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With the entire country under lockdown since midnight on Tuesday, following a spike in coronavirus cases, India’s government announced on Thursday a €20.6 billion aid programme to...

27 March 2020

France: new partial unemployment regulations published

France’s Official Journal of 26 March published a decree that modifies arrangements for calculating State compensation allowances to be paid to employers operating under partial unemployment...

26 March 2020

France: trade union call for shareholder solidarity support during the Covid-19 pandemic

On 25 March the CFDT trade union called for companies to abstain from paying dividends this a year that is beset by the negative consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘While the Covid-19 health...

26 March 2020

Italy: pressure from the trade unions sees the government further narrow the definition of the ‘essential productive activities’ that are authorized to operate

After marathon talks on 24 and 25 March with the Economy and Economic Development Ministries, the central trade unions CGIL, CISL, and UIL secured a revision to the definition of ‘essential...

26 March 2020

Danone guarantees jobs and salaries to all its employees worldwide for 3 months.

On 26 March, during an interview on French radio (RTL), Emmanuel Faber, CEO of the French food group Danone, stated the following commitment on air, “All employment contracts at Danone and...

26 March 2020

United States: Washington puts a $2 trillion stimulus package in place to cope with the economic consequences of Covid-19

Following intense negotiations (24 and 25 March) Washington’s Democrat and Republican Senators eventually came to agreement over a $2 trillion economic stimulus package, in what is the biggest...

26 March 2020

Norway: government adopts a plan to help companies and employees cope with the coronavirus

On top of the economic crisis, Norway is facing a major jobs problem because of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the past few weeks unemployment has risen from 2.3% to 10.9%, echoing levels unheard of...

26 March 2020

France: adoption of three ordinances modifying the Labor Code to cope with the consequences of Covid-19

On 25 March 2020, France’s Council of Ministers adopted three ordinances under the Emergency Bill of 23 March 2020 to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic (c.f. article No. 11749). One of the three...

25 March 2020

Germany: lack of legal validity for decisions made via videoconference poses a serious issue for works councils

The German laws on codetermination are definitive. Works council decisions made via videoconference have no legal value. However, amid the economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, works...

25 March 2020

Italy: new agreement to protect banking sector employees with branch offices only open for scheduled customer appointments

On 24 March Italy’s banking sector employers and trade union bodies together signed a new agreement that includes the anti-coronavirus protocol from the preceding week (c.f. article No. 11732)...

25 March 2020

Mexico: government recommends social distancing and announces no intentions to support businesses

While Mexico has just moved into the second stage of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government published (24 March) a decree calling on vulnerable citizens (those with underlying chronic health...

25 March 2020

Argentina: economic and social measures start being announced to attenuate the impact of the Covid-19 crisis

Damage control at all costs during the coronavirus pandemic. In Argentina, as in elsewhere, the issue is how to limit the nefarious consequences on businesses and workers of shutting down...

25 March 2020

Great Britain: gender pay gap reporting requirement suspended due to the coronavirus crisis

On 24 March the UK government announced that large businesses would not have to report their gender pay gaps by the 05 April deadline. Minister for Women & Equalities, Liz Truss, and EHRC...

25 March 2020

Switzerland: Federal Council adopts a SF40 billion-support package for companies and jobs

On Friday 20 March Switzerland’s government submitted a SF 40 billion (€38 billion) support package for companies and jobs, which will be passed by Parliament on Wednesday 25 March. In addition to...

24 March 2020

Brazil: controversy sparked over extraordinary measures by President Bolsonaro to make labor law more flexible

On 22 March Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro published a ‘provisional measure’ in the Official Journal (decree with legal force which will run for 60 days and can be renewed once) concerning...

24 March 2020

EU: IndustriALL Europe launches a debate on the definition for ‘essential production activities’

Europe’s industry trade union federation, IndustriALL Europe, has called for ‘stricter definitions of essential production in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries and for workers' rights to...

24 March 2020

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