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Germany: government and social partners cognizant of problems with partial unemployment in non-industrial sectors
As more or less indicated by Chancellor Angela Merkel in a televised broadcast on 18 March, Germany is on the brink of a total confinement phase, (with its Federal constitution, any ultimate...
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19 March 2020
Poland: government presents its ‘crisis shield’
On 18 March and following a Council of Ministers meeting, Polish President Andrzej Duda alongside Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced a series of extraordinary measures to limit the impact...
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19 March 2020
Greece: measures to provide employment support
On 18 March the Economics Minister announced a raft of measures providing support for SMEs and maintaining employment in the face of the isolation conditions being taken to combat the spread of...
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19 March 2020
United States: nationwide free coronavirus testing as well as paid sick leave
On 18 March, following several days of negotiations, the US Senate passed a package of coronavirus relief measures by 90 to 8. The package provides for free testing, food and medical aid, and an...
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19 March 2020
United States: in spite of an agreement to maintain auto-production, the Big 3 have closed their US facilities
The Big 3 automakers in the US, namely Ford, General Motors, and FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) have announced production will halt Stateside until 30 March. This decision was taken following...
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19 March 2020
Italy: banking sector employers pitted against trade unions over bank branch closures
On 16 March 2020 Italy’s banking sector social partners signed a protocol document to combat the coronavirus and protect both workers and customers. While the sector’s trade unions were calling...
18 March 2020
Spain: a package of economic and employment support measures
On 17 March, Spain’s Council of Ministers approved a decree law that will free up funds and make certain work-related legislation more flexible for this emergency period and ‘in a bid to protect...
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18 March 2020
EU: supporting Member States as they combat the coronavirus
The EU wasted no time in unfolding its arsenal of budget measures to help support its Member States face the coronavirus crisis. On 13 March an EU Commission proposal mobilised funds for a crisis...
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18 March 2020
Argentina: initial measures limiting the freedom of movement plus recommendations to work remotely
Maximum effort to avoid the virus spreading during the initial development stages. On 16 March Argentina announced a series of measures aimed at avoiding the scenarios being experienced in Europe...
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18 March 2020
Great Britain: London augments financial support for businesses facing coronavirus
On 17 March, not even a week after the UK budget was presented that included a package of business-friendly measures, Rishi Sunak, the UK’s recently appointed UK Chancellor of the Exchequer...
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18 March 2020
European and international social monitoring – more essential than ever
The health crisis we are currently undergoing is prompting businesses to take often unprecedented decisions in terms of work organization. We can also expect economic activity to be severely...
17 March 2020
Italy: €25 billion in Government support for businesses families and the health system
At a time when whole sectors of Italy’s economy have had to come to a halt because of the coronavirus pandemic, on Monday 16 March the Council of Ministers adopted a decree-law, albeit not yet...
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17 March 2020
Sweden: a package of support measures for companies and employees facing the coronavirus
In the week starting 16 March, Sweden’s government presented parliament with a series of measures to be definitively adopted on 19 March that seek to enable employers and employees to cope with...
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17 March 2020
Austria: Federal government announces Covid-19 support including ‘partial unemployment’
On 13 March, Austria’s government announced €4 billion would be directed to support independent workers, maintain employment, and help businesses avoid insolvency in the face of the Covid-19...
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17 March 2020
United States: the UAW and automakers set up a task force to tackle the coronavirus
The United Auto Workers union (UAW), together with US automakers has decided to set up a task force to address the coronavirus, the objective being to implement stronger protection measures for...
17 March 2020
Germany: law to faciliate short-time working measures adopted by the Bundestag with retroactive effect from 1 March
The law, which extends and facilitates access to short-time working measures to help businesses manage the Covid-19 crisis, was passed by the Bundestag on Friday 13 March, having been urgently...
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16 March 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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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...
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Italy: three executives from luxury goods group Tod’s investigated over worker exploitation
Italian authorities are once again turning their attention to working conditions in the luxury goods supply chain. On 20 November, the Milan public prosecutor charged three senior executives of...
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28 November 2025
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Fashion brands accused of violating trade union freedoms in Asia
On 27 November, Amnesty International released a report denouncing widespread violations of trade union freedoms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka by both governments and suppliers to...
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28 November 2025