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The US HR software company Workday announced on its blog on 16 March that its some 10,000 workers would receive a one-off payment, equivalent to two weeks’ wages, to help them deal with the...

20 March 2020

France: emergency draft legislation containing work-related measures to cope with the Covid-19 crisis

On 18 March the Council of Ministers adopted an ‘Emergency bill to deal with the Covid-19 epidemic’, that empowers the government by way of ordinances to take interim measures that will ‘limit the...

19 March 2020

Germany: government and social partners cognizant of problems with partial unemployment in non-industrial sectors

As more or less indicated by Chancellor Angela Merkel in a televised broadcast on 18 March, Germany is on the brink of a total confinement phase, (with its Federal constitution, any ultimate...

19 March 2020

Poland: government presents its ‘crisis shield’

On 18 March and following a Council of Ministers meeting, Polish President Andrzej Duda alongside Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced a series of extraordinary measures to limit the impact...

19 March 2020

Greece: measures to provide employment support

On 18 March the Economics Minister announced a raft of measures providing support for SMEs and maintaining employment in the face of the isolation conditions being taken to combat the spread of...

19 March 2020

United States: nationwide free coronavirus testing as well as paid sick leave

On 18 March, following several days of negotiations, the US Senate passed a package of coronavirus relief measures by 90 to 8. The package provides for free testing, food and medical aid, and an...

19 March 2020

United States: in spite of an agreement to maintain auto-production, the Big 3 have closed their US facilities

The Big 3 automakers in the US, namely Ford, General Motors, and FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) have announced production will halt Stateside until 30 March. This decision was taken following...

19 March 2020

Italy: banking sector employers pitted against trade unions over bank branch closures

On 16 March 2020 Italy’s banking sector social partners signed a protocol document to combat the coronavirus and protect both workers and customers. While the sector’s trade unions were calling...

18 March 2020

Spain: a package of economic and employment support measures

On 17 March, Spain’s Council of Ministers approved a decree law that will free up funds and make certain work-related legislation more flexible for this emergency period and ‘in a bid to protect...

18 March 2020

EU: supporting Member States as they combat the coronavirus

The EU wasted no time in unfolding its arsenal of budget measures to help support its Member States face the coronavirus crisis. On 13 March an EU Commission proposal mobilised funds for a crisis...

18 March 2020

Argentina: initial measures limiting the freedom of movement plus recommendations to work remotely

Maximum effort to avoid the virus spreading during the initial development stages. On 16 March Argentina announced a series of measures aimed at avoiding the scenarios being experienced in Europe...

18 March 2020

Great Britain: London augments financial support for businesses facing coronavirus

On 17 March, not even a week after the UK budget was presented that included a package of business-friendly measures, Rishi Sunak, the UK’s recently appointed UK Chancellor of the Exchequer...

18 March 2020

European and international social monitoring – more essential than ever

The health crisis we are currently undergoing is prompting businesses to take often unprecedented decisions in terms of work organization. We can also expect economic activity to be severely...

17 March 2020

Italy: €25 billion in Government support for businesses families and the health system

At a time when whole sectors of Italy’s economy have had to come to a halt because of the coronavirus pandemic, on Monday 16 March the Council of Ministers adopted a decree-law, albeit not yet...

17 March 2020

Sweden: a package of support measures for companies and employees facing the coronavirus

In the week starting 16 March, Sweden’s government presented parliament with a series of measures to be definitively adopted on 19 March that seek to enable employers and employees to cope with...

17 March 2020

Austria: Federal government announces Covid-19 support including ‘partial unemployment’

On 13 March, Austria’s government announced €4 billion would be directed to support independent workers, maintain employment, and help businesses avoid insolvency in the face of the Covid-19...

17 March 2020

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After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...

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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union

The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...

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A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...

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