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Portugal: Financial support
A new regulation has been approved that offers employers financial aid to cover certain exceptional circumstances … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Norway: Unions, employers reach wage deal to avoid strike
The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) has just reached an agreement with The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) and the smaller YS Union, following 13 hours of talks with the help of a government mediator … Please login to …
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Luxembourg: A third social plan for RBC employees has been signed
A Canadian-owned investment bank, RBC, has just embarked on its third social plan … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Italy: Backpayments of social security for older workers
Employers may be finding that they are receiving demands from the INPS for backpayments of social security for older workers … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Iceland: Women 34.1% of board members of medium and large companies (2020)
The proportion of women on company boards in enterprises employing 50 or more persons has risen from just 9 … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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European Union: Relative calm on the industrial action front in 2020
A report on the low level of recent industrial disputes has just been published by the European Foundation for The Improvement of Living and Working Conditions … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Volkswagen reaches wage deal with German workers
Under a new labour agreement between the IG Metall union and Volkswagen, around 120,000 Volkswagen employees at six plants in western German states will see their salaries rise by 2 … Please login to view this content or become a …
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Global: Citigroup CEO bans video calls on a Friday
Global investment bank “Citigroup” has banned employees from internal video calls on Fridays – which is now called a “zoom free day” … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Thailand: Thai Airways restructuring plan
Thai airlines is in the process of going through a major debt restructuring plan … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Philippines: DOLE issues ventilation rules for the workplaces, PUVs
The labour department has recently issued new guidelines on the proper ventilation of workplaces (Department Order 224-21) … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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USA: Florida governor bans use of vaccine passports
Under the Executive Order 21-81, all businesses in Florida are now prohibited from requiring patrons or customers to provide documentation certifying they have had a COVID-19 vaccination – namely “vaccine passports” – in order to enter a business or to …
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Greece: Mandatory self-tests extended to selected private sector jobs
Service employees working in shops, restaurants and transport must now provide a negative test result from a mandatory COVID-19 self-test before going to work … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Germany: Employers obliged to offer weekly Covid testing
Under a recent regulation (SARS-CoV-ArbschV), employers must now ensure that all employees, except those who are purely home-based, are tested for COVID-19 at least once per week … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining …
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France: Permission forms not needed for trips within 10km of home in lockdown areas
With free movement restricted by day and night it is now necessary to complete a special form if any daytime journey exceeds 10km … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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Europe: ETUC resolution for a more sustainable and inclusive competition policy
A recent meeting of the European Trade Union Congress (ETUC) Executive Committee included an important agenda item on “anti-trust control” … Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now …
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