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Luxembourg’s gross minimum monthly salary level rises 2.5% effective 01 September 2023, meaning the minimum level for unskilled workers moves from €2,508.24 to €2,570.93 and for...

5 September 2023

Great Britain: a legislative change en route to maintain the principle of equal pay in spite of Brexit

The UK’s parliamentary opposition Labour Party has voiced its concerns over the consequences of Brexit on the principle of ‘equal pay’ (gender pay equality). While UK law...

4 September 2023

USA: 3.6 million additional workers could be eligible for overtime pay

On 29 August acting Labor Secretary Julie Su proposed a new rule that raises the annual earnings cut-off above which employers do not have to pay overtime from $35,500 to $55,000. Currently...

4 September 2023

Italy: telecoms group TIM trials (almost) 100% remote work

Italian telecommunications group TIM is launching a pilot project this month that will see 1,000 of its employees work almost entirely remotely, with the obligation of coming to the office only...

1 September 2023

Serbia: special paternal childcare leave allowance created

Serbia’s law on financial support for families with children has undergone several amendments, which are effective as of 1 August. In particular, special paid paternal childcare leave has...

1 September 2023

Slovakia: minimum wage to rise by 7.14% on 01 January 2024

On 21 August 2023, an agreement on the 2024 minimum wage was reached between representatives of the trade unions and employers’ bodies during a meeting of the Economic and Social Council of...

31 August 2023

EU: second-stage consultation launched on revising European Works Council Directive

With only months left before the end of the current EU Parliamentary and Commission terms, the EU Commission is stepping up its commitment to strengthening European Works Councils (EWC). Six weeks...

29 August 2023

Belgium: implementing stronger anti-discrimination legislation

On 20 July 2023 the Belgian Official Gazette published a law that strengthens employee protection against discrimination. The text recognises two forms of multiple discrimination, i.e...

29 August 2023

Chile: draft legislation introduces hybrid work for parents and carers

On 17 July, and with a view to securing prompt adoption, the bill aimed at improving work-life balance, which Chile’s President Gabriel Boric announced on 01 June was presented to Congress...

8 August 2023

Argentina: minimum wage raised as of 01 July 2023

On 17 July, Argentina’s government announced an increase in the minimum living wage. From 01 July it will rise more than 31% from 80,342 pesos (€267 at the current official rate) to...

8 August 2023

Italy: Stellantis to open innovative workplace facility on ex-Fiat’s historic Mirafiori site in Turin

Fiat’s emblematic Mirafiori headquarters in Turin that dates back to the 1930s is to become one of the Stellantis Group’s (Fiat:PSA merger) three landmark European ‘grEEn...

8 August 2023

Greece: emergency measures to protect workers during heatwave conditions

With the country facing a heatwave since the beginning of July (temperatures exceeding 40°C), on 12 July the Conservative government introduced measures to protect workers. Outdoor manual work...

19 July 2023

Great Britain: government seeking to control the quality of third level diplomas and facilitate apprenticeships

On 17 July the UK government announced that going forward it would be limiting the number of ‘low-value’ degrees on offer. ‘Students and taxpayers will be better protected...

18 July 2023

EU: European Commission outlines its plans for regulating traineeships

On 11 July, the European Commission launched a consultation of the social partners, with a view to drafting a text strengthening the legislative arsenal around internships, as the European...

12 July 2023

Great Britain: UK Tesco staff offered virtual appointments with private general practitioners seven days per week

From July 2023, the UK supermarket giant’s new workplace well-being policy is offering its 310,000 employees access to online GP consultations 7 days a week (via video or telephone). Tesco...

11 July 2023

Portugal: incentives granted to companies hiring unemployed people aged 35 or under on permanent contracts

Portugal is to introduce a new financial incentive scheme to encourage companies to hire young, skilled people who are currently out of work, under a decree published on 3 July 2023. To qualify...

10 July 2023

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13 January 2026

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On 20 January, MEPs approved, with 420 votes in favour, an own-initiative report calling for a just transition directive. The text calls for the protection of workers to be guaranteed in the...

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