European Union: Employment and HR

The dismissal of an employee is often one of the most sensitive issues arising within the employment relationship. For employees, termination can create immediate financial and professional uncertainty.

The Government is progressing with the transposition into Spanish law of the European Pay Transparency Directive...

Employees facing disciplinary action in Ireland do not have an automatic right to legal representation, except in exceptional circumstances. This article examines the legal framework governing representation rights...

Malta’s latest legal reform introduces a wide-ranging set of employment protections aimed at strengthening minimum working conditions across a number of sectors.

Global regulators are reshaping how digital platform workers are classified, introducing new legal frameworks that blur traditional employment boundaries.

Luxembourg's Labour Code mandates that companies establish schemes ensuring employees can disconnect from digital devices outside working hours. With administrative fines of up to EUR 25,000 looming after the June 2026 deadline, employers must implement practical arrangements, awareness campaigns, and compensation measures for exceptional derogations.

The Government of Malta has issued a significant public procurement call (CT2122/2026) for the development of the Sir Temi Zammit Hospital for Older Persons, a large-scale project combining construction, financing...

However, under the MFSA’s outsourcing expectations, the moment a third party supports a critical or important function, the conversation changes. You are no longer buying a service; you are creating a dependency that must be governable, auditable, and exitable.

In an era of rapid technological advancement and shifting regulatory landscapes, managing payroll effectively has become more critical and complex than ever.

Global regulators are reshaping how digital platform workers are classified, introducing new legal frameworks that blur traditional employment boundaries.

The dismissal of an employee is often one of the most sensitive issues arising within the employment relationship. For employees, termination can create immediate financial and professional uncertainty.

Czechia's draft Pay Transparency Directive legislation represents one of the EU's most structurally prescriptive early transposition models, extending beyond transparency obligations into mandatory pay system...