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°109

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