On 23 March 2022 the National Assembly's Standing Committee adopted Resolution No. 17 “on employees’ monthly, annual overtime hours in the context of COVID-19 prevention and socio-economic development”, aiming to facilitate socio-economic recovery and development from the pandemic.
It increased, until 31 December 2022, the maximum monthly overtime limit and relaxed the annual restrictions on overtime currently provided for in the 2019 Labour Code.
On 7 February 2022, Eurofound published the report “Collective labour disputes in the EU” (Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg).
This study has shown that there is currently a deficit of reliable information about labour disputes in Europe, highlighting the importance of establishing clear definitions of what constitutes a labour dispute and collecting information on disputes that are not reported in the media.
On February 2022, the government of Belgium proposed a package of measures to reform the nation’s labour market, aiming to increase flexibility and boost employment.
On 23 February 2022, the Peruvian Official Gazette published the Supreme Decree N-001- 2022-TR, that modified the existing legal frameworks of outsourcing services (Regulations of Law N° 29245 and Legislative Decree N° 1038).
On 13 January 2022 in case No. C-514/20, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) provided a clarification on the inclusion of paid annual leave in the calculation of the volume of hours worked entitling to overtime pay.
It stated that, to determine whether the threshold of hours worked entitling the employee to an overtime bonus has been reached, the hours corresponding to the period of paid annual leave taken by the employee must be considered as hours worked.
On 17 January 2022, Senator Francis Tolentino filed Senate Bill No. 2475 (called "Workers' Rest Law), aiming to promote employees’ welfare by defining their rest hours.
On 13 January 2022 in case No. C-514/20, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) provided a clarification on the inclusion of paid annual leave in the calculation of the volume of hours worked entitling to overtime pay.
It stated that, to determine whether the threshold of hours worked entitling the employee to an overtime bonus has been reached, the hours corresponding to the period of paid annual leave taken by the employee must be considered as hours worked.