On 24 August 2023, the Federal Labour Court declared the legitimacy of a dismissal without notice of an employee who sent insulting, racist, sexist, and violent comments about managers and colleagues in a private chat group with other colleagues.
On 25 September 2023, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) rejected an employee claim, stating that employers who offer employees more favourable sick leave benefits are not obliged to pay statutory sick leave.
It is the first decision rendered on the issue after the Sick Leave Act 2022 (the Act) which came into force on 1 January 2023.
On 11 July 2023, the European Commission launched the first-stage consultation of European social partners on reinforcing the EU Quality Framework for traineeships, which ended 15 September.
In ruling C-331 of 2023, Colombia's Constitutional Court declared the right to disconnect from work a human right that applies to all employees, regardless of their role and function, including those who perform public functions and those in managerial roles.
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