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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

Brexit: draft divorce agreement proves divisive but does provide clarity for business

On 14 November a draft agreement spanning some 585 pages for the UK’s exit from the EU was unveiled in London and Brussels. The UK employers’ body, the CBI, welcomed the agreement. PM Theresa May...

15 November 2018

EU: EU parliament mandate to negotiate a draft directive on transparent and predictable working conditions is confirmed

Negotiations between the EU Council of Ministers, the EU Parliament, and the EU Commission on the draft directive relative to improving working conditions will indeed go ahead. On 15 November the...

15 November 2018

News updates as of November 14, 2018

Au menu : Chile's workers get the right to disconnect, Spain reverting to the 'time clock' , German Ryanair workers' secure their first ever collective agreement, females still underrepresented...

14 November 2018

Germany: many metals workers are opting for more free time over extra money

In February 2018 the metal sector’s social partners signed a landmark collective agreement that allowed certain categories of worker (posted workers, workers with young families, workers taking...

13 November 2018

Italy: judges have significant leeway when setting employment dismissal compensation amounts (in brief)

On 08 November, Italy’s Constitutional Court published the grounds for its ruling of 26 September that reverses measures within the Jobs Act and the Dignity Decree law (c.f. article No. 10787)...

13 November 2018

News update as of November 12, 2018

On the menu : Google announces change to its policy on sexual harassment, following global protest movement on 1 November, launch of European network of companies against domestic...

12 November 2018

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