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India: big companies push for more inclusive work environments for LGBT people
Several large Indian companies are trying to shift trends in the corporate world in favour of workplace equality. There are more and more examples of diversity and inclusion policies, for lesbian...
19 April 2019
Gig economy: university initiative seeks to set better standards for benefit of platform workers
“There are now over seven million digital platform workers that live all over the world, doing work that is outsourced via platforms or apps. Platform work provides essential income and...
19 April 2019
Solvay: 2019 renewal of the Global agreement on Performance Sharing Program
On 05 April 2019, Belgian chemical company Solvay together with its global social dialogue body, the Solvay Global Forum (c.f. article No. 10248), signed an agreement over the 2019 budget and...
18 April 2019
Spain: trade unions and employers lay out their respective demands ahead of the legislative elections set for 28 April
In the run-up to the legislative elections on 28 April 2019, both the employers and trade unions have been publishing their messages to the election candidates, as well as to the future...
18 April 2019
HR practices: French insurer MAIF immerses its whole social structure into digital transformation
Like others in the insurance industry, French insurance company Maif (7,500 employees) is facing a thorough overhaul of its entire business, not least with the arrival of insurtech startups, and...
News update as of April 17, 2019
On the menu: the EU Commission proposes way of facilitating the adoption of social and non-discrimination legislation, trade union strategy to contain the ‘12 hour law’ in Austria, fuel shortages...
17 April 2019
EU: Parliament adopts draft legislation on working conditions, the European Labour Authority, and whistleblowers
On 16 April, MEPs adopted the European Labour Authority (ELA) regulation, as well as directives protecting whistleblowers and on transparent working conditions geared to safeguarding working...
16 April 2019
EU: rules reforming coordinated social security rights on hold
New rules to coordinate social security regimes aiming to modernize and clarify the rules that are to apply to workers who circulate within the EU and to encourage more worker mobility will not be...
16 April 2019
Mexico: deputies approve reform on trade union rights (brief)
On Thursday 11 April, deputies in the Mexican congress approved the reform to the country's Federal Labor Law, requested by the United States as a prerequisite for the ratification of the United...
16 April 2019
News update as of April 12, 2019
On the menu: a rise in the number of unqualified workers and prospect of a minimum wage for apprentices in Germany, Amazon employees in call for the group to reduce its carbon footprint, a first...
12 April 2019
News update as of April 11, 2019
On the menu: in France, final adoption of law requiring companies to take social and environmental considerations into account (Pacte), in Italy collective bargaining starts including the right to...
11 April 2019
EU: European Commission draws attention to the need for Seoul to uphold the social clause in the EU-Korea trade agreement
In Seoul on 09 April, EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström co-chaired the 8th Trade Committee set up by the EU-South-Korea trade agreement that was initially signed back in 2010 and that...
9 April 2019
Thailand: strengthens sanctions as part of its framework tackling forced labor
Thailand has just tightened legislation tackling forced labor. In order to fast track implementation of the legal changes, the law on human trafficking is being amended to include forced labor as...
9 April 2019
EU: Commissioner Thyssen summarises the consequences of Brexit on workers social security rights
During a press conference on 09 April, Commissioner Marianne Thyssen in charge of Employment and Social Affairs summarized what would be happening for workers affected by Brexit, with and without...
9 April 2019
Germany: new initiative to promote the hiring of those with disabilities (in brief)
On 09 April, during the ‘Corporate Inclusion Award’ event, Germany’s Federal Employment Agency (BA), Employers’ Federation (BDA), Labor Ministry, and the Federal organization for social assistance...
EU: guidelines for trustworthy AI use
Planet Labor, 9 April 2019, nº11078 – www.planetlabor.com
9 April 2019
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