European Remote Work News – Week 37, 2026
MEPs vote for a psychosocial risks law that would make telework changes trigger a risk assessment, Spain moves on algorithmic transparency, and Airbus keeps 40% telework after a 35-day strike.
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European Remote Work News – Week 36, 2026
Eurofound finds 22% of Europe's hybrid workers have almost no say over when or where they work, Ireland's home working falls again, and Belgium's tax-free telework allowance rises from 1 September.
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Airbus suspends its four-day office mandate after strikes across Spain, France and the UK – a rare reversal of a major European employer's return-to-office push.
Read report →European Remote Work News – Week 33, 2026
TSB staff prepare tribunal action over a three-day office mandate, Ireland's Central Bank treats hybrid non-compliance as a performance issue, the Netherlands confirms its €38/hour freelance test starts 31 December, and Estonia tops the 2026 digital nomad rankings.
Read report →European Remote Work News – Week 32, 2026
EU home-working has doubled to 22% since 2015, Spain's Supreme Court protects agreed remote-work percentages, and Germany becomes the first country to put AI search answers under media law.
Read report →European Remote Work News – Week 29, 2026
AI mentions quietly drive delayed website traffic that analytics miss; European employers from EY to Airbus raise required office days; and Spain's courts ease the 183-day rule for digital nomad renewals.
Read report →European Remote Work News – Week 28, 2026
Cloudflare pivots to publisher-first AI web with a Sep 15 default-flip and a new Pay-Per-Use model; Luxembourg's right-to-disconnect enforcement went live Saturday with a graduated approach; Airbus RTO dispute heads to a European Works Council meeting Tuesday.
Read report →European Remote Work News – Week 27, 2026
Revolut pulls remote-first hiring for graduates from 2027; ~400 local US newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft, deepening the publisher-LLM litigation wave; Luxembourg right-to-disconnect penalties go live 4 July.
Read report →European Remote Work News – Week 26, 2026
EU Pay Transparency Directive deadline passes with 23 of 27 member states in breach; Germany clarifies home offices do not trigger permanent establishment; Greece closes in-country DNV applications; Croatia's DNV income floor rises to €3,622.50.
Read report →European Remote Work News – Week 25, 2026
EU delays AI Act employment rules to December 2027, the Dutch Senate adopts the hourly-rate presumption law and a court reclassifies Temper as a temp agency in a single day, Pay Transparency post-deadline state-of-play firms up, Spain's regularisation window closes 30 June, and Cloudflare's default AI-bot block exposes a publisher GEO trap.
Read report →European Remote Work News – Week 24, 2026
The EU Pay Transparency Directive transposition deadline arrived on 7 June with most member states unprepared, Italy launched the bloc's first fully digital visa system covering its DNV, and Google opened a UK-pilot publisher opt-out for AI Overviews.
Read report →European Remote Work News – Week 23, 2026
EU Pay Transparency transposition deadline arrives Sunday with most member states unprepared, Sweden's new work-permit threshold goes live, Italy criminalises smart-working health & safety gaps, and Stellantis confirms phased RTO for 22,000 European white-collar staff.
Read report →European Remote Work News – Week 22, 2026
EU AI Act transparency deadline brought forward, Entry/Exit System fully operational, Portugal Nationality Law signed, Italy DNV formally folded into the Immigration Code, and major EU-funded research confirms remote work's rural-suburban shift.
Read report →European Remote Work News — Week 17, 2026
Spain's regularisation programme opens for 500,000 applicants as immigration staff strike, Germany hints at dedicated remote work visa, Luxembourg right-to-disconnect fines from July, and the 2026 DNV Index ranks Spain #1 globally.
Read report →European Remote Work News — Week 16, 2026
Spain's extraordinary regularisation of 500,000 residents heads to Cabinet, Gallup reveals European engagement at 12% — lowest globally, Italy introduces prison sentences for remote work safety failures, and Google's core update penalises AI-generated content.
Read report →European Remote Work News — Week 15, 2026
EES goes operational causing 3-hour airport delays, IEA and EU urge mass telework amid energy crisis, EU AI Act hiring compliance deadline looms, and the UK's biggest employment rights changes take effect.
Read report →European Remote Work News — Week 14, 2026
UK's biggest employment law shake-up hits April 6-7, EU Entry/Exit System goes fully live, Italy clarifies digital nomad visa guidance, and workers drift back toward cities despite remote work options.
Read report →European Remote Work News — Week 13, 2026
EU Pay Transparency Directive deadline looms with only 9% of employers ready, Netherlands guts VBAR freelancer bill, Poland's four-day work week pilot underway with 90 companies, and AI zero-click searches hit 60%.
Read report →European Remote Work News — Week 12, 2026
Ireland strengthens remote working code after 94% approval rate revealed, Netherlands freelancer crackdown sees 62,000 fewer freelancers, and the UK's biggest employment law shake-up in years lands in April.
Read report →European Remote Work News — Week 11, 2026
Greece abolishes in-country digital nomad applications, Spain introduces climate permits for workers, UK consultation on making flexible working the default, and EU AI Act hiring compliance countdown begins.
Read report →European Remote Work News — Week 10, 2026
This week: Spain tightens autonomo registration requirements, Portugal extends NHR transition period, and AI tools reshape remote hiring across the EU.
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