On 20nd March 2024, the European Commission published the „Labour and skills shortages in the EU: an action plan“. The Action Plan outlines steps to be taken by the EU,…
On 2nd April 2024, the „Council Decision (EU) 2024/1018 of 25 March 2024 inviting Member States to ratify the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No 190) of the International Labour…
On 1st March 2024, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) published the second set of 12 Explanations to questions submitted via the EFRAG ESRS Q&A Platform.EFRAG launched in 2023…
On 20 March 2024, the European Commission announced the publication of a Draft Directive on improving and enforcing working conditions of trainees and combating regular employment relationships disguised as traineeships…
On 12th March 2024, the Statistics (Environmental Expenditure) Survey Order 2024 entered into force. The new regulations set out requirements for businesses to complete a survey reporting their environmental protection expenditure. The…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have published ‘Draft National By-Product Criteria’ (BP-N002/2024) which details criteria for when greenfield soil and stone from undeveloped land can be used as a by-product…
This week the Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 were published, amending the Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2023 that implemented new data reporting requirements relating to packaging material. The new…
Educational videosOn 20th February 2024, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) published educational videos on the 2 exposure drafts on European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for SMEs, which are…
The Council and the European Parliament have reached an interim decision regarding the Directive on improving working conditions in platform work. The proposed Directive would establish requirements for classifying employment…
In the future, traders would be required to comply with additional requirements to combat the greenwashing of products. Companies would be required to submit environmental marketing claims for verification before…