scholarly journals NUYTS, Arnaud y HATZIMIHAIL, Nikitas E. (Coords.), Cross-Border Class Actions – The European Way, Ed. Sellier European Law Publishers, Munich, 2014, 327 pp

Author(s):  
Alexia Pato ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-103
Author(s):  
Herwig Verschueren

Abstract This article examines the compatibility of national measures taken to stimulate non-active people to enter the labour market (the so-called activation measures) with European law on the free movement of workers and jobseekers. It will first give a short overview of the objectives of the European employment strategy, more specifically with regard to the activation of workers. Subsequently it will sketch the European legal context of the free movement of workers and jobseekers, with special attention for the measures taken at the European level to enable and stimulate labour migration within the EU and thus create a European labour market. In the third part, by way of example, we will have a closer look at a number of activation measures taken in Belgium and examine which problems could arise in cross-border applications from the point of view of European law.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Elvira Méndez-Pinedo

This study focuses on the Icesave dispute and Icesave agreements between Iceland, the UK and The Netherlands in the light of European law (EU and EEA law) and explores two main issues: 1) the State liability for breaches of EU/EEA law on the basis of Directive 94/19/EC following a systemic bank collapse in Iceland; and 2) the principle of non-discriminatory interplay between the nationalisation of Icelandic banks (State aid) and the payment of the minimum guarantee of €20.887 to depositors of Icesave accounts in the branches of Landsbanki in the UK and The Netherlands. This dispute was handled through diplomatic negotiations. The author is highly critical of the methodology followed. This cross-border dispute brought to light new complex problems in a grey area of European law which should have been brought before the highest European courts. Icesave also seems to have turned Icelanders against the process of European integration and the EU.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frauke Sturm

The author examines the statutory privilege for group companies in the field of employee leasing (section 1, para. 3 number 2 of the German Employee Leasing Act). In principle, strict regulations apply to such leasing in Germany. However, the aforementioned provision largely exempts group companies from these regulations. The work aims at defining the scope of this highly disputed privilege. Initially, the author shows that the provision complies with both European law and German constitutional law. In addition, she describes the requirements and limits of the rather vague privilege. Therefore, the publication not only targets lawyers advising on employee leasing matters, but also representatives of group legal and personnel departments dealing with questions of intragroup and cross-border employee deployment in their daily business. The author has been practicing as attorney since 2011 and has mainly focused on employment-related matters, including employee leasing.


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