Europe
Welcome to Allen & Overy’s Employment Talk blog, sharing with you our views and insights into the latest European trends and risks as well as developments from the European institutions.
Dress codes – are bans no longer banned?
02 June 2016 - David Merlin-Jones
Dress codes are back in the news again this week. The European Advocate General (AG) Kokott gave an opinion in Achbita and anor v G4S Secure Solutions NV (C-157/15) that a security company’s ban on headscarves in its dress code and its subsequent dismissal of a Muslim woman, who refused to take hers off, was › Read More
10 April 2015 - Inge Vanderreken
Data protection rules are being tightened to protect the privacy of consumers and employees across the world. In Europe, a new Regulation is being drawn up, which is backed up with the threat of significant financial penalties and criminal sanctions. The ECJ is also bolstering the right to data protection by giving individuals enhanced control › Read More