Argentina: minimum wage increases again in response to hyperinflation National legislation Argentina’s government has announced a further increase in the national ‘minimum, living and mobile wage.’ In December 2023,…
Réglementaire France: the government sets about tackling the escalation in sick leave National legislation Presented on 27 September 2023, the Social Security Financing Bill 2024 provides the government with an opportunity to tighten controls over sick leave, alongside which the executive is also launching a ‘social conference’ on low wages, while Parliament continues to examine the value-sharing bill.
Réglementaire Belgium: leave period entitlement maintained in the event of illness during holidays National legislation The law of 17 July 2023, published in the Moniteur belge (Official Gazette) on 31 July 2023 applies the provisions of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and CJEU jurisprudence,…
Réglementaire Poland: a new list of prohibited occupations for minors National legislation As of 30 September 2023, a new list of prohibited occupations for minors aged over 15 but under 18 will come into force.…
Réglementaire Greece: employees may work up to 13 hours a day and 74 hours a week National legislation Despite fervent protest Greece’s Conservative government has just passed a reform to Labour Code, ratifying a broad flexibilization of working hours. The text also transposes the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions.
Réglementaire Italy: employees must have access to all their personal data National legislation In a case brought by an employee after having been laid-off, the ‘Garante per la protezione dei dati personali’ (GPDP), the Italian data protection authority, has ruled that employees are entitled to full access to their files, including, in this specific case, the information that was contained in the report by a detective agency that had been commissioned to investigate the employee.
US-Brazil initiative on decent work launched ILO and other international organizations On 20 September, during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the presidents of the United States and Brazil,…
Réglementaire Austria: the ‘Blocked’ progressive retirement model set to be abolished by 2029 National legislation On 13 September 2023, Austria’s ruling coalition (conservative ÖVP and Ecologist parties) voted on September abolish the ‘blocked progressive retirement’ model by 2029. Opponents, notably the trade unions, see this as a further tightening of an employment policy aimed at keeping older workers in employment for as long as possible before the statutory retirement age.
Réglementaire Portugal: the amount of exempted monthly teleworking expenses is set at €22 National legislation On 18 September 2023 Portugal’s government issued an ordinance setting the limit for tax- and social security-exempt allowances paid by companies to teleworkers.…
Réglementaire Great Britain: workers to have a right to more control over work schedules National legislation On 19 September 2023 the UK Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act received royal assent. This text gives workers the right to request a more predictable working pattern or one tailored to their lives.…
