This latest edition opens with a brief analysis of the just released ILO Global Wage Report, the European Commission’s 2023 Work Programme and the approval of the now-approved EU Directive on gender balance on company boards.
We cover the latest Adecco global study on potential strategies for companies to attract new talent and retain their existing, trying to overcome the phenomenon of great resignation in recent years. In the same direction, a Ius Laboris report shows the key challenges that human resource (HR) professionals are facing in companies, from talent attraction to uncertain economic outlook, from HR technology to changes in ethical issues important to employees and how to deal with them.
Flexibility remains a central theme in labour relations. In Belgium, for example, we spotlight a national collective agreement recently adopted that provides for the right, under certain conditions, to request flexible working arrangements.
We also report on some private initiatives for flexibility in terms of pay and work organisation. The Canadian company Shopify has changed its remuneration system, offering its employees the possibility to decide how they are paid (salary, stock options, and Restricted Stock Units), while the German Hornback has introduced a new working hour system, aiming to facilitate employees' work lives and work-life balance.
National developments featured in this edition
- Slovakia adopted an important amendment to the labour code, implementing, like other European countries, the European Union (EU) Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions and work-life balance for parents and carers.
- In New Zealand, the discussion on collective bargaining remains heated following the adoption of the debated law on the Fair Pay Bill, empowering trade unions to negotiate minimum rates of pay across sectors.
- The adoption in Singapore of a Code Of Practice that details the organisational systems and culture that directors of all companies must implement according to the Workplace Safety and Health Act.
- The publication of a Model Protocol by the Ministry of Labour in Puerto Rico for employers to adopt for sexual harassment investigations.
- Portugal introduced a new nomad visa to incentivise remote workers to settle temporarily in the country.
- The Canadian law firm Fasken examines the recent Government Consultation Process regarding Replacement Workers and Maintenance Process during Strikes or Lockouts.
This edition concludes with a review of the decision by the Dehli High Court on the nature of a freelancer relationship and its termination, and the renewal of a global framework agreement between Carrefour and trade unions and their commitment to promoting social dialogue and diversity in the workplace.