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A joint declaration by European social partners in the hospitality, restauration and food industries – the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) as well as...

13 May 2020

Great Britain: job retention system extended until the end of October

After hinting that it wanted to end its pandemic job retention scheme as soon as possible, the UK government switched tack, and on 12 May announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which...

13 May 2020

Chile: legislative wrangling over the ban on state-supported companies from paying shareholder dividends

Will shareholders of companies receiving Covid-19 related state aid be prohibited from receiving dividends? The debate has been raging in Chile since the 06 May Parliamentary Joint Committee...

13 May 2020

United States: Facebook reaches agreement to settle class action from content moderators who develop mental health problems as a result of their work

On 13 May The Verge was the first media to report Facebook’s agreement to pay $52 million to content moderators, employed by directly and by third-party service providers who monitor and...

13 May 2020

United States: one of Amazon’s leading activists takes up the cause of essential workers

Chris Smalls, who sees himself as "the whistleblower fired by Amazon" for demanding more protection from Covid-19, is creating his own defense movement called The Congress Essential Workers to...

13 May 2020

Telefonica: global agreement signed that defines minimum standards for returning to work

On 12 May, Spanish telephone operator Telefonica together with UNI Global Union, and the CCOO and UGT trade unions, signed a global agreement that sets out a ‘return to work’ framework for the...

12 May 2020

Ireland: a return-to-work protocol that calls on companies to work with workers and their representatives to define and implement Covid-19 prevention measures

On 09 May the Irish government presented its ‘Return to Work Safely Protocol’ ahead of the first phase of the lockdown easing process that is set to start on 18 May. In particular the protocol...

12 May 2020

Belgium: agreement reached on the resumption of work in the metal and technology sectors

On 11 May trade unions in the metal sector along with the Agoria (technology) employers body signed an agreement for resumption of work amid the coronavirus health crisis. As a complementary text...

12 May 2020

France: national data privacy body re-iterates the principles over the collection of personal data by employers in the context of measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19

With the national lockdown easing process commencing, companies are multiplying measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus and ensure the safe resumption of activity. Some of these measures...

12 May 2020

Great Britain: firms called on to assess Covid-19 risks prior to resuming business

On 10 May the UK Prime Minister made a less than clear presentation outlining a national plan to ease the current lockdown situation, and on the following day the government explained what it...

12 May 2020

Spain: social partners and government strike deal that extends improved partial unemployment schemes until 30 June

On 11 May, the Spanish government, the CCOO and UGT trade unions and the CEOE and Cepyme employer confederations signed an agreement on an extension of the temporary employment regulation plans...

11 May 2020

France: another court order to halt resumption of activity due to failure to sufficiently involve staff representatives

Following a similar decision taken recently against Amazon France (see article n°11881), a court in Le Havre ordered Renault on 7 May to halt activity at its plant in Sandouville or face a fine...

11 May 2020

EU: European banking sector social partners pen joint declaration on necessary working and employment conditions for providing responsible and ethical financial products services

The joint declaration signed by the European social partners in the banking sector on 7 May represents a step towards “the development of responsible and sustainable provision of financial...

11 May 2020

PSA to make teleworking the benchmark for non-production activities.

‘The lessons learned from the general implementation of teleworking are helping to accelerate the transformation of the company’s operating methods in favour of greater agility and efficiency for...

7 May 2020

France: the Paris Ile-de-France Region together with the social partners are jointly defining innovative organization methods, especially in terms of work, so as to manage public transport use during lockdown

As the country prepares for an easing of its lockdown restrictions to commence on 11 May, France’s primary region, in terms of population and economic activity, is embarking upon a decidedly new...

7 May 2020

Finland: social security services learn from the universal income experiment and point to weak effects on employment, but positive effects on beneficiaries’ mental health

“Basic Income recipients were more satisfied with their lives and experienced less mental stress than the control group (a group not receiving Basic Income, but in receipt of job search...

7 May 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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