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On 21 June 2018, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament adopted the Directive amending the Posting of Workers Directive.

As heatwaves intensify across Europe and beyond, employers grapple with balancing workplace dress codes against health and safety obligations. This global analysis examines how 24 jurisdictions approach the question of whether dress codes should be relaxed during extreme heat, revealing the tension between management prerogative, employee safety, and mandatory protective equipment requirements.

Employers worldwide are required to record staff working hours, but these obligations vary and often come with country-specific challenges.

Coronavirus is concentrating minds and catapulting cities and workplaces towards a new tomorrow, but the direction of change was not only decided by the pandemic. This article explains.

In April 2024, Belgium introduced a new functionality to the Posted Worker Notification (PWN), known as a Limosa declaration. It is now possible to add up to 20 places of employment in one Limosa declaration...

As extreme heat continues to affect workplaces globally, employers face increasing obligations to protect workers during heatwaves. This article explores the practical measures that employers must implement across different jurisdictions, from risk assessments and working arrangement adjustments to monitoring conditions and protecting vulnerable workers.

On 9 December 2021, the European Commission launched a proposal for a set of measures, including a draft Directive, to improve the working conditions of platform workers.

On 23 October 2024, the European Parliament adopted Directive (EU) 2024/2831 ("the Directive"), aimed at improving conditions for individuals working for digital platforms.

As of noon on March 18, 2020, the Belgian federal and regional governments imposed a set of reinforced measures for the entire country to address the COVID-19 crisis.

Extreme heat continues to disrupt workplaces across Europe and beyond, raising a critical question for employers: can employees lawfully stop working when temperatures become unbearable? This analysis examines the legal frameworks governing work stoppage due to heat exposure, revealing that most jurisdictions tie the right to refuse work not to temperature alone, but to serious and imminent health and safety risks—and crucially, to whether employers have taken adequate protective measures.

Asbestos is an extremely dangerous carcinogenic substance, which unfortunately is still present in some economic sectors. For this reason, the European Union has once again intervened with a Directive...

Compliance with Europe's upcoming regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (AI) is essential for life sciences and healthcare companies...

As heatwaves intensify globally, employers face mounting legal obligations to protect workers from extreme heat. This comprehensive analysis examines how 18 jurisdictions regulate maximum working temperatures, revealing three distinct regulatory approaches and their practical implications for workplace safety.

The global pandemic has changed the role of offices around the world and the area of rewards, benefits and perks has also found itself in a state of flux.

Smaller businesses may soon be required to get more involved in safeguarding their workers' mental wellbeing as stricter regulations are on the horizon. This article explains.

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have recently adopted Directive 2004/35/EC on environmental liability, which aims to prevent and remedy environmental damage and is based on the <I>"polluter pays" </I>principle

Technology to deliver staff wellbeing is good for employers and employees, though privacy and data concerns must be addressed.