This August Newsletter covers the G20 annual meeting held in Sicily in June 2021, and contains an analysis of the joint paper on Trade Finance recently released by B20, Business at OECD and IOE.
This edition examines new labour legislations enacted in recent months. Particular mentions should be made of Greece’s a radical labour market reform, and Colombia’s new working time regulations, which has brought the country closer to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Reduction of Hours of Work Recommendation (1962) no. 116.
In addition, this edition looks at an Italian law on fixed-term contracts, the Canadian Pay Equity Act, a French new law on Covid measures and an amendment on the terms of implementation of the Mexican outsourcing law, offering some analysis on how they will impact employers.
The High Court of Australia has issued an important decision concerning the nature of casual employment in July 2021, while some Italian Courts have ruled on the effects of employees' refusal to undergo the Covid-19 vaccine on the employment relationship.
Following the Spanish Supreme Court’s recent decision on Deliveroo’s workers and the recent Rider-Law, we report a decision announced by the Company, who has expressed its intention to leave the country.
We also offer some different perspectives on the UK Supreme Court decision in the leading case Uber v Aslam, and an update on the implementation of the EU Whistleblowing Directive in the member States.
Finally, we look at an example of social dialogue on a proposal of telework law in Morocco, examine ILO’s new project in the Arab States, and offer a general overview on how Covid and the related development of digital technologies affected work relationship in the Philippines and Singapore.