News update as of December 7, 2018

On the menu : European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs reinforces the rights of information, consultation and co-determination in the event of cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions, in Germny IG Metall is calling for a 6% increase in steel sector pay as well as the option to choose additional free time, in the UK a second agreement for life sciences and a new sector deal for the aerospace sector and Courts rule that Deliveroo riders cannot be collectively represented.
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EU/ European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs reinforces the rights of information, consultation and co-determination in the event of cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions. The report adopted yesterday, on 6 December, by the parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs, which is the competent committee as regards the directive on cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions, takes on board the recommendations made by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (see article n°10908). The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), which has been very active on the issue, has emphasised that the report boosts the right to information and consultation, including with the involvement of the European Works Council, if a company moves an office from one EU member state to another.

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