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News updates as of 10 January 2017
On the menu : United States/ automaker bosses under pressure, Spain/UGT union bares its teeth, Great Britain/ courts consider gig economy bike-delivery worker as an employee
9 January 2017
Argentina: foreign bank grouping lends support to salary agreement reached in December
After a month of negotiations, deadlocks, mediation by the labour ministry and go-slows, the decision was made to go back to an initial agreement on wage raises in the banking sector. The terms...
9 January 2017
Denmark: industry sector commences negotiations
On 5 January, negotiations got under way between Dansk Industri (DI) and Co-Industri, the Central Organisation of Industrial Employees in Denmark, which brings together nine unions including the...
9 January 2017
Bulgaria : minimum wage, pensions, unemployment benefits – the changes for the year 2017
From the beginning of this year, some changes affecting the labour market came into force in Bulgaria.
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9 January 2017
News updates as of 6 January 2017
On the menu : UK appoints first-ever ‘defender’ of employment law, merger of four main finish industry sector unions planned for 2017, Uber driver considered an employee by Swiss work accident...
4 January 2017
Germany: labour minister hopeful of law to facilitate move from part-time to full-time work
Andrea Nahles, Germany’s minister for labour and social affairs, has drawn up a bill to supplement the country’s existing law “on temporary and part-time work” (Teilzeit- und Befristungsgesetz)...
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4 January 2017
Turkey: employees obliged to pay into pension funds
As of 2 January 2017, Turkish companies with more than 1,000 members of staff will need to make arrangements for their employees to pay into at least one private pension fund. The measure, which...
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4 January 2017
Would you like to know more about Valter Sanches, the new General Secretary of IndustriAll Global, the global trade union federation for industry?
An interview is available on the federation’s website, where Mr Sanches talks about his journey and what he has planned for the union.
4 January 2017
Brazil: Michel Temer presents labour law reform
In the week of Christmas, Brazilian president Michel Temer presented the final draft of his reform to the country’s labour law. The draft – which is portrayed as being inspired by European...
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3 January 2017
Germany: minimum wage, interim work, pensions and retirement… changes in line for 2017
The first rise in the legal minimum wage since it was introduced in January 2015, a new decree law on occupational health and safety, stronger rights for interim workers, ‘flexible retirement’…...
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3 January 2017
Portugal: the minimum wage moves to €557, effect offset by lower employers’ social contributions
The social partners agreed to raise the gross monthly national minimum wage (SMN) from €530 to €557 as of 01 January 2017. This rise is to be offset by a 1.25% drop in employers’ social...
3 January 2017
Best wishes for a happy and enlightening 2017
The team at Planet Labor would like to wish you and your families a happy and healthy new year.
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2 January 2017
France: flagship measures come into force as part of labour law reform
Of the measures contained in the reform to France’s labour law, which were adopted in July last year (see article n°9784) and came into force at the very start of 2017, that regarding the right to...
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2 January 2017
Argentina: health cover for workers in the informal economy
The first step has been taken towards setting up health cover for workers employed in Argentina’s ‘popular’ economy. The government has indicated, via the press, that it is positively oriented...
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2 January 2017
Suspension of the information thread during Christmas break
Dear readers, as we approach the end of the year we inform you we will be suspending our regular service from the evening of 22 December until the morning of 02 January 2017. As always our...
21 December 2016
News update as of 22 December 2016
On the menu : veto referendum jeopardizes some of the Jobs Act’s key measures (Italy), government Rajoy’s labor reforms also under threat (Spain), could the due diligence requirement be...
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21 December 2016
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20 October 2025
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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