The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) plans to take the European Commission to court for failing to implement a Social Partners’ Agreement (which was signed by France) by legislation. The agreement would provide information and consultation rights to central government employees in areas such as restructuring, collective redundancies, working time, health and safety and work/life balance.

Victoria, Australia's second most populous state, has rolled out the "All-Roles-Flex" initiative, which provides for implementation of flexible working arrangements (flexitime, teleworking, part-time) across the state's public service and makes it the norm whatever the level. The Community and Public Sector Union considers this measure essential to keep public employment appealing and has established a set of guidelines to facilitate its implementation.

New measures to reduce the volume of absences in the administration: in agreement with the professional organisations and in return for eliminating a measure under which the first three days of sick leave are unpaid (which was introduced in 2012 and which had little effect on absenteeism), the government will publish on its website absentee data broken down by department (displayed in percentage and by reason).