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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...

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...

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...

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

EU: the CJEU recalls that in terms of employment termination compensation workers on temporary employment contracts are not in a similar situation as those on permanent employment contracts

On 21 November, in response to a request by the Spanish courts, the CJEU ruled again on the September 2016 Diego Porras case (c.f. article No. 9818) that had resulted in a highly controversial...

22 November 2018

India: the ILO, government, employers, and trade unions commit to promoting quality jobs

India’s latest Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) as set out by government, employers bodies representatives, workers representatives, and the ILO provides a framework so that the nation’s...

22 November 2018

EU: the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee introduces whistleblower protection for labor rights violations

The European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee has adopted MEP Virginie Rozière’s (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats) report on a draft directive protecting whistleblowers...

21 November 2018

Germany: Federal Labor Court ruling strengthens the right to strike

On 20 November, by ruling in favor of the Verdi services trade union against Amazon, Germany’s Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgerich, or BAG) decided that a trade union had the right, under certain...

21 November 2018

Great Britain: Aviva’s parental leave for second parents program proves successful

Introduced just a year ago (c.f. article No. 10475) Aviva’s second parent parental leave program that allows all employees who become parents regardless of gender to take a fixed period of paid...

21 November 2018

News update as of November 20, 2018

Spain/ Call to strike at Amazon’s logistics centers before key Black Friday shopping day. The UGT union has called for four-day strike action spanning 22-25 November across XPO’s logistics centers...

20 November 2018

Austria: huge strike avoided after collective agreement is reached in main branch of metal industry

Social partners in the main branch of Austria’s metal industry (machinery and tools) reached a collective agreement in the late hours on Sunday 18 November, meaning the sector narrowly avoided a...

19 November 2018

News update as of November 19, 2018

United Kingdom/50 business leaders demand a law on mental health. In an open letter published in the UK press on 18 November, 50 business leaders including the chiefs of Thames Water, Royal Mail...

19 November 2018

News update as of November 16, 2018

On the menu : Industriall Global and IndustriAll Europe condemn the criminalisation of union activity in Turkey, in Germany, Deutsche Bahn unveils hiring push and discusses staff option to...

16 November 2018

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