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This unprecedented case was initially flagged by the HR-focused press in the UK. Intelligent Hand Dryers, based in Sheffield, in northern England, has attracted attention for having banned its...

6 September 2019

Italy: protection measures for delivery ‘riders’ as the country’s ruling majority changes shape

As one of the former Conte Government’s final acts before the latest political turmoil, a decree-law was ‘conditionally’ approved by the Council of Ministers on 06 August and finalement published...

5 September 2019

South Korea: spy-gadgets and complaints, employees are making use of the workplace anti-harassment law

In an article from 03 September 2019, the Reuters news agency has reported numbers from the Labor Department for workplace harassment complaints, which have been recorded since the notion was...

5 September 2019

Germany: employees whose jobs are very likely to be automated receive the least amount of lifelong training

In a new study published on 20 August 2019, the IAB, German Institute for Employment Research, has highlighted an apparently paradoxical phenomenon. At a time when training is becoming...

5 September 2019

Italy : a company exiting an employer’s body must comply with the sector relevant collective contract until its expiry date (Court of Cassation)

In judgment No. 21537 handed down on 20 August 2019 Italy’s Court of Cassation, in a ruling on an appeal made by the Turin Filctem-Cgil trade union, held that when a sector national...

4 September 2019

Germany: in a bid to boost its employer brand Deutsche Post reintegrates staff at its DHL low-cost packages delivery subsidiary into its ‘house agreements’

In March 2019 Deutsche Post announced a turnaround in its 2015 strategy of setting up subsidiaries that led to separate working conditions for Deutsche Post (DP) employees and those working for...

4 September 2019

Australia: companies are encouraging staff to participate in the Global Climate Strike

Some forty companies across the tech, health, and finance sectors have joined the ‘Not Business as Usual’ alliance in a bid to voice their support for the global climate strike. In...

4 September 2019

Chile: proposed legislation to reduce the working week to 40 hours progresses through parliament

This proposed legislation left the government in a febrile state through the summer months. Despite comments from some employers’ bodies’ representatives, on 02 September 2019 the Labor Commission...

3 September 2019

Great Britain: 30% of employers are turning down requests for flexible working (survey results)

With the academic year underway the TUC trade union confederation has published results of its survey that reveals almost a third of employees’ requests for flexible working are being turned down...

3 September 2019

Argentina: government raises the minimum salary level

Despite failed discussions on 30 August with the trade unions as part of the Salary Council to reach a consensus, on 02 September Argentina’s Official Bulletin published a 35% increase in the...

3 September 2019

Germany: first details emerge on upcoming law ‘for the work of tomorrow’, which seeks to help companies deal with the digital transition

In keeping with Germany’s national ongoing training strategy, launched in June of this year (see article nº11175), the country’s ministry for labour is working on a law ‘for the work of tomorrow’...

2 September 2019

United States: employees at Google supplier close to unionising

In a statement issued on 29 August, the Pittsburgh Association of Tech Professionals announced that it has begun taking the necessary steps for union representation of employees working for Google...

2 September 2019

Pay inequality on the rise in several countries (ILO figures)

On its InfoStories website, the International Labour Organization has published a graph demonstrating the changing pay inequality across the world. The graph shows the so-called ‘top-bottom wage...

2 September 2019

Australia: draft religious discrimination bill is opened to public consultation

On 29 August, Australian Attorney General Christian Porter published a proposal for draft legislation that bans religious discrimination, and presented it as a shield protecting citizens who...

30 August 2019

Canada: new regulations for conciliation and the combat of violence towards employees in federally regulated sectors including transport, banking, and telecommunications

As part of the drive initiated in 2017 to ‘modernise federal labour legislation’, changes to the Canada Labour Code (CLC) will soon come into effect, which will impact employees in federally...

29 August 2019

United States: States ‘correct’ a Federal proposal on overtime pay regulations

Several US States are addressing the area of overtime hours in a bid to make up for shortcomings in the US Labor Department’s proposal (c.f. article No. 11037). Washington, Pennsylvania, and...

29 August 2019

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