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On 22 November France’s highest appeals court handed down its ruling that affirmed the principle whereby an employer can only dismiss an employee who has direct contact with customers whilst...

22 November 2017

Brazil: although the government clarifies certain points in its new labor legislation uncertainties still remain

In force since 11 November 2017, Brazil’s Labor Code reform (Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho – CLT, c.f. article No. 10312), which the country’s parliament voted in during the summer, and which...

22 November 2017

Italy: the chamber of deputies has definitively adopted a law to protect whistleblowers

To apply equally in the public and private sectors, on 15 November Italy’s ‘whistleblowing’ law was voted in by a significant majority of the country’s Chamber of Deputies. The law intends to...

21 November 2017

EU: the European Commission pushes for social protection and gender pay equality

On 20 November during the EU Social Summit held in Gothenberg, the European Commission adopted an action plan aimed at eliminating the gender pay gap. The EU Commission also launched a second...

21 November 2017

Vinci: agreement signed over workers’ rights in Qatar

This agreement is the first of its kind On 21 November Vinci and the Qatari company Qatari Diar VINCI Construction (QDVC), signed an agreement with the global federation, the Building and Wood...

21 November 2017

EU: Gothenburg summit sees top-level commitment to social rights

On Friday 17 November at the social summit held in Gothenburg, Sweden, the European Union, as had been expected, adopted the European Pillar of Social Rights. To allow the Commission to keep tabs...

17 November 2017

Romania: social and tax reforms cause widespread chaos

The Romanian government, led by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), has decided to implement a series of controversial reforms, despite protests on the streets of the country and strong opposition...

17 November 2017

Bangladesh: Alliance achieves improvement in worker safety

In its annual report, published on 15 November, the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety was positive on the progress it has made. The organisation, which is funded by leading US retailers, has...

17 November 2017

Great Britain: Deliveroo riders deemed self-employed and cannot have union representation

In a claim by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) made in 2016 for it to be recognised as the Deliveroo riders' representative and as such able to negotiate for this group (c.f...

16 November 2017

Italy: employers’ bodies mobilize to make dual-working a success

In order to tackle unemployment and better match jobs supply and demand conditions, the ambitious 2015 education reform imposed mandatory dual-working (in-company practical work) experience for...

16 November 2017

Norway: social partners add changes to the framework agreement that structures the country’s collective negotiations system

On 10 November negotiations concluded between the union confederation LO and the employers body NHO on renewing the collective negotiations framework agreement (hovedavtalen). Dating back to 1935...

16 November 2017

Denmark: new measures to bolster the ‘green smiley’ system that certifies a company’s healthy working environment

Following a scandal in 2016 that in particular adversely affected wind turbine producer Siemens Wind Power, the Danish government undertook measures to strengthen the reliability of the ‘green...

15 November 2017

Italy: the ‘Maternity as a Master’ start-up is now both attracting fathers and looking to expand abroad

While company-based parenting practices are burgeoning, the unusual ‘Maternity as a Master’ (MaaM) training program aims to transpose competences that parents acquire during parenthood over to the...

14 November 2017

Great Britain: European business leaders press Theresa May on Brexit

On 13 November UK PM Theresa May received fourteen European business leaders’ representatives, from various Member States including Germany, France, Spain and Italy, the goal of which was to...

14 November 2017

Denmark: a new tri-partite agreement focuses especially on lifelong adult learning

In what is the third agreement to be struck in under two years, the Danish government and the social partners have concluded a new tri-partite agreement that aims to convince both businesses and...

14 November 2017

France: consultation on apprenticeships gets under way

A plenary meeting to launch a consultation on the “transformation” of apprenticeships was held on 10 November, led by Muriel Pénicaud, Jean-Michel Blanquer and Frédérique Vidal, the ministers for...

13 November 2017

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