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Italy/ Difficult road ahead for so-called 'Dignity Decree', which is set to be amended during its passage through parliament. The Dignity Decree (see article no. 10750), which has been heavily...

13 July 2018

Germany: employment minister unveils pensions reform

Presented on 13 July in Berlin by Hubertus Heil, German minister for labour and social affairs, from the SPD party, the pensions reform bill seeks to restore the confidence of different...

13 July 2018

EU: the European Parliament Employment and Social Affairs Commission makes significant amendments to the draft directive on work-life balance (briefly)

The European Parliament Employment and Social Affairs Commission has shown itself to be actively ready to enter into negotiations with EU governments on the draft directive addressing work-life...

11 July 2018

Spain: unions and employers finalize Catalonia’s Cross-Industry Pre-Agreement that sets the major guidelines for collective negotiations over the 2018-2020 period

Representatives from both the employers and employees bodies worked well into ‘extra-time’ before eventually securing a ‘pre-agreement’, which, after ratification by the different trade unions’...

11 July 2018

EU: publication in the OJEU of the directive concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services

Two years of negotiations were needed before the EU Council of Ministers and European Parliament could secure this directive that amends the previous ‘unassailable’ 1996 directive (Directive...

11 July 2018

News update as of July 10, 2018

Australia/ Sexual harassment in the workplace to be surveyed nationwide. In response to the #metoo movement, the Australian Human Rights Commission has announced the launch of a one-year survey on...

10 July 2018

EWC : German court recognises a non-European company’s right to choose which country of operation represents it in Europe in order to negotiate a new EWC agreement

According to German legal sources, the Labour Court of Wiesbaden in Germany has upheld the right for corporate groups headquartered outside of the EU and/or the EEA to relocate its leadership in...

6 July 2018

Belgium: agreement in parliament to make parental leave more flexible (in brief)

On 4 July, Vincent Van Quickenborne, who chairs the social affairs committee in Belgium's lower house, announced that an agreement had been reached on six separate bills, allowing six laws that...

6 July 2018

Poland : flexible working arrangements for parents of disabled children (in brief)

Under a new law on professional reintegration and the employment of disabled people, which came into force on 6 June 2018, parents with a disabled child in their care (regardless of the child's...

6 July 2018

Ryanair: social unrest forecast for the summer

Leading low-cost airline Ryanair is facing a torrid summer of social unrest. On 05 July trade unions from Belgium, Italy, and Portugal representing Ryanair cabin crew staff announced strike action...

5 July 2018

Poland: trade union reform legislation definitively adopted

On 29 June, Poland’s Senate house definitively adopted trade union reform legislation brought to it by the Employment and Social Policy Ministry. The new legislation accords independent workers...

5 July 2018

Great Britain: delayed construction sector deal finally launched

Promised for November 2017, the Construction Sector Deal was officially launched on 05 July 2018. The sector agreement, delayed due to the unexpected collapse of the multinational construction...

5 July 2018

Italy: Council of Ministers adopts first anti-precariousness and anti-Jobs Act decree-law

On 02 July, Giuseppe Conte’s government adopted the ‘Dignity Decree’, the new executive’s first major reform that includes limiting recourse to fixed term employment contracts, raising employment...

4 July 2018

Portugal: stronger social protection for independent workers

From July 2018, Portugal’s independent workers will be able to enjoy broader social cover. ‘Green Receipts’, the invoices used by independent workers, will enable faster access rights to...

4 July 2018

Spain: still in the independent workers vein, the Spanish Labor Inspectorate registers Barcelona’s Deliveroo riders as employees as regards the social security scheme

Spain’s Labor Inspectorate is claiming €1.3 million from meal delivery service Delieroo in lieu of missed social security contributions for its Barcelona-based delivery riders. The authorities...

4 July 2018

UNI Global Union working towards the implementation of a global strategy to handle Amazon

Following four years of work at the European level, and in the hopes of improving working conditions at Amazon, UNI Global Union has undertaken efforts in organizing workers around the world. In...

2 July 2018

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