Overview

A round-up of the latest developments in employment law across Europe. This issue includes:

Germany - employers under a duty to ensure that working time limits are observed. The Cologne State Employment Court recently handed down its judgement in a case concerning working time.

France - employee’s suicide highlights employers’ psycho-social responsibilities. The suicide of a France Telecom employee in August 2009 has resulted in the criminal [prosecution for accidental manslaughter by the Besancon Prosecutors Office of both the employer and the individual manager of the area where the employee worked.

Spain - who is liable in a work-related accident? The Spanish Supreme Court recently held that a company is not responsible for an accident which occurs on its premises but not in its workplace if the injured employee works for a subcontractor company that carries out a different business; and

UK: Labour Government pledges not to renegotiate EU social laws. With the Election on 6 May 2010 dominating the UK news, the governing Labour Party has pledged not to try and renegotiate or undo any European laws governing social rights if elected back into power.

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