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On 22 March Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro published a ‘provisional measure’ in the Official Journal (decree with legal force which will run for 60 days and can be renewed once) concerning...

24 March 2020

EU: IndustriALL Europe launches a debate on the definition for ‘essential production activities’

Europe’s industry trade union federation, IndustriALL Europe, has called for ‘stricter definitions of essential production in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries and for workers' rights to...

24 March 2020

Italy: protecting workers in the transport-logistics sectors as well as those involved in home deliveries

While the halting of all non-essential activities that was decided between 21 and 22 March has provoked the ire of the trade unions for being too lax and which may prompt these union towards...

24 March 2020

United States: warehouses and supermarkets hiring massively to cope with demand

During this Covid-19 pandemic, two business sectors are bucking a general downtrend with extremely strong growth, namely the supermarket and distribution sectors. With demand levels already high...

24 March 2020

Chile: authorities launch an arsenal of measures aimed at protecting jobs and workers

On 19 March, Budget Minister Ignacio Briones announced a massive $12 billion ‘Economic Emergency’ plan, the equivalent of 4.7% of domestic GDP in a bid to protect and safeguard Chile’s economy...

24 March 2020

France: emergency bill adopted to address Covid-19 crisis

On 22 March the French parliament passed an emergency bill to address the Covid-19 pandemic. The bill allows the government to introduce emergency measures by ordinance, particularly in the areas...

23 March 2020

Germany: crisis agreement struck in metals sector

Social partners in Germany’s metals sector announced on Friday 20 March their decision to suspend negotiations over the renewal of a branch agreement which was due to be agreed in principle in...

23 March 2020

United Kingdom: state to pay up to 80% of wages of workers unable to work during coronavirus pandemic

Amid the ongoing worldwide pandemic and following its decision to close the majority of non-essential shops, the UK government unveiled an unprecedented plan on 20 March to support jobs in the...

23 March 2020

Finland: government plan for stemming the Covid-19 tide draws on social partners joint proposals

On 20 March the government announced an economic support plan to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, the budget for which will cost an estimated €15 billion. The plan will be implemented via a series...

23 March 2020

Belgium: conditions for temporary unemployment adjusted to cope with economic impact of Covid-19

Since 13 March, a “uniform and simplified” procedure has been put in place until 30 June for temporary unemployment applications, in order to better preserve jobs in Belgium amid the business...

23 March 2020

India: government tells people to work from home and calls for solidarity from employers in bid to deal with coronavirus

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi made an address to the nation on the evening of Thursday 19 March. He called on people to work from home...

20 March 2020

Denmark: measures to provide support for businesses and employees during the coronavirus crisis

On 19 March, the Danish parliament passed a DKR 40 billion package of measures to provide support for Danish businesses and their staff. In it are several economic measures such as compensation...

20 March 2020

Netherlands: special Covid-19 short-time working scheme introduced

The Temporary Emergency Bridging Measure for Sustained Employment, which has been given the Dutch acronym NOW, was introduced on 17 March, the same day that the government announced a package of...

20 March 2020

Hungary: government announces measures to support economy

The Hungarian government has adopted several measures over the past 10 days following the state of emergency being declared in the country, which allows the government to introduce extraordinary...

20 March 2020

France: agreement reached to ensure production activity continues at STMicroelectronics

The majority agreement signed on 18 March with two of the three trade unions (CFDT and CFE-CGC) at the semiconductor manufacturing company temporarily adapts business activity in the context of...

20 March 2020

Spain: Inditex group to cover for one month the cost of employees having to stop work

The Inditex group, which owns fashion retailers such as Zara, has announced to unions and employee representatives that it will not, at present, activate the extraordinary short-time working...

20 March 2020

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