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A new Ministerial decree gives employers in six northern regions recourse to agile working arrangements for their employees, even in the absence of individual written agreements as intended by the...

26 February 2020

Italy: businesses in virus-risk Milan reorganize work via smart working

Milan’s public transport system is almost deserted and its streets are as quiet as during the holiday month of August; in short the city is just about as far from its usual bustling frenzy as is...

25 February 2020

South Korea: Covid-19 spurs several businesses to implement teleworking measures

In an article on 25 February 2020, the South Korean Yonhap News Agency reports that several large companies are allowing their staff to work from home as the Covid-19 virus spreads rapidly across...

25 February 2020

EU: European Commission publishes a study on due diligence requirements throughout the supply chain, providing substance for potential EU legislation

On 24 February the European Commission published the results of a study on due diligence requirements throughout the supply chain. The report reviews different Member States’ own practices and...

25 February 2020

Belgium: measures introduced to preserve jobs in the event of no-deal Brexit

On 20 February, Belgium’s Chamber of Representatives approved a bill containing temporary measures that seek primarily to avoid or limit the loss of jobs in the event of the UK exiting the...

24 February 2020

Spain: “We don’t want to go back to the 1980s or 1990s, but to move towards flexibility and adaptation at companies that is negotiated and not imposed on employees in an opaque way,” says CCOO general secretary Unai Sordo

Unai Sordo, general secretary of the Workers' Commissions (CCOO), the largest trade union in Spain, with 977,000 members and 97,000 union delegates across companies, set out what he hopes can be...

24 February 2020

Great Britain: banking group Barclays trials staff ‘surveillance’ software

Barclays, one of the UK’s largest banks, has incurred the wrath of some of its staff in recent days after it installed software on their computers to assess their time spent working and their...

24 February 2020

Germany: collective agreements in 2019 marked by rise of ‘options models’ for working time

The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) at the Hans Böckler trade union foundation, which manages the organisation’s collective agreement database, has recently published its summary...

20 February 2020

United Kingdom: average wages return to pre-financial crisis levels

Almost 12 years on from the financial crisis of 2008, which heralded a deep recession and a rise in unemployment, wages in the UK have risen back to the level they were before the crash, the UK...

20 February 2020

Italy: Jobs Act provisions on protections in the event of dismissal deemed by Council of Europe committee to breach the European Social Charter

The European Committee of Social Rights, which monitors respect of the European Social Charter by member states of the Council of Europe, has ruled in favour of Italian trade union CGIL, which...

20 February 2020

Great Britain: UK’s points-based immigration system unveiled

In the evening of 18 February the UK government revealed new immigration and visa rules that will come into operation after the UK’s EU exit transition period comes to an end. The future system...

19 February 2020

Germany: metallurgy sector companies are struggling with complex working time options

The Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW) that is financed by the Gesamtmetall employers’ confederation has surveyed almost 800 companies to determine how well new labor options have been...

19 February 2020

Spain: repeal of labor law article authorizing employment termination on grounds of repeated periods of sick leave

Spain’s government has repealed an article in the Labor Code that allows for employment contract termination on the grounds of accumulated work time absences, even when the absences are...

19 February 2020

Telenor: renews the global agreement with UNI Global Unio

On 14 February, Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor ASA signed a new global agreement with UNI Global Union that runs for three years and introduces several new provisions pertaining to...

18 February 2020

Saint-Gobain introduces social protection program worldwide

On 13 February the French construction materials company launched its “CARE by Saint-Gobain” social protection program that will provide specific minimum cover for all the Group’s more than...

18 February 2020

Italy: Fastweb telecommunications company lowers working time while keeping salaries unchanged

According to a company agreement signed on 06 February, the number of hours in the working week for many of Fastweb’s employees will fall from 40 to 38. This is a landmark move for a sector facing...

17 February 2020

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