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Sweden: differing views on the country’s economic situation are influencing the 2017 negotiations
Unions and employers bodies agree that Sweden needs more flexibility in order to attract investors. Yet is this common declaration enough to come to a real agreement? On 21 December 2016...
16 January 2017
Greece: companies increasingly relying on food coupons
Greece is struggling to emerge from the financial crisis and many companies are looking for ways to cut costs. Thus an increasing number of workers are being remunerated with a selection of...
16 January 2017
Brazil: more than 3 million labor claims in 2016
President Temer telegraphed his labor reform intentions via the goal of tackling the ‘claims industry’; a reference to the weight of legislation surrounding labor relationships that he holds to be...
13 January 2017
United States: 19 States raise the Minimum Wage in 2017
While the federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25/hour since 2009 and the President elect’s administration’s intentions have still be made clear, minimum wage levels have been changing on the...
13 January 2017
Belgium: social partners secure a draft cross-industry agreement for the period 2017-2018
On the evening of 11/12 January Belgium’s social partners secured agreement over a draft cross-industry agreement (AIP) that sets a 1.1% wage margin for the next two years. Further negotiations...
12 January 2017
Italy: Constitutional Court rejects the referendum proposal over dismissals reform
On 11 January, Italy's Constitutional Court admitted two out of the three referenda that the central union body the Cgil had put forward, which aim to revise a number of the key measures in the...
12 January 2017
Poland: following a lowering of the retirement age the government is now looking for ways to finance the measure
On 19 December 2016, Poland’s President promulgated a law that lowers the legal retirement age to 65 for men and 60 for women down from 67 for both. The new thresholds will apply from 01 October...
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12 January 2017
Germany: government gives the green light to a controversial draft law on gender pay equality
In the future money will no longer be a taboo topic in German companies. On 11 January, following years of quarreling, Families Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) finally succeeded in getting the...
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11 January 2017
Italy: strike set for Friday 13 January in the textiles, fashion and footwear sectors
500,000 employees in the textiles-fashion, and leather-shoes sectors will on Friday 13 January stop work in a bid to renew their respective collective agreements that came to term on 31 March...
11 January 2017
Great Britain: mental health at work – a new priority for Theresa May
On 09 January, Theresa May, the UK Prime Minister, launched a major plan to both dispel the stigma surrounding mental health and to improve ‘mental health’, particularly within businesses. To this...
11 January 2017
France: new Renault three-year jobs agreement
Following in the steps of the CFE-CGC and the FO unions, on 09 January it was the turn of the CFDT to approve Renault’s three-year employment agreement which guarantees a certain level of business...
9 January 2017
EU: new limits to be set for worker exposure to chemicals agents
The European Commission is building on past efforts to protect workers exposed to carcinogens and mutagens in the workplace. On 10 January the European Commission presented a series of measures...
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9 January 2017
BNP Paribas: European agreement on the prevention of work-related stress is signed
In a press release on 10 January, French banking group, BNP Paribas announced that a European agreement on the prevention of work-related stress had been signed with two European federations, the...
9 January 2017
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
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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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United Kingdom: government urged to legislate against forced labour
After consulting victims, businesses and NGOs, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) has published a report showing that the UK is lagging behind in the fight against forced labour. The...
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EU: European Parliament calls for a directive on just transition
On 20 January, MEPs approved, with 420 votes in favour, an own-initiative report calling for a just transition directive. The text calls for the protection of workers to be guaranteed in the...
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