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A study conducted by a German university claims that e-commerce platform Zalando has been placing its workers under pressure and/or surveillance using the performance management tool Zonar, a...

7 January 2020

Italy: 2020 budget law extends paternity leave to 7 days

Obligatory paternity leave for private sector employees, which was introduced as an experimental measure in 2013 and adopted permanently through a law in 2016, will be extended from 5 to 7 days...

7 January 2020

Best wishes for a happy and enlightening 2020

The team at Planet Labor would like to wish you and your families a happy and healthy new year.

6 January 2020

United Kingdom: tribunal rules that ethical vegans should be protected against workplace discrimination

On 3 January, as part of a hearing of an unfair dismissal complaint, an employment tribunal in the city of Norwich, in the east of England, deemed for the first time that being vegan qualifies as...

6 January 2020

Spain: extension of paternity leave to 12 weeks comes into effect

Spain’s new paternity leave provisions took effect on 1 January 2020. With the application of the decree-law containing urgent measures to guarantee equal treatment and equal opportunities...

6 January 2020

Austria: a government more open to ‘social partnership’ and with a programme focused on the digital and ecological transitions

As Austria celebrates the start of the new year, the country has also seen the arrival of a new government. Following the legislative elections of September last year, and after lengthy...

6 January 2020

United Kingdom: Boris Johnson promises post-Brexit employment law

There were some surprises in the Queen’s Speech on 19 December, which marked the opening of Parliament following the Conservative Party’s clear victory in last week’s snap general election. Among...

20 December 2019

Italy: banking sector collective agreement renewed

On 19 December, after a year of negotiations, social partners in Italy’s banking sector agreed a provisional deal to renew the national collective agreement (CCN), which applies to more than...

20 December 2019

France: France Telecom and several former executives found guilty of moral harassment

On 20 December, the correctional tribunal in Paris sentenced three former executives of France Télécom – the ex-CEO, deputy chief and human resources director – to a year in prison, of which eight...

20 December 2019

European social partners in the tourism and hospitality sectors call for better regulation of the platform economy

On 29 November, the EFAT (European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions) and HOTREC (Hotels, Restaurants & Cafés in Europe) federations signed a joint declaration calling...

20 December 2019

Spain: banking sector agreement on the right to disconnect and the implementation of daily working time records

Spain’s banking sector trade unions and employers’ bodies have concluded an agreement on employees’ right to disconnect (log out) during rest periods. The agreement is part of the negotiation over...

19 December 2019

EU: the European Trade Union Confederation is calling for a European directive on mandatory Human Rights due diligence and responsible business conduct

On 18 December, the ETUC Executive Committee approved a resolution calling for a European directive on mandatory Human Rights due diligence and responsible business conduct. This should establish...

19 December 2019

South Korea: Samsung Electronics board chairman Lee Sang-hoon jailed for anti-union activity

On Wednesday 18 December, South-Korean electronics giant, Samsung Electronics apologized for the actions of its leaders. The day before, its chairman Lee Sang-hoon, along with his vice-president...

19 December 2019

Italy : the union Cgil will sue food delivery platform Deliveroo because its algorithm discriminates workers who joined strikes

On December 18, the three union federations Filt, Filcams and Nidil CGIL communicated to have pressed charges against the food delivery platform Deliveroo at Bologna courthouse. The reason for...

19 December 2019

Deutsche Post DHL together with both the UNI Global and ITF international trade union federations renew their commitments to anticipate and prevent human rights violations

On 25 November, Deutsche Post DHL (DP DHL) the UNI Global (services sector) and the ITF (transport sector) international trade union federations renewed, for a further period of two years, the...

18 December 2019

Netherlands: CNV trade union confederation is considering moving to a 30-hour working week

Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond, the National Federation of Christian Trade Unions (CNV) is the country’s second largest trade union body with a support base of over 350,000 members and it...

18 December 2019

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France: Crédit Agricole to tighten remote work rules

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

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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work

An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...

7 September 2026

Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement

Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...

2 September 2026

France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy

In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...

25 September 2026

France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference

After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...

17 September 2026

Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union

The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...

16 September 2026

Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining

A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...

22 September 2026