Knowledge (XXG)

Employment Information Directive 1991

Source 📝

90:
date (e) for temporary contracts, expected duration (f) paid leave (g) periods of notice or method for determining (h) initial pay (i) working time (j) where appropriate, the collective agreement or joint representation institutions. (3) leave, notice, pay and time can be given in the form of laws, regulations or collective agreements.
50:
The Directive requires EU governments to introduce legislation which gives employees within their jurisdiction the right to be notified in writing of the essential aspects of their employment relationship when it starts or shortly afterwards. Some Member States (but not all) require the conclusion of
93:
Art 3(1) the information can be in a written contract, letter of engagement or one or more written documents (2) if none of those given in the prescribed period, employer is obliged to give the art 2(2) information in two months (3) if the work ends in two months the information must be given by the
89:
Art 2(1) obligation to notify an employee ‘of the essential aspects of the contract or employment relationship’. (2) this covers at least (a) identity of parties (b) place of work or employer's domicile (c) title, grade, category or nature of work, or a brief description of the work (d) commencement
67:
or employment relationship. Coverage is variable because it is linked to the definition of an employment contract or employment relationship adopted by the relevant member state, and member states could choose to exclude short term contracts (less than on month), short working weeks (less than eight
128:
An alternative directive on "Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions" has been proposed. This will, if adopted, replace Directive 91/533/EEC, but until its adoption and entry into force, Directive 91/533/EEC remains applicable.
85:
Art 1(2) member states can disapply the Directive for people (a) working under one month or with a working week under eight hours, or (b) with jobs ‘of a casual and/or specific nature’ if this is justified by objective
55:, "the aim of Directive 91/533/EEC is to provide employees with improved protection, to avoid uncertainty and insecurity about the terms of the employment relationship and to create greater 260: 170:
Council Directive 91/533/EEC of 14 October 1991 on an employer's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship
63:. To this end, the Directive states that every employee must be provided with a document containing information on the essential elements of 101:
need to be told the duration of their employment abroad (unless one month or less), currency, other benefits, and conditions for repatriation
275: 255: 250: 184: 265: 148: 44: 35:) of 14 October 1991, also known as the "Written Statement Directive", or the "Employment Information Directive" was an 211: 169: 32: 56: 64: 232: 196: 270: 185:
Written Statement Directive survey: Have your say on EU law regarding information on work conditions
143: 73: 52: 40: 17: 69: 43:
for the purpose of making workers' contracts transparent. It has been superseded by the
107:
Art 6, form and proof of contracts are a matter of national law, which is not affected.
244: 138: 60: 36: 104:
Art 5, modification must be made in writing available at least one month after
98: 212:
Working Conditions - Individual Employment Conditions - Written Statement
113:
Art 8, employees must have a remedy available in their member state
51:
a detailed written employment contract. According to the
125:
An evaluation of the directive was undertaken in 2016.
110:Art 7, more favourable provisions can be made 8: 206: 204: 233:Employment Information Directive 2019/1152 197:Employment Information Directive 2019/1152 179: 177: 261:1991 in the European Economic Community 161: 149:Employment Information Directive 2019 116:Art 9, implementation by 30 June 1993 45:Employment Information Directive 2019 29:Employment Information Directive 1991 7: 25: 18:Employment Information Directive 223:Directive 91/533/EEC, Article 1 1: 292: 276:European Union directives 256:United Kingdom labour law 251:European Union labour law 214:, accessed 27 April 2019 187:, accessed 27 April 2019 72:from the scope of their 266:1991 in labor relations 210:European Commission, 183:European Commission, 99:expatriate employees 68:hours per week) and 144:European labour law 121:Review of Directive 53:European Commission 41:European labour law 94:end of the period 16:(Redirected from 283: 235: 230: 224: 221: 215: 208: 199: 194: 188: 181: 172: 168:European Union, 166: 39:which regulates 21: 291: 290: 286: 285: 284: 282: 281: 280: 241: 240: 239: 238: 231: 227: 222: 218: 209: 202: 195: 191: 182: 175: 167: 163: 158: 135: 123: 86:considerations. 82: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 289: 287: 279: 278: 273: 268: 263: 258: 253: 243: 242: 237: 236: 225: 216: 200: 189: 173: 160: 159: 157: 154: 153: 152: 146: 141: 134: 131: 122: 119: 118: 117: 114: 111: 108: 105: 102: 95: 91: 87: 81: 78: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 288: 277: 274: 272: 269: 267: 264: 262: 259: 257: 254: 252: 249: 248: 246: 234: 229: 226: 220: 217: 213: 207: 205: 201: 198: 193: 190: 186: 180: 178: 174: 171: 165: 162: 155: 150: 147: 145: 142: 140: 139:UK labour law 137: 136: 132: 130: 126: 120: 115: 112: 109: 106: 103: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 83: 79: 77: 76:regulations. 75: 71: 70:casual labour 66: 62: 61:labour market 58: 54: 48: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 19: 228: 219: 192: 164: 127: 124: 74:implementing 57:transparency 49: 37:EU Directive 28: 26: 271:1991 in law 245:Categories 156:References 33:91/533/EEC 133:See also 65:contract 97:Art 4, 80:Content 59:on the 27:The 47:. 247:: 203:^ 176:^ 151:. 31:( 20:)

Index

Employment Information Directive
91/533/EEC
EU Directive
European labour law
Employment Information Directive 2019
European Commission
transparency
labour market
contract
casual labour
implementing
expatriate employees
UK labour law
European labour law
Employment Information Directive 2019
Council Directive 91/533/EEC of 14 October 1991 on an employer's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship


Written Statement Directive survey: Have your say on EU law regarding information on work conditions
Employment Information Directive 2019/1152


Working Conditions - Individual Employment Conditions - Written Statement
Employment Information Directive 2019/1152
Categories
European Union labour law
United Kingdom labour law
1991 in the European Economic Community
1991 in labor relations
1991 in law

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.