Legal Q3 Overview
Ireland: Dublin moves to Level 3, temporary extension of immigration permissions (Source: DLA Piper)
On Friday evening, 18 September, the Government announced that Dublin would be placed on level 3 of the Framework for Restrictive measures until Friday, 9 October, at which point the situation will be reviewed. As a
result, until 9 October, everyone in Dublin must work from home unless absolutely necessary to attend the workplace in person. The rest of the country remains on level 2.
https://knowledge.dlapiper.com/dlapiperknowledge/globalemploymentlatestdevelopments/ireland-dublin-moves-to-level-3-temporary-extension-of-immigration-permissions
Germany: Extension of short-time work, new occupational safety rule and other pandemic measures (Source: DLA Piper)
The heads of the parties forming the coalition in Germany agreed on 25 August 2020 (yet to be approved by the government and parliament):
https://knowledge.dlapiper.com/dlapiperknowledge/globalemploymentlatestdevelopments/germany-extension-of-short-time-work-new-occupational-safety-rule-and-other-pandemic-measures
France: New national protocol to ensure health and safety of employees published (Source: DLA Piper)
A new national protocol has been published to protect the health and safety of employees. As from September 1, all employees in France must either comply with the health conditions or telework. Vulnerable employees
(according to Decree N° 2020-1098 of 20 August 2020) can, if the occupational doctor considers it necessary, place themselves in partial activity.
https://knowledge.dlapiper.com/dlapiperknowledge/globalemploymentlatestdevelopments/france-new-national-protocol-to-ensure-health-and-safety-of-employees-published
Denmark: New agreement on temporary short-time working during COVID-19 (Source: DLA Piper)
Earlier this year, the Danish Government and the two sides of industry implemented a gradual phasing out of the salary/wage compensation scheme up until and including 29 August 2020. As a supplement to this phasing out,
the two sides of industry concluded on 31 August 2020 a new agreement to enable private enterprises to establish a new short-time working scheme until the end of this year for all their employees, whether covered by
collective agreements or not.
https://knowledge.dlapiper.com/dlapiperknowledge/globalemploymentlatestdevelopments/denmark-new-agreement-on-temporary-short-time-working-during-covid-19
Portugal: New support measures for businesses in crisis due to COVID-19 (Source: DLA Piper)
Decree-Law no. 46-A/2020, 30 July, provides a new support measure for companies in crisis due to Covid-19 (with contributory and tax situations regularized), with the possibility of reducing working periods, for periods of one
month, until 31 December. For this purpose, a business crisis situation is the drop of at least 40% in invoicing, in the calendar month prior to the application to the Social Security agency with reference to the same month of
last year or with reference to the average of the 2 months prior to that month. During the period in which the support is granted, the employer may reduce the normal working period of its employees, as follows:
https://knowledge.dlapiper.com/dlapiperknowledge/globalemploymentlatestdevelopments/portugal-new-support-measures-for-businesses-in-crisis-due-to-covid-19
Belgium: New measures to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 include guidance for employers (Source: DLA Piper)
The Belgian government has recently taken additional measures to contain the outbreak of Covid-19, including:
https://knowledge.dlapiper.com/dlapiperknowledge/globalemploymentlatestdevelopments/belgium-new-measures-to-contain-the-outbreak-of-covid-19-include-guidance-for-employers
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