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News updates as of 26 January 2016
On the menu : Portuguese parliamentary deputies reject lower employers’ contributions, starting salaries fall in the face of rising unemployment in Brazil, UK government called on to out an end to...
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25 January 2017
Italy: draft agreements for renewing oil-energy and electricity sectors collective agreements
On 25 January, following more than a year of negotiations, the social partners in both the oil-energy and the electricity sectors secured draft agreements to renew their respective collective...
25 January 2017
Germany: for 2017 IG Metall is looking to consolidate the collective agreements system and promote an employee-oriented working time policy
On 25 January during the German IG Metall annual conference, the president of the metals and electrotechnical union Jörg Hofmann presented a profile of the union’s membership for 2016 whilst also...
25 January 2017
EU: the EU Commission finalizes its project for a European Pillar of Social Rights
With the public consultation process having been completed in December 2016, the EU Commission can now finalize its White Paper for a European Pillar of Social Rights due to be published in March...
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24 January 2017
Great Britain: Brexit consequence – banks relocating from the City
Since the UK’s announcement that it would be leaving the EU Single Market, London’s banking community has increasingly made plans to relocate its City of London staff. Bosses from leading...
24 January 2017
Great Britain: Theresa May’s industrial plan underlines shift to more state intervention
Firmly focused on preparing for the post-Brexit era, on 23 January the UK government confirmed its intention to turn the Thatcher page and strengthen ties between the State and business. To this...
23 January 2017
Brazil: industries federation indicates that 152,500 industrial sector jobs were lost in 2016 in São Paulo
For the sixth year in a row, the São Paulo industrial basin, Latin America’s biggest has seen the number of jobs fall across the industry sector. On Thursday 19 January the Industry Federation for...
23 January 2017
United States: Philadelphia addresses gender wage gap
Philadelphia State’s capital, Philadelphia will soon be one of the first US cities to make it illegal for employers to ask job applicants about their wage history. The aim is to tackle the gender...
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23 January 2017
Argentina: government, companies and unions strike deal to maintain jobs in southern oil field Vaca Muerta, an agreement hailed as an example to follow by President Macri
Following lengthy negotiations and a period marked by strike action as well as dismissals, the Argentinian government and the oil sector trade union announced an unprecedented deal regarding the...
20 January 2017
BNP Paribas: interview with Jean-François Bourrée, head of social policy and social affairs, on the European agreement to prevent work related stress
Jean-François Bourrée reviews the negotiations over as well as the content of the bank’s European agreement on the prevention of work-related stress that was signed on 10 January with the EWC...
20 January 2017
News update as of 19 January 2017
On the menu : Coca Cola Fuenlabrada (Madrid, Spain), legal outcome but no dispute, Wales against the Trade Union Act, Deustche Bank employees no longer allowed sending text messages , MasterCard...
18 January 2017
Italy: mixed report on the Jobs Act’s first two years
The Jobs Act (c.f. article No. 8763), Renzi’s government’s key measure, when implemented, was applauded by Europe’s institutions as one of Italy’s most anticipated reforms. Its aim was to...
18 January 2017
Spain: the Basque region’s social partners sign an agreement prioritizing regional social agreements over national collective negotiations
On 17 January, employers’ body Confebask together with the four main Basque region’s trade union bodies (ELA, LAB, CCOO, and UGT) secured a cross-industry agreement that dedicates a specific forum...
18 January 2017
China: strike action multiplies because of foreign companies’ workers’ fears over their potential transfer to Chinese companies
2016 was a year marked by a series of significant strike action in multinational companies because of workers being transferred to Chinese national companies. The mobilization efforts are an...
18 January 2017
Great Britain: Theresa May worries unions and employers by saying goodbye to the European single market
Theresa May’s shock announcement that the UK would be leaving the EU single market has raised significant worries and doubts for both unions and employers in spite of the fact that the PM’s much...
17 January 2017
Germany: the DGB wants social justice at the heart of the electoral campaign
At the start of what is to be an electoral year in Germany, punctuated initially by regional elections in Saarland, Schleswig Holstein, and North Rhine-Westphalia, and later in September by the...
16 January 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...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
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
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The International Labour Organisation published its Employment ans Social Trends 2026 on 14 January. It anticipates unemployment stabilising in 2026 and employment growth of 1%, driven by...
16 January 2026
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On 19 January 2026, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu decided to invoke Article 49.3 of the Constitution to pass France's 2026 budget without a vote in the National Assembly. Three days...
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