Tag: transparency

• Tuesday, April 21st 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Germany urges China more transparency on the coronavirus outbreak and crisis management

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday urged China to be as transparent as possible about the coronavirus outbreak, as Beijing faces mounting pressure over its management of the crisis.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  EU approves rules to protect workers in the “gig economy”

  

  The European Parliament has approved new EU rules to protect workers in the so-called “gig economy”(*). The law sets minimum rights and demands increased transparency for those in “on-demand” jobs, such as at Uber or Deliveroo.

• Friday, January 25th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Foggy burial for Bolsonaro's promises of a transparency era

  

  Brazil's new far-right government on Thursday gave hundreds more public servants the power to keep official records from the public for decades by labeling them “secret” and “ultra-secret.” Vice President Hamilton Mourao, standing in while President Jair Bolsonaro was at the World Economic Forum in Davos, signed the decree expanding exceptions within the 2011 transparency law.