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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10597

19 April 2012
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) social affairs
New rules to prevent abuse by low cost airlines

Strasbourg, 18/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament is ending a legal loophole that allowed low cost airlines “leaving their employees with inferior social security rights in a separate country to that in which they live and have their centre of interests”. Pilots and air hostesses must now enjoy the social conditions of the country where they are based, without having to beg favours from the airlines. On Wednesday 15 April, the European Parliament endorsed new rules to...

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