'Iceberg' of laws
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IF LEGAL backing is given to Common Market proposals for a minimum notice period of 30 days for every employee, UK employers will have to fall into line.
Under British law, four years' service is required to qualify for four weeks' notice, unless the worker has a better deal in his contract.
A new handbook published last week, The EEC and the UK Employer, draws attention to a veritable "iceberg" of possible labour law and social policy legislation on the stocks in the Brussels Commission.
Much of this stems from Article 117 of the Rome Treaty which calls on member States to "promote better living and working conditions in a way that allows them to be equalised as they improve."
The EEC and the UK Employer is available from Incomes Data Services, 140 Great Portland Street, London WIN 5TA, price £2.50 (E1.50 to subscribers).