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Great Britain: government clarifies new arrangements for short-time work
The guide to applying the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (short-time working scheme) has been revised to take new measures into account and in particular to allow for the possibility from 01...
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16 June 2020
Italy: businesses will be able to use the ‘Cassa Integrazione’ (short time work) without interruption
On 15 June, Italy’s Council of Ministers approved a decree-law guaranteeing the continuity of the ‘Cassa Integrazione’ (CIG redundancy fund, short time work scheme) that was set...
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16 June 2020
United States: Supreme Court prohibits discrimination against LGBT employees
The rights of LGBT workers are protected in the workplace under the US Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination. Thus the landmark decision handed down by the majority of the...
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16 June 2020
France: agreement signed at aeronautics subcontractor Derichebourg containing concessions from employees in return for commitment to protect jobs
The collective performance agreement signed on 12 June by Derichebourg, the aeronautics subcontractor, and the majority union FO (not including the CFE-CGC or UNSA unions, which are also present...
15 June 2020
Germany: study reveals cost-effectiveness of apprenticeships through comparison with cost of a conventional hire
On 9 June, the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) published its third study since 2007. It is based on more than 4,000 interviews and details the average cost of dual...
15 June 2020
Netherlands: government, unions and employers strike deal that paves the way for implementation of pension reform
On Friday 12 June, the government, trade unions and employers in the Netherlands reached an agreement to finalise the pension reform, the broad outlines of which had already been agreed a year...
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15 June 2020
Italy: Conte government overhauls family policy with the Family Act
"Supporting parenthood and the social and educational function of families, combating the low birth rate, promoting smooth, harmonious growth for children and investing in young people, as well as...
12 June 2020
France: banking sector enhances its jobs and skills management plan (GPEC)
On 27 May, the banking sector employers body, the AFB*, signed a new ‘jobs and skills forward management planning’ agreement (GPEC-la gestion prévisionnelle de l’emploi et...
12 June 2020
EU: the reference period for classifying collective redundancies must be as wide as possible (Opinion of the Advocate General in a case involving Spanish law)
Must the reference period (30 or 90 days) for collective redundancies, as laid down by relevant 1998 EU Directive 98/59, and which is used to classify a redundancy as collective or not based on...
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12 June 2020
Germany: employers seriously concerned over tighter regulations for temporary employment and contracting work
Following a long series of scandals within Germany’s meat industry and its large slaughterhouses, the Federal Council of Ministers adopted a bill on 20 May 2020 that drastically restricts recourse...
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11 June 2020
Luxembourg: agreement between government, trade unions and employers on new short-time working arrangements that will run until the end of 2020
On 09 June at a meeting with Luxembourg’s Ministers of the Employment and the Economy, the social partners (OGBL and LCGB trade unions and the UEL employers body) agreed on new arrangements for...
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11 June 2020
Argentina: measures extended to mitigate the negative effects of the pandemic and of lockdown restrictions on employment
After the extension to and readjustment of the salary subsidy arrangements (c.f. article No. 11960), the framework for reducing salaries by 25% for non-working staff has been renewed (c.f. article...
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11 June 2020
Great Britain: Government launches a review to ensure support for employees who are victims of domestic violence in the workplace
Launched on 09 June, this 3-month survey (email submissions to domesticabuse.employmentreview@beis.gov.uk open until 09 September) includes round tables, e-mail submissions from employers in...
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10 June 2020
United States: George Floyd’s death reopens debate on trade union resistance to local police reforms
Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, on 25 May and 7 years after the creation of the Black Lives Matter movement, the question of how such an action could have occurred continues to...
10 June 2020
France: law published granting 15 days of child bereavement leave
The law to improve workers’ rights and support for families after the death of a child was published in the Official Journal (09 June here). The legislation increases child bereavement leave...
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9 June 2020
China: new professions and online vocational learning
Following Prime Minister Li Keqiang’s announcement at the end of May that the Chinese government was committed to funding more than 35 million vocational training courses in the coming year (c.f...
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9 June 2020
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On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
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Spain: new terms and conditions for in-company training contracts
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
19 December 2025
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Germany: apprenticeship openings fall sharply in manufacturing and chemicals
From 1 January 2026, Dutch collective agreements for temporary employment agencies will alter the employment conditions of temp workers. Agencies will be required to pay these workers at least the...
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