Following extensive negotiations, the Council of the European Union (EU) formally adopted the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (the CS3D) on 24 May 2024. Once fully implemented, both EU and non-EU companies, as well as their ‘upstream’ and ‘downstream’ value chains (or “chain of activities”), will be subject to mandatory human rights
June 2024
Paid holiday leave during sick leave: the new rules
In our previous blog on 26 February 2024 (Paid leave entitlements during sickness absence: a significant change in France | Global Workplace Insider), we mentioned the reversal in case law taken by the French Supreme Court concerning the rules applicable to accrual of paid annual leave for employees absent on sick leave.
Indeed…
Government consults on changes to TUPE and European Works Councils

On 16 May 2024, the UK government launched a consultation paper setting out proposed amendments to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) and abolishing the legal framework for European Works Councils (EWCs). This follows the policy paper published in May 2023, “Smarter regulation to grow the economy”. Despite the general election…
Congés payés et arrêt maladie : les nouvelles règles
Dans notre précédent blog du 13 février 2024, nous avions évoqué le revirement de jurisprudence opéré par la Cour de Cassation concernant les règles applicables aux congés payés des salariés en arrêt maladie.
En effet, alors que le droit français ne permettait pas d’acquérir des congés payés durant un arrêt de travail d’origine non professionnelle…