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The United Auto Workers union (UAW), together with US automakers has decided to set up a task force to address the coronavirus, the objective being to implement stronger protection measures for...

17 March 2020

Germany: law to faciliate short-time working measures adopted by the Bundestag with retroactive effect from 1 March

The law, which extends and facilitates access to short-time working measures to help businesses manage the Covid-19 crisis, was passed by the Bundestag on Friday 13 March, having been urgently...

16 March 2020

Portugal: simplified short-time working scheme and other business support measures adopted to tackle the coronavirus crisis

The new simplified regime enters into force on 16 March 2020 in order to deal with the coronavirus epidemic. The package of extraordinary measures adopted on 13 March also includes social...

16 March 2020

Italy: social partners sign protocol on measures to battle coronavirus in the workplace

Pressed by the government to establish uniform guidelines to guarantee the safety of employees in the workplace, the Cgil, Cisl and Uil unions and the employer organisations Confindustria, Confapi...

16 March 2020

Spain: employer and union organisations come together to demand exceptional measures to quickly ease impact of coronavirus

The CCOO and UGT trade unions, as well as the employer confederations CEOE and Cepyme, have together drawn up a document setting out their joint proposals for dealing with the coronavirus and...

13 March 2020

Argentina: new waves of branch negotiations to take place against ever uncertain backdrop

Sectoral wage negotiations are in full swing in Argentina, against an economic backdrop that is as uncertain as it is tough. These are the first such talks to take place since the centre-left...

13 March 2020

Great Britain: Nissan commits to supporting female employees during menstruation

Since 09 March more than 500 staff at the Japanese carmaker Nissan’s plant in the UK’s north-east region of Sunderland will have access to free sanitary protection in the...

13 March 2020

The ILO struggles to define its action for decent work along global supply chain

Momentum from the Centenary celebrations in 2019 (which saw the conclusion of a declaration and a new international convention on violence at work c.f. article No. 11189 and No. 11188) has...

12 March 2020

United Kingdom becomes legal battleground over EWC rights amid Brexit

Compared with other national systems that serve as the basis for several EWCs, the UK has provided a wealth of jurisprudence and the reason for this is an almost two-year battle between employers’...

12 March 2020

Great Britain: a coronavirus themed budget

As expected, Covid-19 was the main focus for the new Chancellor, Rishi Sunak’s first budget that he presented to parliament on 11 March. In it £30 billion (€34.1 billion) will be used to bolster...

12 March 2020

Germany: Amazon Deutschland affiliates with the HDE, the German Retail Federation, but without applying sector collective agreements

The German Retail Federation, Handelverband Deutschland – HDE, together with the US online retailing giant Amazon have confirmed that in February 2020 Amazon entered the HDE umbrella federation...

11 March 2020

EU: the European Commission presents its new Industrial Strategy for a globally competitive, green and digital Europe

On 10 March the European Commission presented its new strategy to support Europe’s industry face the twin challenges of climate neutrality and the digital transition. In its press statement, the...

11 March 2020

United States: coronavirus outbreak highlights inequalities in paid sick leave and relaunches debate on sick leave rights

Until now the US has opposed paid sick leave. This stance may be changing as the coronavirus takes a grip over the nation. Democrats are putting forward draft sick-leave legislation and the...

11 March 2020

Poland: fast track legislation comes into force to counter the coronavirus

On 08 March 2020, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda promulgated legislation combatting the coronavirus. It took the country’s parliament less than a week to formulate this legislation...

10 March 2020

Argentina: exceptional leave period in place to counter work-related spread of the coronavirus

Argentina’s Labor Minister Claudio Moroni has signed Resolution Number 178 that allows employees returning from a known coronavirus country to take 14 days of leave (licencia excepcional)...

10 March 2020

Great Britain: financial sector still failing to narrow the gender pay gap

While companies with more than 250 staff have until 05 April to comply with the legal requirement to publish their third annual gender pay gap data (c.f. article No. 11073), initial indications...

10 March 2020

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24 September 2026

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