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Mexico: businesses backing staff that take part in 09 March women’s strike
Mexico’s ‘national women’s strike’ that is set for 09 March was launched by the feminist group Brujas del mar via Facebook back in September 2019. The strike action has...
4 March 2020
CSR: major brands reportedly linked to Uyghur forced labor in China
In the foreword to the Uyghurs for Sale report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI* here), published on 01 March 2020, ‘The Chinese government has facilitated the mass transfer of...
EU: with the social partners refusing to take up the subject the EU Commission will continue consultation stages on the fair EU minimum wage
Europe’s social partners do not yet wish to enter into negotiations over an EU-wide fair minimum wage considering such a stage as still ‘premature’. Thus their position distilled from their...
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3 March 2020
Spain: preventative isolation to combat the spread of the coronavirus will be treated as sick leave
Spain’s Social Security Ministry has announced that SARS-CoV-2 related preventative isolation will count as sick leave and as such qualifies for daily sick leave compensation. The Social Security...
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3 March 2020
Great Britain: government launches holiday entitlement guidance campaign
On 02 March, the UK government launched a guidance campaign, the goal of which is make workers aware of their holiday entitlements. Based on a survey by the association called Unpaid Britain, the...
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3 March 2020
Bosch to provide artificial intelligence training to 20,000 employees
During the Bosch Connected World 2020 conference, held between 19 and 20 February in Berlin, Germany’s leading automobile equipment manufacturer and its chief executive Volkmar Denner announced...
2 March 2020
Italy: fraught negotiations to renew collective agreements in several key sectors
Italy’s engineering and metals sector trade unions are beginning to get impatient, after their collective agreement, which covers some 1.5 million workers, expired on 31 December 2019. The...
2 March 2020
Finland: new round of collective agreements sees removal of provisions of ‘competitiveness pact’ introduced by previous government
After a chaotic start to the year that saw the announcement of new strikes following those in December 2019, which threatened to completely paralyse the country, as well as trade unions calling...
2 March 2020
United Kingdom: government prepared to include pledge not to weaken labour law in trade deal with EU
In its negotiating mandate published on 27 February, Boris Johnson’s government stated that it does not want to weaken labour standards following the UK’s exit from the European Union...
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28 February 2020
United States: NLRB amends rules for joint-employer status
The NLRB (National Labor Relations Board, an independent agency of the United States government in charge of protecting the right of employees to unionise and investigating illegal practices in...
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28 February 2020
Austria: government relaxes conditions for arrival of high-potential workers from third countries
On Wednesday 26 February, the council of ministers presented measures to make the conditions allowing highly qualified workers from third countries to come to Austria more flexible. First of all...
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28 February 2020
Germany: controversial draft legislation over female quotas on corporate boards of management
With female participation rates on corporate boards of management in Germany having only marginally improved (c.f. article No. 11602), the Social-Democrat Ministers of Justice and the Family have...
27 February 2020
Great Britain: employers’ confederation urges businesses to publish ethnicity pay gap details
On 26 February the CBI employers’ confederation called on employers with more than 250 staff to voluntarily publish their ethnicity pay gap details. The confederation argues that if...
27 February 2020
Italy: telecoms trade unions attack Iliad’s business methods
The source of this spat lies in a survey commissioned by Italy’s fourth largest telecoms operator, and carried out by the I-Com think tank. The report stated, ‘Iliad’s Italian...
27 February 2020
Italy: LVMH owned Italian jeweler Bulgari secures a landmark company agreement for its Valenza site that addresses LGBT rights and sustainable development
In February a landmark company agreement was signed for the production facility in the premium jewellery firm Bulgari that is located in Valenza, Piedmont (Italy’s goldsmith center). The agreement...
26 February 2020
Canada: Ontario Labour Relations Board holds Foodora couriers are dependent contractors and have the legal right to unionize
On 25 February Ontario’s independent, quasi-judicial tribunal mandated to mediate and adjudicate private sector employment and labour relations-related matters ruled that couriers are dependent...
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26 February 2020
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
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France: Yves Rocher convicted of breach of duty of vigilance for infringement of freedom of association
The specialised chamber of the Paris Judicial Court convicted Yves Rocher on 12 March for breaching its duty of vigilance. The group was sued by Turkish employees dismissed in 2018 by a subsidiary...
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12 March 2026
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Spain: business support package to tackle the economic impact of the Middle East conflict
The Spanish government approved a series of measures on 20 March to support companies facing rising energy prices. In return, these businesses are prohibited from making redundancies for economic...
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EU: Council adopts position on simplifying AI rules
The Council of the EU approved its position on 13 March regarding the “omnibus regulation” proposal, published last November by the Commission to simplify the AI Act. Confirming the...
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20 March 2026
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Germany: a corporate group supports local political engagement via its “Democracy Charter”
Large corporations in the Hesse region, surrounding Frankfurt, are defending local democracy by enabling employees to volunteer in local public life through an initiative dubbed the "Democracy...
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United States: Coca-Cola subsidiary sued by the administration over women-only event
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on 18 February that it is launching federal proceedings against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast for “sex-based...
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6 March 2026