Managing the fallout of Covid-19

On 11 May, the Spanish government, the CCOO and UGT trade unions and the CEOE and Cepyme employer confederations signed an agreement on an extension of the temporary employment regulation plans...

11 May 2020

France: another court order to halt resumption of activity due to failure to sufficiently involve staff representatives

Following a similar decision taken recently against Amazon France (see article n°11881), a court in Le Havre ordered Renault on 7 May to halt activity at its plant in Sandouville or face a fine...

11 May 2020

PSA to make teleworking the benchmark for non-production activities.

‘The lessons learned from the general implementation of teleworking are helping to accelerate the transformation of the company’s operating methods in favour of greater agility and efficiency for...

7 May 2020

France: the Paris Ile-de-France Region together with the social partners are jointly defining innovative organization methods, especially in terms of work, so as to manage public transport use during lockdown

As the country prepares for an easing of its lockdown restrictions to commence on 11 May, France’s primary region, in terms of population and economic activity, is embarking upon a decidedly new...

7 May 2020

India: employers must ensure that employees install the ‘contact-tracing’ application to prevent the spread of Covid-19

The government has made the use of Aarogya Setu, its ‘contact-tracing’ application, mandatory for all employees in the public and private sectors and employers who fail to do so could be punished...

6 May 2020

Portugal: temperature checks at company entrances allowed

Portugal’s government has made its decision and by way of decree-law on 01 May 2020 (here), is authorizing the measurement of the workers’ body temperatures at company entrances. This decision was...

6 May 2020

Italy: the future president of Confindustria (employers’ body) evokes the idea of favoring company over branch level negotiations for organizing work amid the current crisis

Currently heading up Assolombarda, the powerful Milanese branch of the employers' organization, Carlo Bonomi will officially take over as head of Confindustria on 20 May. However trade unions are...

6 May 2020

Belgium: commerce sector social partners approve a plan setting the conditions for the safe resumption of business

Belgium’s non-food stores will be able to reopen from 11 May. As such, on 30 April the social partners signed a declaration and approved the Phoenix Plan, which details specific measures to...

5 May 2020

France: agri-food industry social partners have formulated a guide to help companies exiting lockdown and/or resuming business

Published on 30 April by its sector relevant co-authors, * the guide aims...

5 May 2020

EU: European social partners in temporary agency work sector issue joint recommendations on managing the Covid-19 crisis

On 29 April, Europe’s social partners in temporary agency work sector, namely WEC-Europe (employers) and UNI-Europa (trade unions), published joint recommendations on ‘Protecting workers in the...

5 May 2020

France: new measures adopted to shorten timeframes for information/consultation with works councils

The government has adopted measures to shorten the time limits for works council information and consultation regarding employer decisions aimed at dealing with the economic, financial and social...

4 May 2020

France: national protocol aimed at companies issued for easing of lockdown

On 3 May, France’s labour ministry released a national protocol on the easing of lockdown aimed at businesses, which seeks to make sure activities can resume on 11 May, as planned, in a secure...

4 May 2020

Italy: banking sector social partners sign new protocol on reorganisation of work amid gradual lifting of lockdown

The new protocol, which entered into force on Monday 4 May, the date on which the easing of lockdown commenced in Italy (almost exclusively concerning production activities), redefines the...

4 May 2020

Belgium: special parental leave framework created for duration of health crisis

On Saturday 2 May, Belgium’s council of ministers agreed to the creation of an exceptional parental leave framework to help parents to cope with the current situation, even though business...

4 May 2020

Marking 01 May across social networks

While events for 01 May events may be cancelled due to Covid-19, trade union organizations nonetheless want to celebrate Labor Day more than ever. In France, several organizations have called on...

30 April 2020

In the face of Covid-19, ENGIE accelerates implementation of the first pillars of its future social protection program

Faced with the ‘unprecedented consequences of the Covid-19 health crisis’, the energy company sought to accelerate the implementation of two of its ENGIE CARE minimum social protection programme...

29 April 2020

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On 25 February, the Council of the EU and the Parliament reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposed regulation to expand the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Under the...

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Block to slash workforce by nearly half

The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...

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Spain: a bill to regulate internships

On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...

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