Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Global as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Global: Skill shortages
One useful set of OECD statistics that they hide, almost out of view, are indications of skill shortage by country …
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Global: Expanding powers
As the powers of the European Union wane and the UN/ILO are further sidelined, the OECD is rising to take up some of the space left behind them …
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Global: Cross-border workers
Although arrangements between France, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland were concluded in March for cross-border workers, the arrangements did not necessarily apply to those whose commuting activities meant that they lived well away from the borders concerned …
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Global: The impact of redundancy
We have reported in this issue the tragic Irish case concerning employer liability for a suicide resulting from a botched redundancy of a senior manager …
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Global: The democratic deficit at work
In many countries – such as Canada, Chile, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Mexico, the UK and USA – the proportion of people who are trade union members comes very close to the proportion covered by collective agreements …
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Global: The true cost
We have earlier reported on the secondary consequences of the pandemic on health systems …
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Global: Maritime restrictions
The trades union ITF has produced a useful map showing COVID-19 restrictions at ports around the world …
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Global: Office reforms
As an increasing number of people return to work we are seeing a host of operational changes – with layouts being redesigned (especially in break-out areas) and, where possible, passages, hallways and stairs being made one-way. One of the most visible of the micro-effects is a change in the use of common fridges and shared coffee-making facilities. Any laxity on the use of cups and even teaspoons has also gone. The future is going to be a frighteningly new place we are all going to have to get used to.
Global: Tax trends
Although many countries have been quick to offer employers and individuals tax payment holidays, this relief is going to be short-lived …
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Global: Why do pandemic mortality rates differ?
When the coronavirus was first recognised as a problem back in January, China reported a mortality rate of around 2% …
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Global: Why are official projections so poor?
Most governments and forecasting organisations have, until very recently, been projecting a fairly minimal impact of the pandemic on the economy …
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Global: Commuting claims
We have seen from the German case reported in this Newswire that employers are now coming dangerously close to becoming responsible for commuting costs …
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Global: Lockdown latest
Some reports indicate that as many as 108M people are once again in lockdown in NE China, although there are only a handful of confirmed cases of viral infection and no further deaths …
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Global: Inflation or deflation
The last thing companies want as we come out of the crisis is extreme inflation or deflation …
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Global: Ways of seeing the future
When GDP figures begin to be published for successive quarters this year it will be important to view them not by reference to a previous level, but in relation to what GDP figure would have been if the lockdown has not happened …
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