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Latest Brexit update: transitional period to last 21 months
After weeks of intense negotiations, Europe and the United Kingdom announced on Monday that they had reached an agreement over the post-Brexit transitional period. The period will begin on 29...
United Kingdom: large gender pay gaps revealed in banking sector
Under new legislation, companies in the UK with 250 employees or more will have to publish their gender pay gap by 4 April, or run the risk of a penalty (see articles n°9966 and n°9502). The...
19 March 2018
Brazil: private retirement plans, the new trump card in recruitment negotiations
Last year in Brazil was marked by debate over how the pensions of the country’s population would be funded. This culminated in a failed attempt at reform, abandoned by the government before it...
19 March 2018
News update as of March 15, 2018
Czech Republic/Unions seek a 30-minute daily reduction in working time for a 37.5 hour week without any change in salary. The national press is reporting this story of a reduction in the working...
15 March 2018
SAP: the 22,000 German-based employees at this software company can now work wherever they wish, in the office, at home or elsewhere
SAP Germany has a longstanding tradition of teleworking and ‘confidence-based working time’. Nonetheless the German enterprise-software giant has decided to go further and make its working...
14 March 2018
EU: the European Commission makes proposals for a European Labor Authority
The European Commission is adopting proposals for a European Labour Authority (ELA). On 13 March, exactly six months after having first floated the idea, the Commission presented a legislative...
13 March 2018
EU: non-binding measures to provide social protection access to all irrespective of employment status
The European Commission continues to implement its European Social Rights Pillar that aims to ensure the upward convergence of social protection. On 13 March the European Commission presented a...
13 March 2018
Germany: Deutsche Post unions fear creating a single distribution subsidiary will result in downgrading working conditions for postal delivery workers
An article in the daily publication Die Welt from 12 March reports that Deutsche Post (DP) was preparing a significant restructuring. The article indicated the German postal giant was in the...
13 March 2018
Argentina: draft legislation that promotes gender equality at work
In a bid to encourage gender equality, Argentina’s government has submitted a text to parliament modifying the current employment contract law (LTC, ley de Contrato de Trabajo). Reaffirming the...
13 March 2018
News update as of March 12, 2018
On the menu : French Government mulls potential reforms to give companies ‘purpose’ and encourage long-term stratégies, Creation of a ‘skills council’ for the automobile industry, Retail Sector...
12 March 2018
Germany: the extreme-right makes advances during Daimler’s WC elections
Eagerly awaited, the results from WC membership elections in Daimler’s facilities are now available and unambiguous with an overwhelming win for the IG Metall union. At Daimler’s Untertükheum...
Poland: workers from outside the EU come to the rescue of Poland’s tight labor market
For several months Poland’s labor market has been struggling with a significant manpower shortage that threatens to compromise the development of several major economic projects. Employers are...
9 March 2018
Germany: focus on the HR impact of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the new Federal Law on data protection in German companies (Part One)
The countdown has started. On 25 May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) will come into effect, as will the new ‘Federal law on data protection’...
8 March 2018
Germany: the new European regulation on personal data protection means company works councils will have to revise several company agreements (Part 2)
Employers aren’t alone in feeling the effects of the coming into force on 25 May 2018 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and the ‘Federal law on data...
8 March 2018
France: government seeks to make occupational equality a result requirement
On 07 March the government submitted for review by the social partners a number of approaches towards reform so that gender pay equality can become a result requirement. The government has set...
8 March 2018
Spain: women to down tools on 08 March
On March 8 the women of Spain will take part in the first national strike to combat wage inequality and gender violence.  In 2017 feminist associations called for a symbolic 30 minute work...
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Spain: new terms and conditions for in-company training contracts
On 25 November, Spain's Council of Ministers approved a regulation on training contracts. This text defines the terms and conditions for hosting work-study students and interns doing professional...
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
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Germany: apprenticeship openings fall sharply in manufacturing and chemicals
From 1 January 2026, Dutch collective agreements for temporary employment agencies will alter the employment conditions of temp workers. Agencies will be required to pay these workers at least the...