Flora Genoux

The director of Argentina's social security agency is proposing a reform of the pension system before the end of the year, including an increase in the legal retirement age. The president is...

In the absence of agreement within the National Council for Employment, Productivity, and the Adjustable Minimum Living Wage – a body comprising representatives of employers, trade unions...

The reform approved by the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia on 17 October is designed to give workers more rights, such as four weeks' paternity leave, days off for medical appointments and...

On 20 December, Argentina's new ultraliberal president Javier Milei presented a decree of necessity and urgency entailing sweeping deregulation of the economy. The decree includes a radical reform...

In a bid to keep up with inflation, Chile’s parliament has adopted legislation for the minimum wage to rise +22% by 01 July 2024. The increase will be applied progressively and retroactively and...

Argentina's Parliament has begun examining the government’s ambitious ‘Taking Care, Equally’ project that was presented in 2022 as part of its ‘comprehensive integrated system for Argentina’s care...

Chile's Chamber of Deputies have approved a minimum wage rise of 22%, which will take effect on 1 July 2024. Passed by the lower house on Wednesday 10 May, the plans also provide for state...

Over the next five years Chile’s working week will be gradually shortened from 45 (currently) to 40 hours. On 11 April, following unanimous Senate approval earlier on 21 March and in a rare show...

Argentina’s minimum wage council, a body featuring social partners and state representatives, agreed on a further increase to the minimum wage on Tuesday 21 March, the country’s labour...

On 23 March and just as in France, Uruguay is undergoing a full day of union action to protest against a plan to raise the legal retirement age. If the text is adopted, the retirement age will...

On 22 November, Argentina’s Minimum Wage Council, made up of social partners and government representatives, announced a new 20% increase in the national minimum salary. The increase will be...

After having adopted the shorter working week in New Zealand, following an 18-month trial period, UK consumer good multinational Unilever (Dove, Knorr, Cif...), has announced the launch of a...