Directive (EU) 2019/1152 — transparent and predictable working conditions (employment)

1. ["CHAPTER IV", "HORIZONTAL PROVISIONS", "Article 18"]

   Protection from dismissal and burden of proof

   Protection from dismissal and burden of proof 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to prohibit the dismissal or its equivalent and all…

2. ["CHAPTER IV", "HORIZONTAL PROVISIONS", "Article 19"]

   Penalties

   Penalties Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive or the…

3. ["CHAPTER V", "FINAL PROVISIONS", "Article 22"]

   Transitional arrangements

   Transitional arrangements The rights and obligations set out in this Directive shall apply to all employment relationships by 1 August 2022. However, an…

4. ["CHAPTER III", "MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO WORKING CONDITIONS", "Article 12"]

   Transition to another form of employment

   Transition to another form of employment 1. Member States shall ensure that a worker with at least six months’ service with the same employer, who has…

5. ["CHAPTER I", "GENERAL PROVISIONS", "Article 2"]

   Definitions

   Definitions For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply: (a) ‘work schedule’ means the schedule determining the hours and days on which…

6. ["CHAPTER IV", "HORIZONTAL PROVISIONS", "Article 16"]

   Right to redress

   Right to redress Member States shall ensure that workers, including those whose employment relationship has ended, have access to effective and impartial…

7. ["CHAPTER III", "MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO WORKING CONDITIONS", "Article 14"]

   Collective agreements

   Collective agreements Member States may allow the social partners to maintain, negotiate, conclude and enforce collective agreements, in conformity with the…

8. ["CHAPTER II", "INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP", "Article 4"]

   Obligation to provide information

   Obligation to provide information 1. Member States shall ensure that employers are required to inform workers of the essential aspects of the employment…

9. ["CHAPTER IV", "HORIZONTAL PROVISIONS", "Article 17"]

   Protection against adverse treatment or consequences

   Protection against adverse treatment or consequences Member States shall introduce the measures necessary to protect workers, including those who are workers’…

10. ["CHAPTER II", "INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP", "Article 5"]

    Timing and means of information

    Timing and means of information 1. Where not previously provided, the information referred to in points (a) to (e), (g), (k), (l) and (m) of Article 4(2) shall…

11. ["CHAPTER IV", "HORIZONTAL PROVISIONS", "Article 15"]

    Legal presumptions and early settlement mechanism

    Legal presumptions and early settlement mechanism 1. Member States shall ensure that, where a worker has not received in due time all or part of the documents…

12. ["CHAPTER II", "INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP", "Article 6"]

    Modification of the employment relationship

    Modification of the employment relationship 1. Member States shall ensure that any change in the aspects of the employment relationship referred to in Article…

13. ["CHAPTER I", "GENERAL PROVISIONS", "Article 1"]

    Purpose, subject matter and scope

    Purpose, subject matter and scope 1. The purpose of this Directive is to improve working conditions by promoting more transparent and predictable employment…

14. ["CHAPTER III", "MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO WORKING CONDITIONS", "Article 11"]

    Complementary measures for on-demand contracts

    Complementary measures for on-demand contracts Where Member States allow for the use of on-demand or similar employment contracts, they shall take one or more…

15. ["CHAPTER III", "MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO WORKING CONDITIONS", "Article 9"]

    Parallel employment

    Parallel employment 1. Member States shall ensure that an employer neither prohibits a worker from taking up employment with other employers, outside the work…

16. ["CHAPTER V", "FINAL PROVISIONS", "Article 24"]

    Repeal

    Repeal Directive 91/533/EEC shall be repealed with effect from 1 August 2022. References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this…

17. ["CHAPTER I", "GENERAL PROVISIONS", "Article 3"]

    Provision of information

    Provision of information The employer shall provide each worker with the information required pursuant to this Directive in writing. The information shall be…

18. ["CHAPTER III", "MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO WORKING CONDITIONS", "Article 8"]

    Maximum duration of any probationary period

    Maximum duration of any probationary period 1. Member States shall ensure that, where an employment relationship is subject to a probationary period as defined…

19. ["CHAPTER II", "INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP", "Article 7"]

    Additional information for workers sent to another Member State or to a third country

    Additional information for workers sent to another Member State or to a third country 1. Member States shall ensure that, where a worker is required to work in…

20. ["CHAPTER V", "FINAL PROVISIONS", "Article 23"]

    Review by the Commission

    Review by the Commission By 1 August 2027, the Commission shall, after consulting the Member States and the social partners at Union level and taking into…

21. ["CHAPTER V", "FINAL PROVISIONS", "Article 21"]

    Transposition and implementation

    Transposition and implementation 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to comply with this Directive by 1 August 2022. They shall immediately…

22. ["CHAPTER V", "FINAL PROVISIONS", "Article 20"]

    Non-regression and more favourable provisions

    Non-regression and more favourable provisions 1. This Directive shall not constitute valid grounds for reducing the general level of protection already…

23. ["CHAPTER V", "FINAL PROVISIONS", "Article 25"]

    Entry into force

    Entry into force This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

24. ["CHAPTER III", "MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO WORKING CONDITIONS", "Article 10"]

    Minimum predictability of work

    Minimum predictability of work 1. Member States shall ensure that where a worker’s work pattern is entirely or mostly unpredictable the worker shall not be…

25. ["CHAPTER V", "FINAL PROVISIONS", "Article 26"]

    Addressees

    Addressees This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

26. ["CHAPTER III", "MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO WORKING CONDITIONS", "Article 13"]

    Mandatory training

    Mandatory training Member States shall ensure that where an employer is required by Union or national law or by collective agreements to provide training to a…

27. ["CHAPTER I", "GENERAL PROVISIONS", "Article 1"]

    Purpose, subject matter and scope

    Purpose, subject matter and scope (14). 6. Member States may provide, on objective grounds, that the provisions laid down in Chapter III are not to apply to…

28. ["CHAPTER II", "INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP", "Article 7"]

    Additional information for workers sent to another Member State or to a third country

    Additional information for workers sent to another Member State or to a third country (15). 3. The information referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 and…

29. ["CHAPTER II", "INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP", "Article 4"]

    Obligation to provide information

    Obligation to provide information 2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall include at least the following: (a) the identities of the parties to the…

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