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“We’re not perfect, but we have empathy and we provide stimulating professions.” Thus the substance of Deutsche Bahn’s (DB) landmark recruitment campaign, launched in May 2017, and which on 19...

8 November 2017

Great Britain: 150,000 workers wages rise following an increase in the real living wage

Since 2011, the Living Wage Foundation sets an annual living wage rate that thousands of employers apply on a voluntary basis for their employees ages 18 and over. This time the foundation has...

7 November 2017

United States: corruption scandal investigation involving UAW autoworker training funds

US automaker-financed training center funds, which are managed by the UAW, are at the heart of a major legal investigation into corruption.

7 November 2017

Good practice guide for firms to implement a minimum level of social protection for employees, across their global operations

The International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Sécurité Sociale, a French higher education institution specialising in social security, teamed up in 2016 to...

4 November 2017

Argentina: government launches labour reform push

Following the legislative elections on 22 October, the coalition led by centre-right president Mauricio Macri has emerged as the electoral force. This week the political grouping, named Cambiemos...

3 November 2017

United Kingdom: eight leading companies commit to tackling slavery

The first Business Against Slavery Forum was held in London in October. The event brought together the chief executives of eight leading UK companies, including banking groups Barclays and HSBC as...

3 November 2017

Brazil: industry trade unions in São Paulo support inserting a ‘safeguard clause’ into agreements, so as to protect from the effects of labour reform

During an assembly organised by the CUT, Brazil’s Unified Workers’ Central, which brought together trade unions from various sectors, the principle and terms of a so-called ‘safeguard clause’ were...

2 November 2017

India: Aadhaar identity number a boon for HR departments but a source of worry for defenders of civil liberties

The Aadhaar is a unique identity number linked to individuals’ demographic and biometric information. With no identity card system in place in India, this unique identity number allows more and...

2 November 2017

Finland: country set for a wave of collective agreements allowing greater flexibility via company-level deals

On 30 October, the Finnish Industrial Union (Teollisuusliitto), formerly the metalworkers’ union, announced that it has negotiated a new collective agreement with the sector’s employer...

2 November 2017

Switzerland: innovative collective agreement signed at retail group Coop

On Wednesday 27 October, social partners at Switzerland’s second-largest retail/wholesale group Coop presented a new collective labour agreement, which will apply from 2018 until 2021. This...

31 October 2017

Slovenia: Mini Labour Reform enacted

The Slovene parliament adopted the so called "Mini Labour Reform" by enacting amendments to the Labour Regulations Act and the Labour Inspection Act. This reform does not include amendments to the...

31 October 2017

News update as of October 30, 2017

On the menu : Catalonian independence row causes exodus of firms, BusinessEurope prepared to negotiate revision to the Written Statement Directive, Bill to reduce the pay gap between men and women...

30 October 2017

United States: AFL CIO union federation backs President Trump’s NAFTA negotiations

Leaders of the union federation AFL-CIO that groups some 56 unions have converged on some areas in the NAFTA renegotiations

26 October 2017

Italy: banking social partners institute a bilateral commission on responsible selling of financial products

The ‘code of good conduct’ signed in February 2017 by both the banking employers’ body (ABI- Associazione Bancaria Italiana) and the trade unions (FABI, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, UGL, Uilca, and...

26 October 2017

Lithuania: a tri-partite agreement aimed at giving fresh impetus to the country

On 16 October the government, together with employers and unions signed an agreement that intends for several reforms, especially as regards developing collective bargaining and making the country...

26 October 2017

France: the government presents its roadmap for apprenticeships, vocational training and unemployment insurance

This roadmap is the ‘second stage in renewing the social model’ after the first reform of the Labor Code stage, and as sought by President Emmanuel Macron. Following discussions with the social...

25 October 2017

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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying

Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...

9 September 2026

Germany: a “simplification” proposal for the Corporate Governance Code

In early August, the Government Commission presented proposals to reform the Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK), Germany’s Corporate Governance Code. The proposals are primarily aimed at...

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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations

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