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India: Darjeeling tea pickers are on strike for over 80 days
In India’s prized Darjeeling tea region, tea pickers continue their strike action that they started in June. Trade unions have allied with the separatist Gorkha People’s Liberation Front and are...
5 September 2017
Norway: draft law clarifies part-time workers’ pre-emptive rights
Following calls by both the Confederation of Unions for Professionals, Norway (Unio) and the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), the country’s government has presented a draft law...
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5 September 2017
News update as of September 4, 2017
South Korea/Government plans to amend regulation to limit wage disputes, following ruling against Kia Motors. The announcement, which was made on Friday 1 September, came one day after a South...
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1 September 2017
Finland: a make or break autumn following the employers’ decision to decentralize collective agreement negotiations
In March 2016 Finland’s employers took an historic decision to put an end to the country’s system of top down cascading negotiation. Thus no longer will collective agreement negotiations start at...
1 September 2017
France : the government presents its set of labor law reform ordinances
On 31 August, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe together with the labor Minister, Muriel Pénicaud present five ordinances under the enabling legislative framework adopted on 02 August. This...
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31 August 2017
Germany: insurance sector pay to rise 3.7% over 29 months
On Wednesday 30 August following three waves of strike action and an unusual two-month negotiations hiatus, the insurance sector social partners compromised on a sector agreement that includes a...
31 August 2017
Argentina: agricultural sector remains black sheep amid fight against child labour
With Argentina gearing up to host the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour, on 14th and 16th November in Buenos Aires, the country’s government insists that the issue...
UK: large firms will need to make their pay gaps public
In order to polish the image of companies in the UK that have been tarnished by scandals, Theresa May’s Conservative government has unveiled a corporate governance reform. Made public on 29...
29 August 2017
Italy: social partners prepare for dialogue after summer break
Negotiations between the Italian government and social partners, which had got under way in July, are set to resume in the coming days. On Wednesday, the country’s labour minister Giuliano Poletti...
29 August 2017
Portugal: strike at Volkswagen factory after employees reject pre-agreement with trade unions
Workers at AutoEuropa, the Volkswagen factory in Setubal, near the Portuguese capital Lisbon, are set to strike on Wednesday 30 August. They are opposing the move to a six-day working week, which...
29 August 2017
Turkey: new measures to foster flexible working time in tourism and the use of sub-contractors
The Turkish government has recently promulgated a series of rules to promote flexible working time in the tourism sector. The changes also look to bolster employers’ right of appeal, when they are...
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29 August 2017
Suspension of our information thread for our summer vacation
Our information thread will be stopped during our summer break, from July 31 to August 28 included. The website and the archives remain available during that period. The whole Planet Labor team...
28 July 2017
Spain: nationwide salary negotiations break down
Following more than eight months of talks, social partners appear to have thrown in the towel. Unless there is a late twist, there will be no framework agreement on wages to guide collective...
28 July 2017
In brief, Rio Tinto commits to changing its attitude towards trade unions
The campaign led by IndustriALL Global Union that has targeted Rio Tinto, the Australian-British metals and mining corporation, is most probably one of the most tenacious pursued by an...
28 July 2017
News update as of July 26, 2017
Last minute : today the UK government has said it will abolish the charging of employment tribunal fees and reimburse those that have paid them. The decision follows a ruling from the country's...
25 July 2017
China: the first case law on online employment relationship provides a better view on future legal trends
The People’s Court of Beijing Chaoyang District has tried and wound up China’s first judicial case involving labor disputes related to online employment, and the judge deciding on the case has...
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25 July 2017
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On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
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Germany: bill adopted to step up fight against illegal employment
On Thursday 13 November, Germany's Bundestag passed a bill to modernise and digitalise the country’s system for tackling undeclared work and financial crime. In future, the relevant department at...
20 November 2025
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EU: legislative deal struck to ease international recruitment in shortage occupations
On 18 November, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament reached an agreement on the regulation creating the so-called 'Talent Pool', a digital platform designed to ease recruitment in...
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