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Greece: vote over a new agreement as well as the country’s fourteenth pension reform
On 18 May Greece’s parliament votes on an agreement that was concluded during the Eurogroup in Malta on 07 April. In it Greece signs up to a 2% reduction in expenditure between 2019 and 2020...
18 May 2017
Briefly: chemical sector agreement in Belgium
Planet Labor, 18 May 2017, nº10214 - www.planetlabor.com
18 May 2017
Great Britain: real wages fall for the first time since 2014
Average weekly income (excl. bonuses) rose 2.1% in March in the UK, which is just below the current inflation rate of 2.3%. This is the first fall in real wages in three years. Unions are worried...
17 May 2017
Germany: metals workers seek more independence over deciding their working time
On 16 May and ahead of the metal sector collective negotiations that are scheduled to start this autumn, IG Metall president Jörg Hoffmann presented the results of the second part of the ‘giant’...
17 May 2017
OECD National Contact Point for France accepts a complaint filed by a US trade union against the Natixis banking group
In an landmark case, US employees at a California-based luxury hotel have filed a complaint against Natixis, the US subsidiary of which, AEW Capital Management, oversees the site in question...
Spain: those in precarious occupations mobilize to defend their rights
Independent freelancers, workers on very short-term contracts, and ad hoc workers operating in sectors that are well under the trade unions radars are turning to social networks to mobilize...
16 May 2017
United States: US bosses earn 347 times more than the average rank and file
An AFL-CIO study has roundly criticized the growing pay gap between big stock market quoted company CEOs and regular employees. The labor group is calling for more transparence within businesses...
16 May 2017
Brexit : an interview with Elena Crasta, the UK Trade Union Congress’ Brussels-based European officer
On 5 May, the TUC published a worrying study on the negative impact that Brexit appears set to have on working rights of workers in Europe (see article n° 10192). Is the view put forward by the...
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15 May 2017
Italy: law on Smart Working and independent working is definitively adopted
At its final reading on 10 May, Italy’s Senate finally adopted the law on measures that both protect independent workers and for the first time address Smart Working (flexibility over working time...
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11 May 2017
Denmark: government looks to simplify employment regulations and better take into account new labor market realities
Denmark’s government is seeking to better take changes in the labor market into account by simplifying employment regulations and improving its appraisal of new forms of independent work so as to...
11 May 2017
India: update on recent labor law reforms
Since coming to power in 2014, Narendra Modi’s government has been trying to carry out one of its major campaign promises that is to completely overhaul India’s labor law situation although...
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11 May 2017
Germany: chemicals sector’s social partners in Germany’s northeast adopt a landmark agreement on working time
At the close of the fifth round of negotiations on 09 May in Potsdam and true to their reputation as innovative social partners, the chemical union IG BCE together with the employers’ organization...
10 May 2017
EU: Commission seeks to shape globalization
On 10 May the European Commission published a reflection document entitled, ‘Harnessing Globalisation’ affirming that solutions do not lie in national protectionism or in isolationism, or indeed...
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10 May 2017
EU: Peter Hartz, architect of Germany’s 2010 Hartz Reforms Plan, is calling on France and Germany to combine their efforts in tackling Europe’s youth unemployment.
The well-known former human resources executive at the German public company Volkswagen AG (VW) and the man behind the controversial 2002-2005 labor market reforms has come front stage once again...
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10 May 2017
Italy: 13 major companies sign a call-center code of conduct protocol
Signed on 04 May by both Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and Minister of Economic Development Carlo Calenda this protocol defines the set of best social and business practices for customer service...
9 May 2017
EU: report on social protection access for non-standard and independent workers across 35 countries
Converging social protection schemes for non-standard workers towards those in operation for regular employees, establishing a minimum standard of social protection for every worker irrespective...
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9 May 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
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14 October 2025
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France: Decathlon introduces a ‘duty to respect others’ right to disconnect’
A right-to-disconnect agreement was signed in late September for the French arm of the Decathlon sports retail group. It sets out a "duty to respect others’ right to disconnect" and provides...
14 November 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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France: construction sector turns to long-term partial activity scheme
Amid the ongoing economic crisis hitting France’s construction sector, social partners in the public works industry (350,000 employees) signed an agreement at the end of October enabling companies...
21 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Ireland: 2026-2030 action plan launched to promote collective bargaining
Irish employment minister Peter Burke announced on 5 November the launch of the Action Plan to Promote Collective Bargaining 2026–2030. Developed jointly with the Irish Congress of Trade...
20 November 2025