Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)Newsletter June, 20212021 International Labour Conference approved a Resolution on Covid-19 response June, 2021The ILC adopted the “Resolution concerning a global call to action for a human-centred recovery from the COVID-19 crisis that is inclusive, sustainable, and resilient” on 17 June 2021.+ Read moreNewsletter March, 2021Federation of Egyptian Industries presented an advocacy plan to favour industrial growth and encourage foreign direct investment March, 2021The Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) periodically updates the state of play of national reforms and the related business’ recommendationsThe plan considers topics such as labour law, social security law, trade union law, SMEs easiness of doing business, among othersFEI advocacy plan has been successful in a series of reforms, especially on trade and investments+ Read moreNewsletter February, 2021Federation of Egyptian Industries provides services to support SMEs and societyFebruary, 2021The Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) launched new services for improving digital skills of SMEsIt also started offering support to companies willing to participate in the rehabilitation of Egyptian villages+ Read moreNewsletter November, 2020Mexico: Full implementation of the Regulation No. 035/2018 on psychosocial risks and prevention at workNovember, 2020Regulation No. 035/2018 (Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-035-STPS-2018) on psychosocial risk factors at work was adopted in 2018, but it entered into force on a two-step phase and became fully applicable on 23 October 2020.+ Read moreNewsletter September, 2020Croatia: tripartite taskforce sets new measures to shorten the workweek and support employers September, 2020Croatia introduced a shortened workweek to support companies in their recovery phase Social dialogue was at the foundation of this initiative Business with over 10 employees significantly impacted by the Covid-19 crisis can receive financial support to compensate labour costs + Read moreNewsletter July, 2020Telefónica Spain invests in SMEsJuly, 2020The company participates in the digitalisation of SMEs and provide some advanced payment to its small and medium size suppliers+ Read moreMastercard new initiative in support of SMEs July, 2020Mastercard commits USD 250 million for financial, technology, product and insight assets support in US and other countries.Additional USD 33 million will be given to reboot Indian SMEs, especially on business digitalisation and access to finance.+ Read moreNewsletter May, 2020New Law Bans Dismissals for Economic Reasons in Argentina, Italy and SpainMay, 2020Governments of Argentina, Italy and Spain enacted a law to ban dismissals to avoid lay off procedures.Employers’ organisations in those countries strongly reacted against this measure.+ Read more Page 1 of 2. 12 Next ArchiveTagsTagsExtbase Variable DumpNULLCountry/Region Africa (19) Algeria (6) Argentina (13) Australia (27) Austria (7) Bangladesh (2) Belgium 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