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Spain: government and social partners prepare for end of lockdown
Representatives of the CEOE and Cepyme employer organisations and of the CCOO and UGT trade unions have begun working with the government on an end to the period of lockdown, implemented to...
10 April 2020
EU: finance ministers give green light to financial support instrument for short-time work measures in member states
It is “in the spirit of solidarity and in light of the exceptional nature of the Covid-19 crisis” that the finance ministers of the European Union agreed, yesterday on 9 April, on the...
10 April 2020
United Kingdom: BT hands pay rise to non-management staff amid Covid-19 crisis
With demand for telecommunications services having skyrocketed during the Covid-19 pandemic, giant of the UK sector BT has expressed its gratitude to staff by handing a 1.5% pay rise to the...
10 April 2020
Canada: supermarket executives take to shop floor
Managers are rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands dirty. That’s the message being sent out by several supermarket chains. Loblaw, Empire, Longo, and the Canadian subsidiary of...
9 April 2020
Great Britain: audit firms using sabbatical leave to deal with the coronavirus crisis
In order to lessen the financial impact of the health crisis, audit and consulting firms are looking into the idea of the sabbatical leave option. Thus, professional services firm Grant Thornton...
8 April 2020
Hungary: government announces a job protection program
On 06 April Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced via Facebook the launch of 5 economy support programs, including one that seeks to preserve jobs. Although the details of the jobs...
8 April 2020
Chile: President promulgates legislation instigating a minimum income guarantee
From May, state aid (IMG, Ingreso Mínimo Garantizado, Minimum Income Guarantee) will be paid to employees earning the minimum salary in order to guarantee a net monthly income of CLP300,000...
6 April 2020
Germany: Berlin plans to increase short-time working allowance
Hubertus Heil, Germany’s employment and social affairs minister, has announced that he will open discussions with social partners on the level of compensation paid to people placed on...
3 April 2020
Austria: social partner agreement for faster access to partial unemployment
On 01 April, the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB) and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ) announced that they had reached an agreement “for maintaining company...
2 April 2020
Enel: implements insurance cover for all staff globally who need Covid-19 related hospitalization
On 26 March 2020, Italian energy company, Enel Group announced an agreement was signed with the professional services and financial risk-mitigation firm Aon SpA to provide a “Covid-19...
1 April 2020
EU: European Commission puts unemployment reinsurance scheme on the table in a bid to support national partial-unemployment working schemes
Criticised for being slow to respond to the Coronavirus crisis, the European Commission has decided shift up gears. While the project has been under discussion for many years and was due to be the...
1 April 2020
Germany: crisis agreements struck at Deutsche Telekom and ThyssenKrupp
Two new ‘crisis’ agreements, which were negotiated by video-conference, were announced last week at two major German companies in diverse sectors and differing economic conditions...
30 March 2020
United Kingdom: government relaxes law on paid leave in response to coronavirus crisis
On 27 March the UK government announced that, under the Working Time (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, which will modify the Working Time Regulations 1998, employees will be able to...
30 March 2020
India: €20 billion aid programme launched for the poor
With the entire country under lockdown since midnight on Tuesday, following a spike in coronavirus cases, India’s government announced on Thursday a €20.6 billion aid programme to...
27 March 2020
Danone guarantees jobs and salaries to all its employees worldwide for 3 months.
On 26 March, during an interview on French radio (RTL), Emmanuel Faber, CEO of the French food group Danone, stated the following commitment on air, “All employment contracts at Danone and...
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26 March 2020
Great Britain: gender pay gap reporting requirement suspended due to the coronavirus crisis
On 24 March the UK government announced that large businesses would not have to report their gender pay gaps by the 05 April deadline. Minister for Women & Equalities, Liz Truss, and EHRC...
25 March 2020
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
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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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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Greece: hospitality sector signs first collective agreement aligned with National Social Pact
The hospitality sector (125,000 employees), one of Greece’s largest industries after retail, signed a new two-year collective agreement on 17 March. The text, effective from 1 April 2026...
19 March 2026
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Germany: a wave of redundancy plans in the automotive sector
The latest financial results presented in early 2026 by major German car manufacturers show sharp declines. This collapse in profits has triggered the announcement or confirmation of massive job...
16 March 2026
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
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Germany: crisis and transformation wage agreement in the chemical sector
Following a two-day marathon negotiation in Bad Breisig (Western Germany), the social partners of the German chemical and pharmaceutical industries—the IG BCE trade union and the BAVC employers'...
27 March 2026
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France: Club Med includes “multiculturalism” in its professional equality agreement
In December 2025, Club Med and the CFTC, Unsa, and FO trade unions signed an agreement on professional equality and working conditions. It introduces measures addressing AI, pay transparency, and...
23 March 2026