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The High Court has rejected a case brought by Uber regarding the legality of its business model in London. The US ride hailing giant brought the case after the Supreme Court ruled in February that...

13 December 2021

Belgium: Engie Electrabel offers bonus equal to one year’s pay to avoid staff departures

On 7 December, Belgian energy company Engie Electrabel presented its plan for retaining the 2,000 workers at its Doel and Tihange power stations, according to the press agency Belga. The firm...

10 December 2021

Netherlands: large companies will have to meet a quota of women on their boards from 1 January 2022

The Diversity Quota and Targets Act (Wet ingroeiquotum en streefcijfers), which was ratified by the Dutch senate in September of this year, is set to come into force on 1 January 2022. The new law...

10 December 2021

Britain: toolkit published on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the recruitment process

Called Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the job interview process: Toolkit for employers, careers advisers and hiring platforms, this information document distributed in November was produced by...

9 December 2021

Portugal: lower legal retirement age in 2023

In 2023 Portugal’s legal retirement age will be set at 66 years and 4 months. The life expectancy coefficient that is used to calculate the legal age for claiming a pension has been revised...

8 December 2021

Italy: drivers contracted to deliver Amazon goods obtain a reduction in working hours

Strike action planned for Black Friday (26 November) was averted as a result of a national agreement being reached at the end of November between the companies affiliated with Assoespressi...

7 December 2021

Germany: plans for points-based immigration system to attract qualified workers from across the world

The three parties set to form Germany’s new coalition government – the SPD, Greens and FDP – have indicated in their coalition contract that they plan an overhaul of the...

6 December 2021

Portugal: telework to be mandatory for employees in post-holiday period between 02-09 January 2022

On 20 November and facing a resurgence in the Covid-19 epidemic right across the country, Portugal’s government presented a series of reinforced measurestaken in the Council of Ministers as...

2 December 2021

EU: trade unions and several governments exhort the European Commission for the presumption of a salaried employee relationship to apply to digital platform workers

On 08 December, the European Commission is due to present a draft directive aimed at improving the working conditions and protection of platform workers. In an open letter to European Commission...

1 December 2021

Belgium: federal government imposes 4 days of telework per week

On 17 November and faced with a resurgence in the number of Covid-19 cases, the Belgian authorities decided to modify the Royal Decree of 28 October 2021 and to make telework compulsory again in...

30 November 2021

Minimum wages: hikes planned in several countries in 2022

Portugal is to increase its minimum wage from €740 gross per month to €775 on 1 January, as the government honours a pledge to increase the level by 25% by 2023. The move aims to...

29 November 2021

Great Britain: finnCap allows employees unlimited holidays so as to avoid burnout

Following in the footsteps of American tech companies such as Netflix, the London-based financial group finnCap announced on 18 November that it intended changing its holiday policy so that in...

25 November 2021

EU: Danish Parliament rejects EU minimum wage directive

While MEPs are due to vote this week on a resolution that requires the EU Member States to promote social dialogue between employers and employees when collective wage agreements cover fewer than...

23 November 2021

Ireland: bill published to introduce sick leave paid by employers

In line with plans announced last year, the Irish government has published a bill to introduce statutory sick pay from 2022. The sick pay scheme is to be phased in over a four-year period;...

22 November 2021

Colombia: first employers’ union in the country established

On 2 November the Colombian ministry of labour gave approval to the Sindicato de Empresarios por Colombia (Siempre Colombia) as a union organisation for employers, making it the first of its kind...

19 November 2021

Great Britain: Marks & Spencer offering employees individual pronoun badges

Employees at the UK supermarket chain, Marks & Spencer (M&S), can choose to wear a badge specifying the personal pronouns with which they wish to be identified. M&S that recently...

18 November 2021

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