The Impact of the ECJ Judgments on Viking, Laval, Rüffert and Luxembourg on the Practice of Collective Bargaining and the Effectiveness of Social Action
In-Depth Analysis
14-05-2010
This briefing note gives a short overview of the impacts of the Laval-case, the Rüffert-case, the Commission vs. Luxembourg, and the Viking-case on the practice of collective bargaining and the effectiveness of social action in the European Union, with the aim of giving the broadest possible update on the consequences of these important judgments on the social dimension of the Internal Market.
In-Depth Analysis
External author
Professor Jonas Malmberg (Faculty of Law, Uppsala University, Finland)
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- application of EU law
- case law (EU)
- collective bargaining
- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- expatriate worker
- free movement of workers
- labour dispute
- labour law and labour relations
- labour market
- marketing
- provision of services
- social protection
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- social security legislation
- TRADE