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Mexico: arrangements specified on how to apply the workplace stress Norm
The new Official Mexican Norm (NOM – Norma Oficial Mexicana) No. 035, entitled ‘Psychosocial risks at work, identification, risks, and prevention”, come into force on 23 October 2019 and requires...
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12 November 2019
Spain: deal struck for new collective agreement in metals sector
The labour unions CCOO de Industria and UGT FICA have reached a pre-agreement, with employer group Confemetal, on the third national collective agreement for the metals sector (industry...
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8 November 2019
Vodafone introduces parental leave of four months with 100% pay for second parents
Under a new policy introduced by the UK telecommunications giant, male and female employees whose partner has a baby, adopts a child or becomes a parent through surrogacy will be entitled to 16...
8 November 2019
Germany: companies showing little concern for human rights
The School of Management and Law at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, a British NGO, have probed the practices and actions of 20...
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8 November 2019
Great Britain: with five weeks to go before the general election the TUC disparages the Tory government’s economic record
On 07 November the TUC published an analysis showing that since the previous 2017 election, called for by the then Tory PM Theresa May, the UK economy has fallen into the ‘relegation zone’. Using...
7 November 2019
Chile: widespread social unrest drives the unhindered passage through parliament of draft legislation lowering weekly working hours to 40
Draft legislation that sets the legal working week at 40 hours (down from 45 currently) is making its way through Chile’s Parliament (for more on the text and associated debate c.f. Article...
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7 November 2019
Sweden: trade unions ready to negotiate fresh collective agreements in 2020
Sweden’s social partners are readying themselves to negotiate new collective agreements for most of the sectors at the start of 2020. Caution hangs in the air because even if the government is...
7 November 2019
Chile: no weakening of social contestation in the face of a sclerotic political class
Since 18 October 2019, Chile has been living through its biggest social conflict since the period of dictatorship ended in 1990. The entire political class that is now at its most unpopular is...
6 November 2019
Finland: a disorderly start to negotiations on new sector collective agreements
Finland’s business leaders and trade unions have commenced negotiations for new collective agreements that will replace those set to expire in the months ahead. As such this will be the second...
6 November 2019
Poland: new database for 1,000 different professions and competences
This landmark INFODORADCA+ project, which combines professions and competences, has been driven by Poland’s Labor and Social Policy Ministries with the aim of comprehensively charting current and...
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6 November 2019
PSA: “HR divisions have to hold a strategic position in order to create real conditions for success,” Xavier Chéreau, Group HR head
HR divisions able to pilot transformation processes: it is with this ambition in mind that Xavier Chéreau has positioned the French automaker’s HR function as a strategic partner in driving...
5 November 2019
Great Britain: legal firm threatens damages against tobacco giant British American Tobacco
Leigh Day, the UK-based legal firm, specializing in human rights, has sent a pre-action letter to the London headquarters of the tobacco giant British American Tobacco (BAT) announcing its...
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5 November 2019
Japan : Microsoft 4-day working week trial to promote ‘life choices at work’ and speed up changing attitudes
Over the course of August 2019, the 2,300 staff at Microsoft’s Japanese headquarters tried out working on a 4-day per week basis, when they worked for four consecutive days and did not work...
5 November 2019
Italy: measures to protect delivery riders definitively adopted
Adopted definitively by the Italian parliament on 31 October, the decree-law to regulate the work of meal delivery riders (see article n° 11336) finally creates a two-tier system. On the one...
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4 November 2019
Germany: IG Metall and YouTubers announce campaign against YouTube to improve working conditions
The German trade union IG Metall, which has partnered with the YouTubers Union, announced in August of this year that Google Deutschland had agreed to open talks, set for 22 October, over the...
4 November 2019
United States: automobile union UAW strikes multi-year wage agreement with Ford
Negotiators for the UAW (United Automobile Workers) and industry giant Ford have reached a deal for a new four-year salary agreement, four days after a deal was struck by the union and General...
4 November 2019
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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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On 25 February, the Council of the EU and the Parliament reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposed regulation to expand the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Under the...
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Germany: launch of the “WE-Fair” alliance for binational training of skilled foreign workers
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...
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