Europe

Dublin's binary approach to the gig economy has created a zero-sum game for platform operators and contractors. It's time for a rethink.

Two HR professionals are under investigation after a hospital ‘worker’ in southern Italy was found not to have shown up for a shift in 15 years.

For much of 2020, with the UK in the grip of the Covid pandemic, the Home Office did not issue any Right to Work fines but in the final quarter of last year 77 fines were issued.

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More than 200,000 NHS health workers and social care staff in Wales are to receive a £735 bonus from the government.

The Spanish government has agreed to trial a four-day working week for companies interested in the idea.

Nokia plans to cut up to 10,000 jobs worldwide, including almost 100 in the UK, in order to generate funds that can be used for research and development.

There could be a need for employees to share health credentials once the pandemic recedes. IBM is one of the companies developing secure ‘health passports’. 

Platform workers to be given employee status while unions will be given the right to access algorithms used by gig firms.

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The European Commission has begun its consultation on the rights of gig economy workers whose labour is governed by digital platforms.

The country's Court of Appeal's judgment restricts the circumstances under which an injunction against dismissal can be granted to an employee.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is seeking new astronauts for the first time in a decade and D&I is among its major goals.

Office workers across Europe do not expect to return to the workplace until at least the summer, according to a survey.

More than half of UK employees say they they have been expected to work outside of regular working hours during lockdown; employees in EU may soon benefit from 'right to disconnect' rules.