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Spain: purchasing power guarantee clauses making a return to collective agreements
After years of salary restraint, Spain’s trade unions are starting to win their first salary related battles. Employees are effectively starting to win back some of the purchasing power they...
12 September 2019
EU : European Trade Union Confederation calls on national trade unions to demonstrate for climate action
In a statement published on 5 September, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) called on its 90 affiliated national trade union organisations to commit to achieving a “just...
12 September 2019
Italy: Conte’s second government, a left-leaning 5 Star-Democratic Party coalition, wins vote of confidence
At 343 votes out of a 630 total, Italy’s Chamber of Deputies majority was largely more comfortable than that secured in the evening of 10 September 2019 in the Senate house (169 votes out of...
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11 September 2019
Germany: new ‘Green Button’ label created for textiles produced in line with social and environmental standards
In Berlin on 09 September, German Economic and Development Minister Gerd Müller (CSU), officially launched his key project creating the ‘Grüner Knopf’ (Green Button). The Federal Economic and...
Generali: management and the European Works Council sign a joint declaration that commits to diversity and inclusion in the Group
Promoting diversity and work-life balance and including workers with disabilities are just some of Italian insurance company Generali’s commitments that have been further bolstered by the joint...
11 September 2019
EU: incoming EU Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen presents her gender-balanced political team
President-elect Ursula von der Leyen has kept to her first commitment of gender parity. Set to head up the European Commission over the upcoming five years Ursula von der Leyen presented her...
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10 September 2019
Kering puts 14-week paternity (and partner) leave in place for all staff globally
With this commitment the French luxury goods brand is standing as a legal ethical pioneer. In a press statement on 10 September, Kering stated that from 01 January 2020, ‘all Group employees...
10 September 2019
Great Britain: TUC demands a legal ban on class-based discrimination at work
The Trade Union Congress federation has used its 151st annual congress that continues until 11 September 2019 as the forum from which to call for legislation prohibiting businesses from...
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10 September 2019
Netherlands: collective agreement reached in metal and engineering industry (Metaal en techniek)
Trade union groups and employer organisations from the five metal and engineering sectors in the Netherlands (310,000 workers from 27,500 companies from the so-called ‘light’ metal-working...
6 September 2019
Italy: mechanical engineering and metalworking unions put forward common platform of demands ahead of the renewal of the national collective agreement
It is the first time in twelve years that the FIOM-Cgil, FIM-Cisl and UILM unions have proposed a common platform, after the great divide between the union centrals, over the reform of the...
6 September 2019
Great Britain : SME punishes staff for bringing single-use plastic into the office in bid to reduce environmental impact
This unprecedented case was initially flagged by the HR-focused press in the UK. Intelligent Hand Dryers, based in Sheffield, in northern England, has attracted attention for having banned its...
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6 September 2019
Italy: protection measures for delivery ‘riders’ as the country’s ruling majority changes shape
As one of the former Conte Government’s final acts before the latest political turmoil, a decree-law was ‘conditionally’ approved by the Council of Ministers on 06 August and finalement published...
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5 September 2019
South Korea: spy-gadgets and complaints, employees are making use of the workplace anti-harassment law
In an article from 03 September 2019, the Reuters news agency has reported numbers from the Labor Department for workplace harassment complaints, which have been recorded since the notion was...
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5 September 2019
Germany: employees whose jobs are very likely to be automated receive the least amount of lifelong training
In a new study published on 20 August 2019, the IAB, German Institute for Employment Research, has highlighted an apparently paradoxical phenomenon. At a time when training is becoming...
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5 September 2019
Italy : a company exiting an employer’s body must comply with the sector relevant collective contract until its expiry date (Court of Cassation)
In judgment No. 21537 handed down on 20 August 2019 Italy’s Court of Cassation, in a ruling on an appeal made by the Turin Filctem-Cgil trade union, held that when a sector national...
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4 September 2019
Germany: in a bid to boost its employer brand Deutsche Post reintegrates staff at its DHL low-cost packages delivery subsidiary into its ‘house agreements’
In March 2019 Deutsche Post announced a turnaround in its 2015 strategy of setting up subsidiaries that led to separate working conditions for Deutsche Post (DP) employees and those working for...
4 September 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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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