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China: the flip side of the recovery
China, a province of which was at the epicentre of the Covid-19 emergency, was officially speaking able to contain the pandemic as early as March. Although the economy did contract in the first...
27 November 2020
France: the Court of Cassation simplifies the elements constituting co-employment thereby tightening the concept even further
On 25 November, and in response to a persistent problem facing the lower judiciary to comprehensively understand the criteria used to characterize the existence or not of a co-employment...
26 November 2020
Great Britain: billions of pounds channeled towards protecting jobs in the face of Covid-19
On 25 September the UK government unveiled its latest Covid-combatting and post-Brexit budget intentions. Two key features of the spending review are the launch of a new ‘Restart’ scheme that aims...
26 November 2020
Germany: trade unions are looking into their own digitalization
Germany's first trade union ‘hackathon’, called UnionHack, was held online on 20 and 21 November. UnionHack brought together hackers, IT developers and digital designers for a ‘programming...
25 November 2020
Italy: framework agreement at DHL Express defining salaries and working conditions in subcontracting activities
On 19 November, management at DHL Express Italy together with the Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti trade unions signed a national framework agreement that aims to regulate abusive recourse to...
24 November 2020
Germany: a step closer to a mandatory quota for female executives at large companies
Following years of lively debate and a bill that was blocked by the conservatives at the start of this year, the government working group set up this summer to reach a compromise announced on...
23 November 2020
France: an agreement at Thales on long-term short-time working arrangements
A negotiated company agreement is required in order to deploy long-term partial short-time working arrangements and access a salary subsidy scheme that has been set up to support companies forced...
23 November 2020
Italy: collective agreement renewed in telecommunications sector
On 12 November, social partners in Italy’s telecommunications sector signed a deal to renew their national collective agreement, which applies to some 130,000 workers. The new agreement takes...
20 November 2020
France : an agreement on the transformation of technical engineering and tertiary skills at Renault, which also provides for 2,500 voluntary departures
With more than 50% trade union representation, the signature of the CFE-CGC, CFDT and FO trade unions validates Renault’s agreement on workforce reduction and skills transformation in the...
20 November 2020
France: Paris Court of Appeal confirms the suspension of the Veolia acquisition of Engie’s stake in Suez due to lack of information and consultation of Suez employee representation bodies
On 19 November a decision handed down by the Paris Court of Appeal in a dispute that pitted Suez works councils against those of Engie and Veolia, in the wake of the Veolia acquisition of Engie’s...
19 November 2020
France: insurance sector social partners sign sector jobs and training agreement
The insurance sector that employs some 150,000 intends to address the transformation environment that is altering its business and its occupational professions by strengthening anticipatory...
18 November 2020
EU: the CJEU defines the criteria for determining if additional maternity leave accorded to women complies with EU law
Under what conditions can additional maternity leave be reserved for mothers only? The CJEU answered this question in a decision handed down on 18 November in a French case after an appeal by the...
18 November 2020
France: an agreement to indefinitely maintain teleworking at Suez Group
French companies have frequently negotiated on the subject of telework. The Covid-19 crisis has given fresh impetus to these negotiations as a way to more firmly anchor this type of working...
17 November 2020
Argentina: creation of a trade union institute dedicated to gender issues
In a first for Argentina, an ESiGen (escuela sindical de género), a trade union educational establishment dedicated to gender issues, has been inaugurated in the country’s most populous province...
17 November 2020
United Kingdom: High Court rules that European directives on safety protections at work should apply to gig economy “workers”
On 13 November, the UK’s High Court ruled that the country’s government had failed to properly transpose European directives by not extending rules on health and safety protections to “workers...
16 November 2020
UN: negotiations over a treaty on company responsibility in the event of human rights violations make progress, though each side continues to stand firm
On 30 October, the intergovernmental working group concluded the sixth negotiating session on a legally binding instrument on business and human rights, covering the third version of this text. It...
16 November 2020
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United Kingdom: government urged to legislate against forced labour
After consulting victims, businesses and NGOs, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) has published a report showing that the UK is lagging behind in the fight against forced labour. The...
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EU: European Parliament calls for a directive on just transition
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...
20 January 2026