1. European Labour Law
Jean Monnet Chair of EU Labour Law Academic Year Silvia Borelli: Please, check the web site for any materials distributed during the course! Lesson 8

2. Employer's obligation to inform employees
Directive 91/533/CEE establishes the employer’s obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship.
The aim of the Directive is to provide employees with improved protection, to avoid uncertainty and insecurity about the terms of the employment relationship and to create greater transparency on the labour market.
To this end, the Directive states that every employee must be provided with a document containing information on the essential elements of his contract or employment relationship.

3. Employer's obligation to inform employees
BUT
Member States may not apply the Directive to employees having a contract or employment relationship: (a) with a total duration not exceeding one month, and/or with a working week not exceeding eight hours; (b) of a casual and/or specific nature provided that its non-application is justified by objective considerations (Article 1, § 2);
No information concerning contracting out, TAW or groups of companies;
The information shall be given to the employee not later than two months after the commencement of employment (Article 3)
Limited information to expatriate employees (Article 4)

4. Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union (COM(2017)797)
The Commission is proposing that all workers in the EU should have the right to:
more complete information on the essential aspects of the work, to be received by the worker, in writing, at the latest on the first day on the job
a limit to the length of probationary periods at the beginning of the job,
seek additional employment, with a ban on exclusivity clauses and limits on incompatibility clauses,
know a reasonable period in advance when work will take place, for workers with very variable working schedules determined by the employer, as in the case if on-demand work,
receive a written reply to a request to transfer to another more secure job,
receive cost-free the mandatory training that the employer has a duty to provide.