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Austria’s short time working allowance, one of Europe’s most generous, in so far as it covers between 80% and 90% of the employee’s latest net salary, will be extended beyond the...

10 September 2020

Germany: labor court grants works council full access to recruitment software

A ruling by the Cologne Regional Labor Court has upheld a decision handed down in the first instance court against a company which believed it had informed its works council, and in full...

9 September 2020

Poland: remote working provisions temporarily extended pending discussions with social partners to review the relevant legislation

Provisions in the law tackling Covid-19 (c.f. article No.11710) allowed companies recourse to the mass use of remote working for a period of 6 months. These derogations ended on 04 September 2020...

9 September 2020

China: sexual harassment at work is included in the civil code

On 28 May 2020, following six long years of drafting and redrafting in what was its fifth attempt, China will commence operating under a brand new civil code, the first ‘civil code’ of the...

9 September 2020

Germany: the automotive industry in between reducing reduced working hours and cutting jobs

Germany’s automotive industry is suffering and, according to its companies, does not envisage a return to pre-pandemic production levels before the 2023-2025. Considered too rigid over the long...

8 September 2020

Italy: dialogue resumes between Confindustria and the trade unions, opening the door for the renewal of several important collective agreements

On 07 September, and for the first time since May, Carlo Bonomi, president of the employers' organization Confindustria, met with the general secretaries of the trade unions Cgil, Cisl, and Uil...

8 September 2020

Google is offering its teams a three-day weekend so they can recover fully

The US digital giant has for the second time encouraged its teams globally to take a Friday off in order to enjoy a 3-day weekend. This second day ‘off-work’ was implemented for all...

8 September 2020

Great Britain: confusion reigns over the governments back to the office work plan

While the UK press had announced at the end of August that the Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson would be unveiling a ‘back to work’ plan, the government ended up denying it had any...

7 September 2020

Germany: Verdi and ING-Diba bank agree on an individual training budget that is unprecedented in the sector

On Tuesday 2 September, the trade union Verdi and the management of German bank ING-DiBa announced that they have signed an agreement on the details of the individual training budget instituted by...

7 September 2020

Hungary: planned reform for remote work

A revision of the law on home-based work is expected to soon reach Hungary’s Parliament. The changes intend for home-based to require mutual agreement between employers and employees. In...

7 September 2020

France: a recovery plan to promote ecological transition, economic sovereignty and competitiveness, with employment as a priority

100 billion euros is set to be injected into the economy until 2022 as part of the ‘France Recovery’ plan that the government presented on 03 September. From this more than 15 billion euros will...

3 September 2020

EU: very large EU trade union majority supporting an EU Directive for a minimum salary at a decent level

The answer to the question if the European trade union movement is working as one to support European legislation on decent minimum wages is ‘not quite’, but ‘almost’. On 03 September the European...

3 September 2020

UNI Global Union supporting its members to develop collective bargaining around algorithmic management tools

According to the global union federation of services, Uni Global Union, the use of Algorithmic tools by those in control must be ‘transparent, non-discriminatory, and negotiated with workers’. The...

2 September 2020

The Netherlands: tripartite agreement to extend support measures for companies dealing with a fall-off in business

The Dutch Temporary Emergency Bridging Measure for Sustained Employment (NOW, Tijdelijke Noodmaatregel Overbrugging voor Werkbehoud) that provides employee salary compensation support is to be...

2 September 2020

United States: analysts that can predict (and prevent) unionization attempts at Amazon

A job offer for analyst positions posted by Amazon on 01 September has been circulating widely across the social networks, and not just for purely professional reasons. The job listing, that...

2 September 2020

Germany: launch of country’s first pilot project on universal basic income

The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), one of the country’s five major economic institutes, is to launch what it calls “the first long-term study on unconditional basic income in...

1 September 2020

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Germany: a corporate group supports local political engagement via its “Democracy Charter”

Large corporations in the Hesse region, surrounding Frankfurt, are defending local democracy by enabling employees to volunteer in local public life through an initiative dubbed the "Democracy...

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United States: Coca-Cola subsidiary sued by the administration over women-only event

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