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Germany: more and more younger parents are opting for the ‘parental plus salary’
According to a report by the Families Ministry that the government adopted on 10 January 2018, the ‘parental plus salary’ provision (Elterngeld plus), which came into force on 01 July 2015, has...
11 January 2018
United States: New York association Fast Food Justice defending fast food sector employees
New York’s fast food workers have not managed to unionize. Introducing a trade union into a company is too long and complex a process. Until now, the sector’s major food chains including Mac...
11 January 2018
Greece: reform of the right to strike set for parliamentary vote on 15 January
Reform to the right to strike is just one of several pieces of legislation that the Greek parliament has to vote on before the Eurozone Finance Ministers meeting on 22 January. Greece’s trade...
11 January 2018
2018, a key year for the ILO’s Future of Work initiative
At the ILO’s 102nd plenary session in 2013, the Future of Work (FoW) initiative was chosen as one of seven central themes that would mark the tri-partite UN agency’s centenary in 2019. This...
10 January 2018
Switzerland: FAIRLOG, a new trade union platform in transport and logistics
During December 2017, the SEV, syndicom and Unia unions, all of which are wholly or partly involved with the transport and logistics sectors, established the FAIRLOG alliance as a way of better...
10 January 2018
News update as of January 9, 2018
On the menu: Spanish courts require companies to implement their equal pay plans for interim workers, German metals worker strike action is looming, Italy's Labor Ministry defines call center...
9 January 2018
France: labour law reform fully applicable from 1 January 2018
A set of 26 decrees to implement the five ordinances to reform France’s labour law (for detail, see article n°  10330) were published in the country’s Official Journal before the end of 2017, so...
8 January 2018
Italy: social measures contained in 2018 budget to foster employment of young people
Italy’s 2018 budget law was published on 29 December 2017 in the country’s official journal (Gazzetta Ufficiale). It contains permanent measures to reduce social security charges for individuals...
8 January 2018
ENGIE: signature of a new European agreement on professional equality between women and men
On 21 December 2017, ENGIE and the European Trade Union Federations IndustriAll Europe, EPSU and EFBWW signed a new European agreement extending that of June 2012 on professional equality between...
22 December 2017
EU: the EU Commission seeks to modernize employment contract rules
On 21 December, the EU Commission presented a Directive proposal that would modernize Directive 91/533 requiring employers to provide employees with written communication on essential elements of...
21 December 2017
France: backs the Global Deal initiative
On 17 November, during the Social Summit gathering in Gothenberg, French President Emmanuel Macron announced France’s backing for the Global Deal initiative that was launched in September 2016 by...
21 December 2017
Spain: Minimum wage to rise 4% on 01 January 2018
Spain’s government and social partners have agreed on a gradual rise in the inter-professional minimum monthly salary, which will rise from €707 over 14 months in 2017 to €736 over 14 months in...
21 December 2017
News update as of 20 December 2017
On the menu: In Great Britain labor tribunals are once again swamped with claims as legal fees are done away with for the second time, Belgium’s Labor Minister is looking to regulate email...
20 December 2017
Germany: minimum wage, gender pay equality, pensions, some of the changes set for 01 January 2018
While Germany still waits for a government and with the SPD party, in a U-turn, now agreeing to enter into preliminary discussion’ to extend the former ruling conservative-social democrat grand...
19 December 2017
Sweden: an agreement to better integrate migrants into the labor market
Trade unions and employers’ bodies finally secured an agreement in principle that will enable both the significant numbers of new entrants into the country (In 2015 Sweden welcomed almost 500,000...
19 December 2017
Germany: Opel, the Works Council, and IG Metall have signed a cost cutting agreement that avoids layoffs
On 15 December there was a sigh of relief as management at Opel, PSA’s recent summer purchase, secured a social agreement with representatives from the central works council committee, the Bochum...
18 December 2017
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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
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Germany: launch of the “WE-Fair” alliance for binational training of skilled foreign workers
Germany continues to expand and diversify its initiatives to attract skilled foreign labour from outside the EU. In mid-March 2026, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development...
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EU: co-legislators aim to pivot European Globalisation Adjustment Fund towards restructuring anticipation
On 25 February, the Council of the EU and the Parliament reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposed regulation to expand the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Under the...
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...