THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE EMPLOYER IN THE LIGHT OF WORK-LIFE BALANCE
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The development of European labour law is unique in that its development and scope are closely linked to promoting competitiveness and the efficiency of the common market. Accordingly, following the establishment of the European Union, the rules of labour law have primarily served economic and competitiveness objectives (e.g., employment protection, organisation of working time, etc.).
However, as integration deepened, European labour law also incorporated a number of principles primarily aimed at the social well-being of citizens. This has led EU law to move away from the narrow framework of labour law and consider the employment relationship as a matter of regulation as a life situation, with the creation of the Social Pillar of European Rights.
In this article, we examine how the Work-Life Balance Directive has placed the employer in a new role and what new obligations this new role entails.
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