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Date
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Reference group and Directive(s)
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1970s:
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Equal opportunities:
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1975
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1. Equal Pay Directive
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1976
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2. Equal Treatment Directive
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1979
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3. Equal Treatment (Social Security) Directive
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Employment protection and working conditions:
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1975
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1. Collective Redundancies Directive
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1977
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2. Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) or Acquired Rights Directive
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1980s:
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Equal opportunities:
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1986
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1. Equal Treatment (Occupational Social Security) Directive
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1986
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2. Equal Treatment (Self-Employed) Directive
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Employment protection and working conditions:
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1980
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1. Insolvency Directive
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1987
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2. Insolvency (Spanish Accession) Directive
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Health and Safety at Work:
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1989
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1. Health and Safety (Framework) Directive (which led to "daughter" Directives aimed at implementing, in specific areas, the provisions in the Framework Directive)
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1990s:
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Equal opportunities:
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1996
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1. Parental Leave Directive (SC)*
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1996
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2. Directive amending the Equal Treatment (Occupational Social Security) Directive
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1997
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3. Parental Leave (UK Extension) Directive
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1997
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4. Burden of Proof in Sex Discrimination Cases Directive (SC)*
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1998
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5. Burden of Proof in Sex Discrimination Cases (UK Extension) Directive
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|
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Employment protection and working conditions:
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1991
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1. Proof of Employment Relationship Contract
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1991
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2. Temporary Workers Directive
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1992
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3. Directive amending Collective Redundancies Directive
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1996
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4. Posted Workers Directive - Posting of Workers Directive (to ensure that a member state's core regulations should apply to workers posted from elsewhere to work in that member state)
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1997
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5. Part-time Workers Directive ("Atypical" Workers) (SC)*
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1998
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6. Part-Time Work (UK Extension) Directive
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1998
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7. Amended Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) regulations (Acquired Rights)
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1999
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8. Fixed-term Work Directive (began under SC)*
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Health and Safety at Work:
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1991
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1. Health and Safety (Fixed-Term and Temporary Workers) Directive
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1992
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2. Pregnant Workers Directive (Protection at Work)
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1993
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3. Working Time Directive (WTD)
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1994
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4. Young Workers Directive (The Employment of Young Workers Directive)
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1999
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5. Working Time (Extension to Seafarers) Directive
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Employee relations:
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1994
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1. European Works Council Directive (SC)*
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1997
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2. European Works Council (UK Extension) Directive
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2000s:
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Equal opportunities:
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2000
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1. Equal Treatment (Racial or Ethnic Origin) (Article 13 of the Amsterdam Treaty)
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2000
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2. "General Framework" for the Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation Directive (Article 13) (covering disability, age, religion and belief, sexual orientation)
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2002
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3. Equal Treatment Amendment Directive (2002)
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Employment protection and working conditions:
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1. Temporary Agency Work (TAW) Directive (postponed)
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Health and Safety at Work:
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2002
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1. Working Time Amendment (Excluded Sectors) Directive
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Employee relations:
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2002
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1. Compulsory Information and Consultation Procedures (National Works Councils) Directive (began under SC)*
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