What has taken place during the fourth quarter of 2019 in the industrial relations and working conditions landscape in European countries? There is no need for readers to look further: you can get up-to-date information as reported by our Network of Eurofound Correspondents who, on a quarterly basis, chart the latest developments in those fields of observation. What are the changes included in the revised Danish law on the working environment? Why is the French reform on pension so contested? What steps have been taken on climate action in the Netherlands? To what extent does the new law in Italy protect platform workers?
Be informed at a glance about the following issues and actions: • recent developments on minimum wages in a few countries • the results of the employer survey on pay and workplace trends in Ireland • the new law for platform delivery workers in Italy • developments in the Netherlands on solo self-employed workers. Read these updates and more in the following areas:
Actors and institutions
Denmark: New state employer agency created
Luxembourg: Transport sector trade union integrates into OGBL
Collective bargaining
Bulgaria: New collective agreement for Road Infrastructure Agency
Greece: Changes to extension mechanism for sectoral collective agreements
Portugal: Government proposes common reference for wage bargaining
Slovenia: Collective agreement signed for the construction sector
Sweden: Bargaining round coordination fails among blue-collar unions in the manufacturing sector
Individual employment relations
Czechia: Social partners conclude informal agreement on Labour Code change
Netherlands: Consultation on proposed law for solo self-employed workers
Industrial action
Cyprus: Electricity Authority of Cyprus employees go on strike
Greece: Changes to mediation and arbitration systems for collective labour disputes
Labour market and employment
Italy: Access to employment of people with disabilities remains challenging
Spain: Derogation of 2012 labour market reform is priority for new government
Labour law/Labour rights
Belgium: Employer organisation seeks to reduce dismissal protection of trade unionists
Sweden: Trade unions split over employment protection reform
United Kingdom: Question mark over workers’ rights in new employment bill
Pay and income
Pay developments
Minimum wages
Belgium: Minimum wage negotiations stalled
Croatia: Minimum wage for 2020 in effect
Czechia: Government approves increase in minimum wage for 2020
Estonia: National minimum wage increase
Ireland: Minimum wage increase
Romania: Living wage to be standard for setting wage policies
Slovakia: Change in minimum wage law
Slovenia: Companies prepare for new minimum wage
Social dialogue
Germany: Social partnership alliance for fiscal policy reform
Luxembourg: National tripartite negotiations under pressure
Social protection and reforms
Norway: Norwegian residents wrongfully accused of welfare fraud
Slovakia: Increases in social benefits
Spain: Court ruling sanctions dismissal for justified sick leave
Pension reforms
Working environment/Working conditions
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Eurofound (2020), Developments in working life in Europe - Q4 2019, article.
