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Austria: metalworking industry employers call for postponement of collective bargaining
With the main collective bargaining in the Austrian economy – that of the metalworking industry – set to kick off on 24 September, Christian Knill, negotiator for FMTI, Metaltechnology...
14 September 2020
Italy: ING Italia launches super-flexible smart working model
ING Italia claims to be the first bank in Italy to launch such a flexible smart working model. In an announcement on 31 August, the bank promised its staff the “maximum freedom of choice on...
14 September 2020
Austria: health crisis related short time working altered slightly and extended until March 2021
Austria’s short time working allowance, one of Europe’s most generous, in so far as it covers between 80% and 90% of the employee’s latest net salary, will be extended beyond the...
10 September 2020
Poland: remote working provisions temporarily extended pending discussions with social partners to review the relevant legislation
Provisions in the law tackling Covid-19 (c.f. article No.11710) allowed companies recourse to the mass use of remote working for a period of 6 months. These derogations ended on 04 September 2020...
9 September 2020
Google is offering its teams a three-day weekend so they can recover fully
The US digital giant has for the second time encouraged its teams globally to take a Friday off in order to enjoy a 3-day weekend. This second day ‘off-work’ was implemented for all...
8 September 2020
Hungary: planned reform for remote work
A revision of the law on home-based work is expected to soon reach Hungary’s Parliament. The changes intend for home-based to require mutual agreement between employers and employees. In...
7 September 2020
United States: analysts that can predict (and prevent) unionization attempts at Amazon
A job offer for analyst positions posted by Amazon on 01 September has been circulating widely across the social networks, and not just for purely professional reasons. The job listing, that...
2 September 2020
Austria: social partners tasked with making proposals to amend legislation on remote working
Remote working, or telework, is poorly regulated in Austria. As a result the government is keen to adjust existing legislation in light of recent developments. In a speech on Friday 28 August...
1 September 2020
Mexico: Being a victim of organized crime on the way to work ‘should be’ considered a workplace accident
A Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) decision handed down on 14 August states that someone who is a victim of organised crime (murder, disappearance or kidnapping ‘derived from an act connected...
28 August 2020
United Kingdom: firms tempted to keep mass remote working in place in September
Only a fifth of UK companies plan to re-open their offices to staff next month, according to a survey conducted by specialist HR site People Management, reported on 25 August. The same study...
27 August 2020
Denmark: government presents early retirement bill for those with long working lives
On 18 August, Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen, of the Social Democrat party, presented her government’s proposal, an election promise, to restore early retirement rights for those...
26 August 2020
Argentina: further extension to job support programme
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to advance in Argentina, the country’s government has extended the pillars of its employment and business support programme (see article n°11960)...
26 August 2020
United Kingdom: law to protect compensation paid to workers dismissed post-Covid
The UK government passed an emergency law on 30 July stating that an employee that was furloughed (placed on partial unemployment) during the pandemic but is subsequently fired must receive...
24 August 2020
Planet Labor updates are paused from close of business on 24 July and will recommence on the morning of 24 August
Planet Labor is taking time off to enjoy the summer break. No fresh updates will be published until the morning of 24 August. You can of course access all our previous articles during this period...
24 July 2020
Great-Britain : new app to combat modern slavery in agricultural work
This new UK app aims to inform companies and workers in order to help tackle worker exploitation in the agricultural sector, and is an attempt to respond to labour exploitation situations that...
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23 July 2020
Portugal: government prepares a further extension of the simplified short-time working scheme alongside a new economic recovery scheme
During the week of 27 July, Portugal’s Council of Ministers is expected to approve measures from the Economic and Social Stabilisation Programme (PEES), which will entail the introduction of...
22 July 2020
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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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
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
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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 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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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025
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France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025