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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -

The new European Accessibility Act (EAA)

Hogan Lovells on 8/22/2025

The EAA (i.e., Directive (EU) 2019/882) aims at improving the accessibility of certain products and/or services across the EU. It seeks to harmonize accessibility requirements, ensuring that people with disabilities can fully...more

Key Implications for Consumer Hardware Manufacturers

Hogan Lovells on 1/23/2025

On 28 June 2025, the key requirements of Directive (EU) 2019/882 – also known as the European Accessibility Act or “EAA” – will take effect. The EAA is expected to lift barriers to accessibility across the EU, in turn...more

Pay Transparency Requirements in the UK and Europe: What Employers Need to Know

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/26/2024

The United Kingdom’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) recently named several organisations that missed the deadline to report their 2023–2024 gender pay gap data. If the data remains unreported, the EHRC will take...more

Summary of 2024 Amendments to the Equality Act 2010

A&O Shearman on 1/30/2024

We are kicking off 2024 with an examination, over a series of blog posts, of some important developments in equality and discrimination law, including legislative changes, updated EHRC guidance on employer duties to take...more

German Employment Law Changes for 2024

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/22/2024

In Germany, every new year brings with it changes and updates in employment law. We have summarized below which new regulations may want to prepare for in the course of 2024....more

Global Neurodiversity: A Workplace Primer on Attracting and Retaining Neurodiverse Talent

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/27/2021

Neurodiversity is the inherent differences in neurological structure and function. The term encompasses neurocognitive differences such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, Tourette’s...more

Employment News - June 2017 #2

Hogan Lovells on 6/12/2017

Keep it for later – European Court's Advocate General issues Opinion that the right to paid leave can be carried over if employer has not offered it - According to the preliminary Opinion of the European Court in The Sash...more

Copyright: Europe Explores Its Boundaries - Digital Single Market Update: The European Commission’s Proposal to Modify and...

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/11/2016

Copyright reform is a key part of the European Union’s package of measures designed to create a Digital Single Market (DSM) in the EU. The European Commission’s view is of nothing less than a modernisation of EU copyright...more

Is Obesity a Disability?

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 8/1/2014

The Advocate General (the top legal counsel of the European Court of Justice (ECJ)) has given his opinion on whether obesity is a disability for the purposes of EU discrimination law in the case of Karltoft v Municipality of...more

ECJ Expands Meaning of “Disability” Under Equal Treatment Directive

Morgan Lewis on 5/7/2013

Court confirms that "disability" should be interpreted broadly and places onus on employers to explore a reduction in working hours as a potential adjustment....more

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