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Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has infected over half a million people and led to around 30,000 deaths across the globe, 18 European Union countries as well as Norway and the UK...

30 March 2020

Germany: crisis agreements struck at Deutsche Telekom and ThyssenKrupp

Two new ‘crisis’ agreements, which were negotiated by video-conference, were announced last week at two major German companies in diverse sectors and differing economic conditions...

30 March 2020

United Kingdom: government relaxes law on paid leave in response to coronavirus crisis

On 27 March the UK government announced that, under the Working Time (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, which will modify the Working Time Regulations 1998, employees will be able to...

30 March 2020

Germany: chemical industry social partners strike crisis agreement

Social partners in Germany’s chemical industry, the IG BCE union and the employer confederation BAVC, this week unveiled a ‘crisis agreement’ that will apply until the end of the year. This...

27 March 2020

France: agreement reached at Thales to manage the continuation of business, as well as its decline, amid the ongoing health crisis

Signed on 26 March by all the representative trade union organisations within at Thales (the CFDT, CFE-CGC, CFTC and CGT), the purpose of the agreement at the aerospace group is “to govern the...

27 March 2020

United Kingdom: government to pay self-employed people impacted by coronavirus outbreak 80% of their profits

In the face of pressure from trade unions, the UK’s Conservative government extended its scheme to support jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, with the announcement on 26 March that it will also...

27 March 2020

Estonia: government implements range of measures to help firms and workers cope with Covid-19 epidemic

To cope with the economic and social crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic, the Estonian government has presented a set of measures to support companies and their employees, including the...

27 March 2020

India: €20 billion aid programme launched for the poor

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

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