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News update as of 3 December 2018
On the agenda: voting for the secretary general of the International Trade Union Confederation sees two differing views of trade unionism go head to head; KiK faces a lawsuit brought by families...
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3 December 2018
Germany: Bundestag definitively adopts bill to bolster continued training
On Friday 30 November, the German Bundestag approved the bill tabled by Hubertus Heil (SPD), the minister for employment and social affairs, which seeks to bolster the continued training of...
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30 November 2018
United Kingdom: one year on from the launch of the government’s industrial strategy, employers call for new impetus
In November 2017, UK Prime Minister Theresa May turned the page on the Thatcher era by establishing an industrial strategy with companies, which would seek to boost the country’s economy and...
30 November 2018
EU: following on from the Parliament, the Council prepares to approve its mandate to negotiate on the European Labour Authority
Discussions on the creation of a European Labour Authority (ELA), proposed in March 2018 by the European Commission, are making progress (see article n°10601). During a plenary session on 28...
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30 November 2018
France: delivery bike riders are workers– according to the supreme court- Cour de Cassation
France’s Cour de Cassation has decided that delivery riders for the meal delivery service platform, Take Eat Easy, are indeed workers, and not autonomous workers, irrespective of the fact they can...
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29 November 2018
Germany : with ‘Lex Ryanair’ as a backdrop, Sun Express agrees to set up a works council (in brief)
A draft amendment by the Labor Minister aimed at facilitating the setting up of a works council in the airline sector and commonly called ‘Lex Ryanair’ (c.f. article No. 10897) looks to be...
29 November 2018
Alcoa : a Dutch court holds that EWC information and consultation can take place at the same time as consultation at national level
On 27 November 2018, the Dutch court rejected the claim made by the Alcoa EWC that the company had to first conclude consultation procedures with the EWC before concluding consultations...
28 November 2018
Greece: the Alexis Tsipras government is moving gingerly towards post-austerity reforms
On 28 November the largest trade union in the private sector, the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), called for a 24-hour general strike under the banner ‘get back to the €751 minimum...
28 November 2018
Germany: employment rates among senior staff have risen sharply
By jumping from 20% in 2000 to almost 58% in 2017 the employment rate for those aged between 60 and 64 has risen more sharply in Germany than anywhere else in the EU. Thus the results of a third...
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28 November 2018
News update as of 27 November 2018
On the menu: in the UK big business is called on to voluntarily reveal employment rates for employees with disabilities, in Italy the number of fixed term employment contracts is plummeting...
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27 November 2018
News update as of November 26, 2018
Ireland/Fórsa trade union calls for four-day working week. Fórsa, the second-largest trade union in Ireland, last week called for the establishment of a four-day working week as the new standard...
26 November 2018
Telefónica recognises right of employees worldwide to digitally disconnect
On November 23, Telefónica's management signed a document of intent recognising the right of its employees to digitally disconnect. With the endorsement of the trade union organizations in Spain...
26 November 2018
France: gender pay gap index introduced, leaving companies that fail to ensure equality liable to penalties
On 22 November French labour minister, Muriel Pénicaud, and the secretary of state in charge of gender equality, Marlène Schiappa, presented to social partners a tool developed to gauge the size...
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23 November 2018
EU: the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) of the European Parliament votes to strengthen workers participation rights as part of the EU Directive on cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has welcomed the news that on 15 November the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) of the European Parliament approved the proposal for a...
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23 November 2018
Spain : Banco Santander commits to a non-disruptive merger with Banco Popular (in brief)
On 21 November Banco Santander together with the trade unions signed a 'Merger Protocol' document in which management wholly renounces all disruptive measures during the upcoming reorganization of...
23 November 2018
Germany: how trade unions and employers intend to bolster the eroding system of collective agreements
Anniversary dates are often an opportunity to take stock of a situation and lay bare any key differences. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the signing of the first collective agreement in...
22 November 2018
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20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...