two new directives which will strengthen employees' rights.

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The EU Council has had a busy month, adopting two new directives which will strengthen employees' rights.  It also adopted a regulation which will establish a European Labour Authority, to support compliance and enforcement in the areas of labour mobility and social security coordination.

Work life balance for parents and carers

The first new directive aims to help people with caring responsibilities in managing their work and family lives, and to promote the balance of caring responsibilities between men and women. UK law already provides for many of the entitlements which the directive sets out.  These include 10 working days' paid paternity leave and four months of paid parental leave. The most significant element of the directive, from a UK perspective, is its introduction of the concept of carers' leave.  Member states must ensure employees are entitled to take five days of unpaid carers' leave per year.  Notwithstanding the uncertainties which Brexit brings

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