Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, announced on Wednesday 04 November a complete rewrite of the labor code over the next two years. The overhaul will comprise three levels: fundamental principles to be specifically presented within two months, arrangements for navigating between sector agreements and company agreements, and thirdly supplementary rules in situations where no agreements exist. The first project focusing on working time will result in a law to be voted on in the summer of 2016.
On Wednesday 04 November, the Prime Minister and Labor Minister indicated the contours for the labor law reform. Manuel Valls has promised that the Labor Code will be rewritten by 2018. The government’s goal is to make it ‘more readable’ using ‘clearer more accessible’ language. “We want employees and business to be able to better identify both their rights and the possibilities they have to adapt to their own constraints,” he indicated.
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