In Austria, a new collective agreement will enter into force at the end of 2021 for all employees of companies in the trade sector
The agreement will reform the salary schedule and aims at uniformising and reducing the salary levels, and “to create a modern scheme of employment groups, obtain more legal certainty in job grading”
Two years after a platform company signed a collective agreement with a trade union, the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority considered it does not align with the EU competition law
The authority required the company to partially modify their business model to fully comply with the EU law
In 2018, the Government of New Zealand commenced internal discussions on the establishment of a “Fair Pay Agreement system”, a system combining simultaneously collective negotiations and the establishment of minimum legal employment standards.
The legislation is currently discussed among social partners and received important criticism for de facto imposing collective negotiations.
On 27 September 2020, the citizens of the Geneva Canton agreed to modify the Law on Inspection and Labour Relations, by the institution of a mandatory minimum hourly wage.
This means that the monthly minimum wage will amount to CHF4210 gross per employee (42 hours weekly).