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Belgium: initial results from the social elections
On 09 December, Belgium’s Employment Ministry presented provisional results (here in French) from the elections for employee representatives on the Committees for Prevention and Protection...
9 December 2020
EU: hospitality sector social partners call for massive support from EU Institutions and Member States to save the sector and preserve employment
Upon the closure of European Hospitality Sector social dialogue committee meeting held in November, EFFAT, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions, and HOTREC, the...
9 December 2020
EU: social partners in the temporary agency work sector call for an extension of existing social innovation schemes for temporary workers
On 01 December a joint declaration was signed by the World Employment Confederation-Europe (employers) and UNI-Europa (trade unions), and concluded a two-year project on social innovation in the...
9 December 2020
EU: telecom sector social partners affirm social dialogue as key to developing ethical and trustworthy AI
On 30 November, the European telecommunications sector’s social partners (ETNO – employers & Uni Europa trade unions) signed a Joint Declaration on Artificial Intelligence, which emphasizes...
8 December 2020
EU: Ceemet and IndustriAll Europe joint position affirms the need for strong and autonomous social partners in managing digital transformation
In their 09 November joint position on "The impact of digitalisation on the world of work in the MET industries", the European social partners in the metal, engineering, and technology-based...
8 December 2020
EU: CJEU dismisses appeals by Hungary and Poland to annul the directive strengthening posted workers’ rights
Hungary and Poland have failed in their attempt to derail Directive (EU) 2018/957, which amends and strengthens Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the...
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8 December 2020
EU: Parliament’s Employment Committee adopts resolution on the right to disconnect
A resolution for a right to disconnect, which was proposed in July by the Maltese MEP Alex Saliba, was adopted on 1 December by MEPs in the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social...
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7 December 2020
Spain: debate over four-day week reignited
Following comments from Spain’s deputy prime minister Pablo Iglesias, who announced that the possibility of reducing working time was already “being discussed with social...
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7 December 2020
Axa: charter signed with EWC on global health and well-being programme
On 18 November, Thomas Buberl, chief executive of French insurance group Axa, and Hedi Ben Sedrine, secretary of the Axa European Works Council, signed a charter on the group’s global health and...
4 December 2020
United States: NLRB challenges the dismissal of two Google employees, in the name of the law that protects their right to organise collectively
The US National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against tech giant Google. According to lawyers of the federal agency in San Francisco, the Silicon Valley firm violated labour law when...
4 December 2020
EU: Council ministers call on the Commission to adopt a regulation on human rights related corporate due diligence obligations
In the conclusions of its 01 December meeting devoted to decent work, the Council of European Labor Ministers gave their respective Member State’s support to initiatives announced by the EU...
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2 December 2020
Unilever 4-day working week trial in New Zealand
From 07 December and for a one-year trail period, 81 employees working in sales, distribution and marketing roles at the Unilever food giant in New Zealand will be working in the office for 4 days...
2 December 2020
France: definitive adoption of the 28-day paternity leave
On 30 November, France’s National Assembly definitively adopted the Social Security Financing Law, which is applicable for children born from July 1, 2021, and extends paternity leave from...
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1 December 2020
Germany: exploring various avenues to regulate online platform work
Prior to the Government’s Digital Agenda Summit being in Berlin (30 November – 01 December), Employment and Social Affairs Minister Hubertus Heil opened a discussion on labor conditions and labor...
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1 December 2020
Great Britain: trade unions paying close attention to rising use of AI in companies
On 30 November the TUC trade union confederation announced it was launching a taskforce specifically aimed at protecting workers from the punitive use of new technologies within companies. The...
1 December 2020
Germany: tax deduction for remote work being prepared
The parties in Germany’s governing coalition have agreed to introduce a tax deduction for employees that are working remotely, the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported on Monday...
30 November 2020
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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Slovakia: 6% increase in the minimum wage from 1 January 2027
The news. As Slovakia’s social partners failed to reach an agreement during tripartite negotiations, Labour Minister Erik Tomas has decided to increase the minimum wage by 6% from 1 January...
1 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026