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News update as of 27 April 2017

This newsletter devotes most space to the social package that the European Commission presented on 26 April (see our articles n°10176 and 10177) includes a detour that examines an interesting...

26 April 2017

EU: the Commission launches a new directive on parental leave as well as a debate on the rights of non-standard workers

The European Commission’s social package, presented on 26 April, seeks to re-inject a social dimension in the European project, thereby aligning Europe’s citizens with the EU. Reflection papers of...

26 April 2017

EU : Tomorrow’s Social Europe undergoing a thorough debate

The EU social package of 26 April is turned unremittingly towards the future. Alongside other initiatives (see our article n°10175), the European Commission is effectively proposing a European...

26 April 2017

Germany: metals workers call for the right to lifelong training and for the right to disconnect in the digital age

With just five months remaining to the federal elections on 24th September, Berlin based IG Metall President Jörg Hoffmann presented the results of the first part of a ‘giant’ consultation process...

25 April 2017

Spain: Adecco group’s multiservice companies sign an agreement that protects employee rights

Trade unions announced the signing of a joint collective agreement for two multiservice enterprises in the Adecco group; Adecco Outsourcing and Atlas Servicios Empresariales, whereby both...

25 April 2017

Germany: SAP introduces the right to work on a part-time basis for a fixed period time

While Germany’s Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, Andrea Nahles (SPD) is doing her utmost, albeit currently with little success, to introduce legislation giving workers working on a...

25 April 2017

News update as of 24 April 2017

On the menu : German metal industry agrees four-year limit for temporary workers, final adoption of law abolishing so-called ‘vouchers’ in Italy.

20 April 2017

Brazil: government prepares for a major reform to the Labor Code

A draft reform of Brazil’s Labor Code, Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho (CLT), is expected to be submitted to the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia on 25 April. Below Planet Labor outlines a...

20 April 2017

Sweden: collective agreements for the commercial and IT sectors

Following the industry sector agreement (c.f. article No. 10145) Sweden’s collective negotiations continue apace. Three agreements have been signed in the commercial sector for workers in...

20 April 2017

United States: President Trump signs his first ‘Buy American, Hire American’ executive order

On 18 April, President Trump signed an executive order that kick starts reforms to the H1B visa program, which allows 85,000 foreigners, engineers, programmers, and scientists to work in the US...

18 April 2017

News update as of 19 April 2017

On the menu : Starbucks will extend healthcare to Chinese employees’ parents, Lithuanian Labor code reform soon to come into force, a code of ethics for the labor inspectorate in France.

18 April 2017

China: first report published on reform to the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)

China’s only officially authorized trade union the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has traditionally allied itself with the business community in a bid to maintain social peace and...

18 April 2017

Philippines: Rodrigo Duterte’s government’s new sub-contracting regulations leave both unions and employers unhappy

Signed on 16 March 2017 by Secretary of State Silvestre Bello III this Department Order (DO) looks to combat excessive recourse to ‘contracting’ and its most negative effects; the use of...

18 April 2017

News update as of April 13, 2017

On the menu : Fresh strike action for the leather-footwear sector in Italy, US Labor Department denounces ‘systematic’ wage inequality at Google, Spanish Supreme Court rules on the recording of...

11 April 2017

France: company referendum to renew social dialogue?

France’s Labor Law adopted in August 2016 comprehensively changes the rules of company negotiation. The law intends for the widespread usage of majority agreements, whilst still allowing for...

11 April 2017

Auchan Retail: global agreement signed with UNI Global is put online (French version only)

French retail chain Auchan signed a global agreement with the international union organization UNI Global on 17 March.

11 April 2017

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