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On 10 March the European Commission presented its new strategy to support Europe’s industry face the twin challenges of climate neutrality and the digital transition. In its press statement, the...

11 March 2020

United States: coronavirus outbreak highlights inequalities in paid sick leave and relaunches debate on sick leave rights

Until now the US has opposed paid sick leave. This stance may be changing as the coronavirus takes a grip over the nation. Democrats are putting forward draft sick-leave legislation and the...

11 March 2020

Poland: fast track legislation comes into force to counter the coronavirus

On 08 March 2020, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda promulgated legislation combatting the coronavirus. It took the country’s parliament less than a week to formulate this legislation...

10 March 2020

Argentina: exceptional leave period in place to counter work-related spread of the coronavirus

Argentina’s Labor Minister Claudio Moroni has signed Resolution Number 178 that allows employees returning from a known coronavirus country to take 14 days of leave (licencia excepcional)...

10 March 2020

Great Britain: financial sector still failing to narrow the gender pay gap

While companies with more than 250 staff have until 05 April to comply with the legal requirement to publish their third annual gender pay gap data (c.f. article No. 11073), initial indications...

10 March 2020

Germany: services union Verdi publishes ethical principles for the use of artificial intelligence

On 3 March, German service sector union Verdi published its “guidelines for employing artificial intelligence”. Presented as a document “for debate” on the topic of AI technology, the text...

9 March 2020

Germany: measures announced to support companies impacted by coronavirus

On 8 March, following several hours of negotiations, representatives of the parties in Germany’s governing coalition announced a range of measures that will be taken to help companies who...

9 March 2020

United Kingdom: delivery firm Hermes sets aside support fund for gig workers amid coronavirus outbreak

German delivery firm Hermes announced on 6 March that it would set aside a £1 million (€1.15m) support fund for its 15,000 independent delivery workers in the UK, in the event that they...

9 March 2020

Italy: with some 10,000 banking sector jobs set to be cut, the impact of digitalisation is the subject of debate

Three of Italy’s largest banks – UniCredit, UBI Banca and Banca Popolare di Milano – have in recent weeks announced thousands of job cuts as part of their respective strategic plans. Some 10,000...

6 March 2020

United States: employees of Beneficial bank to join union

California-based bank Beneficial, which was co-founded by billionaire Tom Steyer, a philanthropist who recently dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination for the 2020 US Presidential...

6 March 2020

Santander extends right to maternity and paternity leave to all staff across global operations

Santander is introducing a global minimum standard for parental leave in every market in which it operates, with mothers granted at least 14 weeks of paid leave and the father or secondary parent...

6 March 2020

Great Britain: government makes a temporary emergency change to sick leave legislation as a result of Covid-19

While UK statutory sick leave compensation normally starts to come into effect on the fourth day of work absences, the Conservative government has announced that Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), which...

5 March 2020

EU: the European Commission presents its Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025

On 05 March the European Commission presented its Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 that identifies major challenges in the form of persistent gender-based violence and stereotypes, gender pay...

5 March 2020

Great Britain: investors increasingly more vociferous over the gender gap

The Investment Association, a trade body representing UK investment managers, has written to 63 companies listed on the FTSE 350 criticizing them for the lack of female participation on their...

5 March 2020

Italy: inequalities in the face of telework, precarious employment being disproportionately affected, and overly zealous employers, Covid-19 is shaking up the world of work

Covid-19 and its devastating impact on Italy’s economy are transforming business life. While smart-working is certainly more widespread (c.f. article No. 11679), working from home is also creating...

4 March 2020

France: Court of Cassation rules that an Uber driver is actually an employee

In a ruling handed down 04 March (here), France’s Court of Cassation has ruled that the relationship between an Uber driver and the company is not a contractual relationship but is instead an...

4 March 2020

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The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...

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Germany continues to expand and diversify its initiatives to attract skilled foreign labour from outside the EU. In mid-March 2026, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development...

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