This edition kicks off with two interesting reports: the first one on the current thinking of board members and its alignment with their workforce while the Randstat Workmonitor 2022 highlights and confirms the increased awareness of workers in the post-pandemic era and the necessary actions employers should take to cope with it and to compete in the search for talent.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) launched its first flagship reports on Social Dialogue, and the role of collective bargaining in advancing equality and inclusion.
We report the decision of the European Parliament (EP) to start negotiation with members on the European Commission (EC) proposal for a Pay Transparency Directive.
Chile enacted a new law on digital platform employees’ contract and in Canada a new Bill enacted the new Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act and amended some important provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
We report a decision on power and limits for the employer to react to an industrial action in the United Kingdom (UK) and one about the dismissal of a teacher in Netherlands who refused to get tested for coronavirus.
South Africa released a new Code of Good Practice on the Prevention and Elimination on Harassment in the Workplace extending the scope of this institution and providing for very strong response actions by employers to prevent and eliminate harassment in the workplace.
Singapore conducted the first whole-of- society review of Singapore women’s development, whose results were transposed in the White Paper on Singapore Women’s Development, outlining concrete actions to put in place to achieve workplaces reflecting societal values of fairness, inclusivity and progressivity.
The edition concludes with two concrete examples of corporate strategies aimed at attracting and retaining talent, respectively through flexibility and a focus on Environmental, Social and Corporate-Governance (ESG) goals: Airbnb has introduced the possibility for its workers to live and work from wherever they want, while Mastercard has provided an incentive remuneration plan that includes achieving company’s ESG goals.