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Newsletter November, 2022

The European Commission published its 2023 Work Programme

November, 2022
  • On 18 October 2022, the European Commission adopted its 2023 work programme, setting out targeted action to further steer the Union towards a sustainable recovery.
  • The Commission aims at supporting people and businesses by reducing energy prices, securing the supplies critical for our industrial competitiveness and food security, or reinforcing our social market economy.
Newsletter October, 2022

Peru: government announces employment and economic package

October, 2022
  • On 13 September 2022, Perù’s Minister of Economy and Finance presented to representatives from private sector business and labour associations the government’s Plan Impulso Perú
  • The Plan aims to restart the country’s economic growth and promote job creation.

Mexico: Federal and local Center for Conciliation and Labour Registry now active.

October, 2022
  • The Federal Center for Conciliation and Labour Registry is the new body responsible for settling labour law disputes in Mexico, replacing the former conciliation and arbitration boards.
  • It became operational with effect on 3 October. This is the final phase of the implementation of the labour reform passed in Mexico in 2019.

Sweden: new labour reforms entered into force

October, 2022
  • The proposal to revise the Employment Protection Act (EPA), presented on June 2021, was finally adopted. 
  • The reform described as the “greatest reform of Swedish employment law in modern times” entered into force on 30 June 2022 and applied for the first time as of 1 October 2022.

Collective bargaining in France in 2021 (report published by the Ministère du Travail)

October, 2022
  • The French Ministry of Labour, Employment and Inclusion recently released an assessment of collective bargaining in 2021.

A new ILO paper on the importance of pay transparency legislation

October, 2022
Newsletter September, 2022

Luxembourg: Assistance to employers impacted by energy crisis

September, 2022
  • On 23 August 2022, the Comité de conjuncture (Economic Committee) examined possible solutions for businesses affected by gas shortages to save employment.
  • The Minister of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy, the Minister of the Economy and the social partners agreed to allow employers, whose activities will be impacted by a restriction imposed by the government on their gas consumption, to resort to partial unemployment.

Puerto Rico: Amendments to the Labour Transformation and Flexibility Act

September, 2022
  • On 20 June 2022, Puerto Rico’s governor signed into law Act No. 41-2022 (the Act), amending and partially repealing the Labour Transformation and Flexibility Act (LTFA),
  • It aims to reincorporate statutory benefits and employee rights that were eliminated by LTFA, in many cases reversing the changes it had introduced.

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