Severance Pay Affect Severance pay is a lump-sum payment some employers give to their employees when they lay off or terminate them. It isn’t required by law, but it can help maintain goodwill with...
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The role of international law in setting legal limits on supporting Israel in its war on Gaza – European Law Blog
4 April 2024/ By Jesse Peters Blogpost 23/2024 For six months, Israel has been waging a brutal offensive on Gaza, killing over 30.000 Palestinians, destroying more than 60% of the homes in Gaza, and...
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How to read Article 6(11) of the DMA and the GDPR together? – European Law Blog
3 April 2024/ By Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon and Bárbara da Rosa Lazarotto By Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon and Barbara Lazarotto Blogpost 22/2024 The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a regulation enacted by the European Union as part...
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The Bundesverfassungsgericht’s Decision on Electoral Thresholds – European Law Blog
26 March 2024/ By Fiene Kohn Blogpost 21/2024 In February, the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) rejected a motion regarding electoral thresholds in EU electoral law, finally allowing for the necessary national approval of...
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Case C-479/22 P, Case C-604/22 and the limitation of the relative approach of the definition of ‘personal data’ by the ECJ. – European Law Blog
25 March 2024/ By Alexandre Lodie Blogpost 20/2024 On 7 March 2024, the ECJ released two very important decisions on the extent of the definition of ‘personal data’ under EU data protection law in...
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The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive would ensure a level playing field and enhance necessary corporate sustainability – European Law Blog
12 March 2024/ By Joris Janssen Blogpost 19/2024 The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive at risk In December 2023, following a lengthy Trilogue, a political agreement was reached regarding the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...
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What do we know so far? – European Law Blog
4 March 2024/ By Sophia Hassel Blogpost 18/2024 Since C-300/21 Österreichische Post, the first ECJ decision on non-material damages under GDPR, the ECJ has handed down multiple other decisions on the topic (C-340/21 Natsionalna...
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secondary use of health data in the EHDS framework – European Law Blog
29 February 2024/ By Marjut Salokannel Blogpost 17/2024 In accordance with the European data strategy the European Commission gave its proposal for the Regulation on European Health Data Space (EHDS) in May 2022. The...
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is the strict interpretation of national public policy exceptions to the benefit of EU regulation? – European Law Blog
27 February 2024/ By Clara Muller Blogpost 16/2024 On the 9th of November 2023, the Court of Justice issued a judgment concerning the interpretation of the derogation clause in Article 3 (4) of the...
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protecting migrant workers from abusive employers or maintaining the status quo? – European Law Blog
26 February 2024/ By Amy Weatherburn Blogpost 15/2024 On 21 December 2023, a political agreement was reached between the Council and the European Parliament on the text of the revised Single Permit Directive. This...
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