Currently in Cyprus, under the Organization of Working Time Law, employers are obliged to maintain and keep records relating to employees who work above 48 hours per week on average. Employers are also obliged to maintain a record of all employees who consent to work above 48 hours (on average) and to provide this to…
The European Court of Justice significant ruling on the definition of ‘night work’ will affect employers with pregnant / breastfeeding shift workers. In the case of Gonzalez Castro v Mutua Umivale, ProsegurEspana SL, Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), C41/17, the European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that pregnant workers who have recently…
The main provisions of EU Regulation 655/2014 (the “Regulation”) will come into force on the 18.01.2017. The Regulation was adopted on the 27.06.2014 in order to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial disputes. The Regulation established the European Account Preservation Order (“EAPO”). When adopted the Regulation will create a standalone mechanism allowing creditors…
If you have obtained a judgment or court order, you will want to enforce it in a jurisdiction where the judgment debtor has assets or is located in order to receive whatever the court has granted. EC Regulation No. 805/2004 which introduced the European Enforcement Order (“EEO”) provides a means to enforce foreign judgments within the European…
In order to provide a simplified legal framework for people who have private and financial interests in at least two countries, both within and outside the European Union, EU Regulation 650/2012 (or “Brussels IV”) was adopted on 4 July 2012 (the “Regulation”). The Regulation entered into force on August 17th, 2015 and is applicable to…
The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) in Federación de Servicios Provados del sindicto Comisiones obreras (CC.OO.) v. Tyco Integrated Security SL, Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Corporation Servicios SA held that, “when workers…do not have a fixed or habitual place of work, the time spent by those workers travelling each day between their homes and…
If you have obtained a judgment or court order, you will want to enforce it in a jurisdiction where the judgment debtor has assets or is located in order to receive whatever the court has granted. EC Regulation 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (known as the “Brussels Regulation”) lays…
On the 20.11.2012 the European Parliament voted in favour of the proposed “recast” Brussels Regulation. The recast Brussels Regulation (EU Regulation 1215/2012) will be applied by Member State courts from the 10.01.2015. An overview of the main areas of reform under the recast Brussels Regulation are listed below in summary form. The main areas of…
On the 16th of October 2014, the European Commission requested that Cyprus, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia fully implement Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC…
A new EU Regulation has come into force which establishes a European Account Preservation Order (EAPO) procedure. It is intended to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial matters (Regulation (EU) 655/2014). The main provisions will not however apply until January 2017. Under the new procedure, a creditor will be able to obtain an…