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As of 01 January 2020 Hungary’s working grandparents can access parental leave periods. Grandparents still in employment and looking after grandchildren in place of parents can take parental...

9 January 2020

Works council expertise ‘à la française’ looking to extend across Europe

For several years works council specialist consultants have been active in both European Commission funded sector-level social dialogue, as well as in French EWCs. More recently however, these...

8 January 2020

France: after 34 days of strike action talks resume between the government and social partners over France’s pension reform

On 07 January 2020, talks between the government and social partners over France’s pension reform resumed after 34 days of industrial action and the longest such period in French industrial...

8 January 2020

Mexico: a new standard for work-related musculoskeletal disorders came into force on 02 January 2020

The Mexican Official Standard 036 entitled (Spanish acronym, NOM), ‘Ergonomic risk factors at work’ will come into force on 02 January 2020. This decree from the Mexican Labor Ministry...

8 January 2020

Spain: new coalition government led by socialists aims to reassert collective bargaining and develop a workers’ statute for the 21st century

Having received the backing of the Spanish parliament today, on 7 January, Pedro Sanchez, leader of the country’s Socialist Party, is set to commence his second term as prime minister, forming a...

7 January 2020

Germany: Zonar, the performance evaluation software at Zalando that has sparked a data protection probe

A study conducted by a German university claims that e-commerce platform Zalando has been placing its workers under pressure and/or surveillance using the performance management tool Zonar, a...

7 January 2020

Italy: 2020 budget law extends paternity leave to 7 days

Obligatory paternity leave for private sector employees, which was introduced as an experimental measure in 2013 and adopted permanently through a law in 2016, will be extended from 5 to 7 days...

7 January 2020

Best wishes for a happy and enlightening 2020

The team at Planet Labor would like to wish you and your families a happy and healthy new year.

6 January 2020

United Kingdom: tribunal rules that ethical vegans should be protected against workplace discrimination

On 3 January, as part of a hearing of an unfair dismissal complaint, an employment tribunal in the city of Norwich, in the east of England, deemed for the first time that being vegan qualifies as...

6 January 2020

Spain: extension of paternity leave to 12 weeks comes into effect

Spain’s new paternity leave provisions took effect on 1 January 2020. With the application of the decree-law containing urgent measures to guarantee equal treatment and equal opportunities...

6 January 2020

Austria: a government more open to ‘social partnership’ and with a programme focused on the digital and ecological transitions

As Austria celebrates the start of the new year, the country has also seen the arrival of a new government. Following the legislative elections of September last year, and after lengthy...

6 January 2020

United Kingdom: Boris Johnson promises post-Brexit employment law

There were some surprises in the Queen’s Speech on 19 December, which marked the opening of Parliament following the Conservative Party’s clear victory in last week’s snap general election. Among...

20 December 2019

Italy: banking sector collective agreement renewed

On 19 December, after a year of negotiations, social partners in Italy’s banking sector agreed a provisional deal to renew the national collective agreement (CCN), which applies to more than...

20 December 2019

France: France Telecom and several former executives found guilty of moral harassment

On 20 December, the correctional tribunal in Paris sentenced three former executives of France Télécom – the ex-CEO, deputy chief and human resources director – to a year in prison, of which eight...

20 December 2019

European social partners in the tourism and hospitality sectors call for better regulation of the platform economy

On 29 November, the EFAT (European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions) and HOTREC (Hotels, Restaurants & Cafés in Europe) federations signed a joint declaration calling...

20 December 2019

Spain: banking sector agreement on the right to disconnect and the implementation of daily working time records

Spain’s banking sector trade unions and employers’ bodies have concluded an agreement on employees’ right to disconnect (log out) during rest periods. The agreement is part of the negotiation over...

19 December 2019

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12 March 2026

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23 March 2026

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...

20 March 2026

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...

11 March 2026

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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