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LVA-2014-L-98128
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Title_of_text
Law of the Parliament (Saeima) of 23 October 2014 to Amend the Labour Law.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Latvia
Subjects (Classification)
General provisions; Labour codes, general labour and employment acts
Adopted on (Date of text)
2014-10-23
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The amendments generally ensure a higher degree of transposition of EU labour legislation and are linked with the implementation of certain directives of EU: namely Directive 94/33/EC, Directive 1999/70/EC, Directive 98/59/EC, Directive 2003/88/EC. Accordingly, introduces new wording to para 2 of article 37 (Prohibitions and Restrictions of Employment), subparagraph 2) of para (2) of article 132 (Working Time for Persons under 18 Years of Age), article 45 (Term of an Employment Contract Entered into for a Specified Period), para (4) of article 106 (Information and Consultations, when Carrying out Collective Redundancy) and para (1) of article 107 (Commencing Collective Redundancy), para (3) of article 138 (Night Work), paras 2, 6 of article 140 (Summed Working Time), para 4 of article 143 (Weekly Rest), para 5 of article 149 (Annual Paid Leave).
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2015-01-01
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Basic Text region
Basic text(s)
1994-06-22 (EEU-1994-DI-37580)
Directive 94/33/CE du Conseil du 22 juin 1994 relative à la protection des jeunes au travail.
Basic text(s)
1998-07-20 (EEU-1998-DI-50560)
Directive 98/59/CE du Conseil du 20 juillet 1998 concernant le rapprochement des législations des Etats membres relatives aux licenciements collectifs.
Basic text(s)
2003-11-04 (EEU-2003-DI-65680)
Directive 2003/88/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 4 novembre 2003 concernant certains aspects de l'aménagement du temps de travail.
Basic text(s)
1999-06-28 (EEU-1999-DI-66428)
Directive 1999/70/CE du Conseil du 28 juin 1999 concernant l'accord-cadre CES, UNICE, CEEP sur le travail à durée déterminée.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
2001-06-01 (LVA-2001-L-60599)
Labour Law (2001).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation On-Line
Publisher
Latvijas Vestnesis
Country
Latvia
URL
http://likumi.lv/
File
Labor law amendment 23 october 2014.pdf (PDF in Latvian)