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Germany: labour minister plans to increase financial support for companies hiring apprentices
Hubertus Heil, Germany’s Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, of the SPD party, has said in an interview that many companies are reluctant to offer apprenticeship positions due to...
22 February 2021
Germany: +2.7% increase in salaries over two years in the western Landers’ textiles and clothing industry
As 11 February dawned, and after 14 long hours of negotiations in Munich, Germany’s metalworkers’ union IG Metall together with the employers’ Textil + Mode confederation...
16 February 2021
Spain: four-day week pilot project launched
At the start of February, Spanish left-wing party Más País announced that the government had agreed to launch a pilot project, led by the minister of industry, to reduce the working...
15 February 2021
India: government tables apprenticeship reform
The Indian government is looking for three to fourfold increase in the number of apprentices in the country. Mahendra Nath Pandey, the minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, has...
12 February 2021
Argentina: government grants parents right to paid leave on days when children have virtual lessons or on days with fewer classes
Ahead of the start of the academic year after the annual summer break (which varies according to the province in question), the Argentine government has adopted a measure that grants the right of...
12 February 2021
United States: $100 bonus payment for retailer Kroger’s workers who get vaccinated
US mass retailer Kroger, which employs almost 370,000, has joined a list of US companies and announced a lump sum bonus for employees who get inoculated. “As we move into a new phase of the...
10 February 2021
United Kingdom: retail sector bosses urge government to legislate to protect staff from abuse
Amid a sharp increase in violence against shop staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, 65 bosses from the UK retail sector have penned a letter to the country’s prime minister to demand the...
9 February 2021
EU: European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) launches a survey on how European WCs’ have managed the impact of Covid-19
We are relaying the ETUI’s call to European WC members and coordinators to complete a survey that seeks to find out how EWCs have been involved in managing the impact of the Covid pandemic...
9 February 2021
Belgium: social partners in favour of creating a leave allowance for Covid-19 vaccinations
Following a request by Pierre-Yves Dermagne, Belgium’s economy and employment minister, the country’s National Labour Council – a body made up of representatives from employer...
8 February 2021
United States: Google ordered to pay $3.8 million (€3.16 mm) for pay and hiring discrimination
On 01 February, the U.S. Federal Department of Labor issued a press release announcing it had reached a settlement agreement with Google LLC to pay $2.6 million (€2.16 million) in...
3 February 2021
Great Britain: Airbus employees agree a reduction in working hours and salaries in order to avoid layoffs
On 01 February, and following weeks of negotiations with the aircraft manufacturer, the Unite trade union announced that its members working at the Airbus site in Broughton, Wales, had voted in...
2 February 2021
Germany: law on parental benefit amended
On Friday 29 January, the German Bundestag adopted several major amendments to the “federal law on the parental benefit and parental leave” (Bundeselterngeld- und Elternzeitgesetz...
1 February 2021
France: Just Eat platform to hire 4,500 staff on open-ended contracts
The food delivery platform Just Eat is to recruit at least 4,500 delivery staff in France by the end of this year, according to newspaper reports in the country. Just Eat confirms that it has...
1 February 2021
Belgium: inter-professional collective agreement signed for the implementation of compulsory telework in companies during 2021
On 26 January 2021, Belgium’s National Labor Council (a joint employer-employee representative body that negotiates inter-professional collective agreements), together with trade union...
28 January 2021
Great Britain: 1,000 pounds for companies hiring trainees
On 27 January the UK announced it would provide a cash bonus of £1,000 (€1,130) to companies for every trainee they hire up to a maximum of ten trainees per establishment. This...
28 January 2021
Austria: government agrees new rules and incentives for teleworking
On 27 January, Austria’s Council of Ministers promulgated new rules and tax incentives that will now govern the practice of teleworking. While the Ministry of Labor and the social partners...
28 January 2021
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14 October 2025
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
4 November 2025
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
5 November 2025
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
4 November 2025
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Italy: European pay transparency directive, a major step forward for businesses
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025