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Great Britain: Aviva pledges 25% of headcount will be older than 50 by 2022
The insurance giant is looking to set an example by hiring 1,000 over-50s over the next five years. This ‘senior-friendly’ policy come sa year after Andy Briggs, chief executive of the Aviva UK...
3 October 2017
Portugal: a law on workplace harassment comes into force
Going forward victims of moral or sexual harassment in a company or administrative service in Portugal will be afforded better protection. The law adopted in August 2017, and which came into force...
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3 October 2017
Portugal: pension reductions for early retirement abolished for individuals with long careers
Individuals in Portugal who have had lengthy careers will be able to take early retirement, without seeing their pension reduced. Around 15,000 people will be affected by this first phase of...
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2 October 2017
Belgium: banking sector collective agreement for 2017-18 targets industry response to digitalisation
On 29 September, social partners from the Belgian banking sector reached a deal on a new collective agreement. For the first time, the agreement includes a supplementary pay rise guarantee and...
2 October 2017
Spain: ‘civic work stoppage’ and general strike planned in Catalonia tomorrow (brief)
On 2 October, the leadership of the regional strands of the CCOO and UGT – Spain’s largest trade union groupings – announced that an agreement had been reached in principle on the previous day to...
2 October 2017
Spain: Balearic Islands’ hotel sector breaks with trend of wage moderation with a 17% pay rise spread over four years
The Federación Empresarial Hotelera de Mallorca, a hotels federation on the Spanish island, reached a deal on quality employment in the hotel sector with the CCOO and UGT trade unions on 28...
29 September 2017
United Kingdom: employers and unions join forces to demand that citizens’ rights be guaranteed after Brexit
While negotiations over the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union continue to stagnate, with EU negotiator Michel Barnier yesterday estimating that it would take months for talks to...
29 September 2017
United States: Supreme Court again to examine payment of union fees (brief)
The United States Supreme Court has agreed to once again study the obligation for public-sector employees to pay union fees. So-called fair share fees are paid by non-members to unions that strike...
29 September 2017
News update as of September 28, 2017
On the menu : Canada is looking to insert 'strong mechanisms of protection relating to work at the very heart of the agreement' in the futur NAFTA, Irish government looking to ban zero hours...
26 September 2017
France: decree published raising legal rate of dismissal compensation
In the 26 September Journal Officiel a decree is published raising the legal rate of dismissal compensation to 1/4 of monthly salary per career year for the first ten career years which is the...
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26 September 2017
A foretaste of the G7 29 and 30 September Labor meeting (Turin, Italy)
Between 25 and 30 September, Turin is hosting G7 Innovation week, including three key ministerial meetings, namely Industry/ICT (25-26 Sept), Science (27-28 Sept), and Labor and Employment (29-30...
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26 September 2017
United States: trade unions gain ground in Vice Media
Trade unions have successfully gained a presence at Vice Media; an up and coming New York online media empire. 430 writers and producers at the company have decided to join the writers guild of...
26 September 2017
EU: Commission ready to adopt legislation on minimum rights for all workers by year end
The European Commission has just launched the second phase of consultation with social partners on a possible revision of the so-called Written Statement Directive, which applies to employment...
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25 September 2017
Brexit: negotiations recommence Monday, following May’s first public call for a transition period
The fourth round of Brexit negotiations are scheduled to commence today, Monday 25 September, in Brussels. The recommencement of talks comes days after a speech from UK prime minister Theresa May...
25 September 2017
France: government publishes labour law reforms
On Saturday 23 September, the French government published a series of labour law reforms, to be enacted via five ordonnances (ordinances). The reforms were adopted at the end of last week by the...
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25 September 2017
News update as of September 22, 2017
Spain/Government proposes discussion with social partners over temporary contract with rising protection. With social partners having recommenced dialogue on Monday 18 September, the Spanish...
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21 September 2017
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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...
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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...
5 March 2026
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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...
13 March 2026
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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...
26 March 2026
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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...
2 March 2026
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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...
6 March 2026