The COVID-19 pandemic presented companies with a sudden and unpredictable set of events that put their revenue sources in peril. Faced with lockdown, some had no option but to shut up shop.
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Reinventing business models in a pandemic: Necessity is the mother of invention
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Lloyds bank’s digital transformation
05 December 2018Lloyds Banking Group is investing £3 billion (€3.35 billion) in technology and staff to improve its digital services. As a result, the Group has announced that it is cutting over 6,000 existing positions while creating 8,000 new jobs oriented towards digital technologies. The move reflects the growing shift towards digital service provision by the world’s biggest banking firms, with the amount of transactions in high-street banks falling and those online increasing. -
Italy: New voucher-based work scheme provokes debate
28 August 2017Italy’s parliament has introduced new voucher-based work schemes for occasional work. The regulations cap the amount that can be earned or paid in this way, and companies with more than five permanent employees may not use vouchers. However, there are few other limits on voucher-based work and the social partners have been critical. -
Czech Republic: Latest working life developments – Q2 2017
24 August 2017Continued growth in the Czech economy, staff shortages in the social services sector, the tightening of agency employment rules and legislative measures to regulate Uber are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in the Czech Republic in the second quarter of 2017. -
Greece: Parties commit to national social dialogue following 2017 National General Collective Employment Agreement
04 August 2017The 2017 National General Collective Employment Agreement covers important institutional issues, such as the fight against undeclared work and discrimination, and health and safety at work, in an attempt to revive national social dialogue following the financial crisis of 2008 and in the context of the international loan mechanism of the Greek economy. -
Romania: Latest working life developments – Q2 2017
20 July 2017Strikes on the railways and in manufacturing, protests over public sector pay, and consultations on changes to social dialogue and labour legislation are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in Romania in the second quarter of 2017. -
Spain: Latest working life developments – Q2 2017
18 July 2017Ongoing talks on a national pay agreement, the rise in precarious employment and social inequalities, and a new government measure to promote the hiring of NEETs are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in Spain in the second quarter of 2017. -
Denmark: Private sector collective agreements concluded – despite difficulties
14 July 2017Collective agreements concluded in March in the private sector provided for small wage increases and improvements to education and training. However, many union members voted against an agreement about systematic overtime and measures to avoid social dumping. The deals follow the pace-setting Industrial Agreement concluded in February by the social partners in the manufacturing sector. -
Spain: Implications of court rulings on severance payments for temporary employees
28 April 2017A ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union that temporary and permanent workers in Spain should receive the same severance pay has led to some confusion, with different Spanish courts coming to different decisions in separate cases. There were 3,968,000 temporary employees in Spain in 2016 (26.1% of the total workforce). -
Croatia: Latest working life developments – Q1 2017
21 April 2017Optimism regarding the economy, implementation of reforms to simplify and stabilise the tax system, and new active labour market policy measures to help the most vulnerable groups are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in Croatia in the first quarter of 2017.
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