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Mango: the CCOO union announces the signing of an agreement with global scope that guarantees protection for employees’ fundamental rights along the supply chain via local union action
On 23 July an agreement was signed between the Spanish CCOO union and textile giant Mango that aims to promote joint local trade union and CCOO action as well as monitoring visits to workplaces in...
25 July 2018
Argentina: record fine imposed on a trade union with conflict and tensions at their highs
Argentina’s Labor Minister has levied a record fine of ARS 180 million (€25 million) on the powerful Camioneros transport union headed by Hugo Moyano. The reason for the fine lies in the union’s...
25 July 2018
Spain: government looking to create a register of independent workers who are ‘economically dependent’
The Labour Minister intends to require companies to keep registers of independent workers (’autonomos’) who are working for them on a quasi-exclusive basis. The new rule will affect those who find...
25 July 2018
Austria: the new ’12 hour’ law comes into force on 01 September 2018
On 03 July, and despite expected and habitual waves of opposition including a final major demonstration held in Vienna that involved thousands of protestors, Austria's parliament has finally...
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24 July 2018
OECD warns about wage stagnation and highlights the importance of coordinated collective bargaining
Ostensibly there was plenty to be pleased about. Employment rates are looking bright and higher than prior to the crisis (61.7% at the end of 2017 vs. 60.8% a decade earlier). Furthermore...
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24 July 2018
Brazil: banking sector collective agreement negotiations stuck on labor reform issues
Campaign 2018, Brazil’s banking sector’s national employee agreement renegotiations that commenced several weeks ago is facing a growing number of difficulties. This highly unionized sector is one...
24 July 2018
Italy: national collective agreement for chemicals and pharmaceuticals sector renewed six months in advance
Following some quick-fire negotiations, Italian employer organisations Federchimica and Farmindustria reached an agreement with trade unions Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl, Uiltec, Ugl Chimici...
23 July 2018
Italy: social partners in logistics sector define a professional profile for delivery riders
With Luigi Di Maio, Italy’s Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Social Policies, having forced meal delivery giants to sit around the negotiating table with trade unions, to agree on a...
23 July 2018
Poland: reform of tripartite social dialogue passed (in brief)
On 19 July 2018, Polish president Andrzej Duda formally passed the new law on the council for national social dialogue, a tripartite dialogue body (see article n°10553 on the bill). As a result of...
23 July 2018
Spain: union discord surrounds the textile industry’s collective agreement renewal
Pre-agreement for some, strike action for others. At the very time when the UGT was announcing it had concluded a pre-agreement with the employers’ bodies over the textile sector’s collective...
19 July 2018
Portugal: National Assembly adopts modifications to the labor code upon its first reading
On 18 July Portugal’s national Assembly adopted the labor code reform at its first reading. The reform aims to reduce precarious work by restricting fixed term employment contract renewals and by...
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19 July 2018
Spain: government prepares its social agenda and will revisit 2012 legislation on collective bargaining
Six weeks after coming to power, Socialist PM Pedro Sanchez’s team is looking to stamp its mark on its social agenda by way of defining a roadmap for work related regulation. The minority...
19 July 2018
Germany: Employment Minister creates a ‘social employment market’ to tackle long term unemployment
On 18 July during a Government cabinet meeting the grand coalition adopted a draft law by Work and Social Affairs Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD), which seeks to offer subsidized job support and take...
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18 July 2018
Italy: healthy momentum underpinning company-level negotiations
On 17 July, the central union Cisl presented its annual Ocsel report that analyses over 2,000 company agreements negotiated in the period between 2016 and 2017. The report shows that decentralized...
18 July 2018
EU: annual Employment and Social Developments in Europe (ESDE) review focuses on both digitalization and automation
On 13 July, the European Commission published the 2018 edition of its yearly Employment and Social Developments in Europe (ESDE) review that reports significant progress in terms of meeting the...
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18 July 2018
News update as of July 17, 2018
On the menu : a new UK Corporate Governance Code, In Italy, Conte's government looking to restrict Sunday trading, new commerce sector collective agreement tightens Sunday trading framework in...
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17 July 2018
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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...
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France: Yves Rocher convicted of breach of duty of vigilance for infringement of freedom of association
The specialised chamber of the Paris Judicial Court convicted Yves Rocher on 12 March for breaching its duty of vigilance. The group was sued by Turkish employees dismissed in 2018 by a subsidiary...
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Spain: business support package to tackle the economic impact of the Middle East conflict
The Spanish government approved a series of measures on 20 March to support companies facing rising energy prices. In return, these businesses are prohibited from making redundancies for economic...
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EU: Council adopts position on simplifying AI rules
The Council of the EU approved its position on 13 March regarding the “omnibus regulation” proposal, published last November by the Commission to simplify the AI Act. Confirming the...
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20 March 2026
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Germany: a corporate group supports local political engagement via its “Democracy Charter”
Large corporations in the Hesse region, surrounding Frankfurt, are defending local democracy by enabling employees to volunteer in local public life through an initiative dubbed the "Democracy...
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United States: Coca-Cola subsidiary sued by the administration over women-only event
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on 18 February that it is launching federal proceedings against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast for “sex-based...
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6 March 2026