INSOLVENCY DIRECTIVE
December 1st, 2001
Keith NuthallCHANGES to a European Union directive, which forces employers to make provision for their employees of they become insolvent, have been accepted by the European Parliament; the proposals aim to extend the scope of the legislation to include subcontractors and the officially self-employed who work mostly for one company.MEP's also voted to say that workers with a training contract, home workers and those regarded under national legislation as "being in a similar category to paid workers," should be included explicitly in the directive's scope.The ...
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