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The Decree-Law regulating the new Minimum Vital Income (Ingreso Mínimo Vital, IMV), which defines ‘the subjective right to receive a benefit of an economic nature that guarantees a minimum income...

2 June 2020

Sweden: an amendment to the short-time working scheme allows for a reduction in activity of up to 80%.

On 27 May, Parliament adopted the government's plan to augment the short-time working system (Korttidspermittering) by allowing up to an 80% reduction in working hours in May, June and July...

2 June 2020

Portugal: remote working no longer favoured from 1 June, as phase three of lockdown easing begins

As of 1 June, rules on remote working have reverted to those laid out in the country’s labour code. Under article 166 of the code, remote working must be the subject of a contract between...

1 June 2020

United Kingdom: companies to start sharing the cost of job retention scheme, which is to finish at end of October

In an update on 29 May on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which the UK government put in place to combat the crisis sparked by the coronavirus emergency, it was announced that from the month...

1 June 2020

Spain: minimum income scheme to launch

Today, on 29 May, the Spanish government urgently approved a decree to create a guaranteed minimum income scheme that will come into force from June. The measure has been introduced to lighten the...

29 May 2020

Germany: broad alliance formed to limit the damage of the economic downturn on apprenticeships

The ensemble of social partners active at a national level across the German labour market have joined the 'alliance for apprenticeship and ongoing training', an initiative jointly initiated and...

29 May 2020

China: employment at heart of government’s priorities

At the closing of the double session of parliament on 28 May, and after delegates of the National People's Congress, the Chinese Parliament, almost unanimously approved the government's progress...

29 May 2020

United Kingdom: immediate sick pay for employees told to self-isolate under new coronavirus test and trace system

Under the UK’s new ‘test and trace’ system to combat the spread of coronavirus, any person who has been in contact with someone infected with the virus or someone suspected of...

29 May 2020

United Kingdom: majority of employers plan to preserve remote working (study)

Despite encouragement from the UK government for business to gradually return to normal, only 4% of UK employers have made their employees come back to work since coronavirus lockdown rules were...

29 May 2020

Spain: the El Corte Inglés retail group is resuming business by facilitating functional and geographical mobility

The CCOO, Fagsa, Fetico, and UGT unions have reached an agreement with management for the El Corte Inglés group on the conditions for returning to work following the nationwide lockdown and the...

28 May 2020

Germany: Deutsche Post plans to conduct more than 10,000 Covid -19 tests in its mail and parcels division.

On 27 May, Deutsche Post it would be testing more than 10,000 employees as a preventative measure, and on a voluntary basis, in order to better understand and assess the epidemiological situation...

28 May 2020

Colombia: a proposed law on the right to disconnect in the wake of the coronavirus crisis

A bill on the right to digital disconnection and respect for the boundaries between work and personal life was tabled this week in Colombia’s House of Representatives. The legislation...

28 May 2020

Great Britain: gender pay gap improvement threatened by the coronavirus (study)

On 27 May, the highly respected Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) expressed concern that pressure on working mothers (employees) during lockdown could halt progress in reducing the gender pay...

28 May 2020

EU: the European Commission presents a €750 billion recovery plan

On 26 May, European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen presented its €750 billion recovery instrument called NextGeneration EU. The aim is to support the EU Members States as they try to...

27 May 2020

EU: EU Commission Work Programme confirms a directive on minimum wages and another on pay transparency will be adopted before the end of 2020

On 27 May, and in addition to its recovery plan (c.f. article No. 11962), the European Commission adopted its 2020 Work Programme (here) which, as announced on several occasions, intends for the...

27 May 2020

Germany: CGB (Christian Trade Union) member, the DHV not authorized to negotiate collective agreements

On 22 May, the Hamburg regional court (LAG Hamburg) ruled that the DHV (Der Berufsgewerkschaft), which is a member of the small German Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (CGB), did not have...

27 May 2020

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An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...

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After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...

17 September 2026

Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union

The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...

16 September 2026

Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining

A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...

22 September 2026