Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:03 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Labor-Employment-Law-Alert-Europe e832f6a2-3dd7-4270-b735-ce865bbd7a07 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:03 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Labor-Employment-Law-Alert-Europe/European-Parliament-Hearing-of-L-szl-Andor-Commissioner-designate-for-Employment-and-Social-Affairs Before the new European College of Commissioners takes office in February 2010, Commissioner-designates have faced evaluations by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) during a series of three-hour Question and Answer sessions. An economist, academic and advisor to various governmental and non-governmental bodies including as a director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, László Andor, Commissioner designate for Employment and Social Affairs was assessed by members of the Employment and Social Affairs committee. Mr. Andor faced questions on his competences as a new Commissioner, his ability to deal with the issues in his portfolio , his European commitment as well as his personal independence. bfa37924-1d00-40f3-9419-9cc4a03ee1d6 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:03 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Labor-Employment-Law-Alert-Europe/Outplacement-Reminder-The-employer-should-take-the-initiative Far too often, employers forget that in case of termination of an employment agreement of an employee who is 45 years old or older (this age limit can be lower in certain sectors), they should in principle provide him with an outplacement offer. 1f36d99d-d7f8-415d-b428-5c20bb238a03 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:03 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Labor-Employment-Law-Alert-Europe/Public-statements-on-non-recruitment-of-candidate-employees-of-a-foreign-origin-constitute-direct-discrimination The Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed once again in its July, 10, 2008, judgment the importance of equal treatment and non-discrimination on the labour market. The ECJ held that when an employer states publicly that he will not recruit candidates of foreign origin, this constitutes direct discrimination. In 2005, a manager of Feryn NV, a Belgian company specialising in the sale and installation of garage doors, publicly stated that Feryn NV was seeking to recruit installers. He added that Ferryn NV would not recruit candidates of foreign origin due to the reluctance of its customers to grant employees of foreign origin access to their homes. d1df84c4-6189-4679-a137-3af6d0633c0a Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:03 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Labor-Employment-Law-Alert-Europe/New-Exemptions-For-Foreign-Workers Since 8 October 2007, new categories of foreign workers are exempt from obtaining a category B work permit in order to be employed in Belgium. In addition, the procedure for obtaining such work permit has been simplified for other categories of foreign workers. 8fae926a-a909-46a1-a50f-55a92146ae7e Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:03 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Labor-Employment-Law-Alert-Europe/Theft-Prevention-in-the-Workplace-Expected-Changes-Under-Belgian-Law The use of checks on employees when they leave the company or workplace in order to prevent or establish the theft of goods is subject to certain legal requirements under Belgian law. b9d5e974-bbb3-49f4-9698-f8e09669290f Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:03 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Labor-Employment-Law-Alert-Europe/Dismissal-on-the-Grounds-of-Sickness-Prohibited-or-Permitted On 11 July 2006, the European Court of Justice ruled that the dismissal of an employee during a period of inability to work due to sickness could not be considered as an unlawful discrimination under European law. 95e96480-cc5b-40f3-a41c-a476977e5209 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:03 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Labor-Employment-Law-Alert-Europe/New-Obligations-in-Terms-of-Outplacement The Act of 5 September 2001 on the improvement of the degree of employment of employees provides that employees (i) whose employer has terminated their employment contract, and; (ii) who are 45 years old upon dismissal and; (iii) have at least one year seniority in the company, are entitled to outplacement counseling. ec37d844-9e20-44f1-9181-c1dd551b3caa Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:03 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Labor-Employment-Law-Alert-Europe/Privacy-Information-and-Consultation-of-the-Works-Council In many European countries, employers have an obligation to inform and/or consult the works council (or other bodies representing employees) when making certain decisions involving the privacy of their employees. cf9a0828-e6a0-459a-84c4-5c42b9e846f9 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:03 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Labor-Employment-Law-Alert-Europe/Introducing-Crowell-Morings-European-Labor-Law-Alerts We would like to inform you about a new service that Crowell & Moring will provide to its clients and other interested parties. Our labor and employment law team, which includes labor law experts from our Brussels, London, Washington DC and California offices, will periodically distribute e-mail alerts on a broad range of employment law topics and developments that are of interest to local and global employers. 5991bee0-fa2b-4f61-9f98-73623696b80c Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:03 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/Labor-Employment-Law-Alert-Europe/European-Data-Protection-Working-Party-Issues-Golden-Rules-of-Thumb-for-Whistle-Blowing-Hotlines-1351130 The first Working Party Opinion of this year directly concerns American and other multinational corporations. It may signal the end of a long saga of threatened enforcement actions by national Data Protection Authorities (“the DPAs”) and works councils with respect to the legality of whistle-blowing schemes under European data protection law.