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EU: European union federations start setting out the changes they want seen effected in the EU Directive on EWCs
On 31 January the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW), the European Federation of Trade Unions in the Food, Agriculture and Tourism (EFFAT), the European Public Services Union...
2 March 2017
How Carrefour implements its diversity policy in Argentina
Within a legal context that strange to the topic of Corporate Social Responsiblity and diversity, the French distributer applies its group-wide defined norms and has established a set of measures...
EU: five scenarios for a Europe of tomorrow
The European Commission is placing the Member States face to face with their responsibilities. On 01 March the European Commission presented a white paper that lays out five scenarios for the...
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2 March 2017
News update as of 1 March 2017
On the menu: Chinese industry salaries are catching up on their Greek and Portuguese counterparts, Finnish trade unions develop initiatives in response to the gig economy, Uber’s sexual harassment...
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28 February 2017
Great Britain: companies urged to raise employee ethnic diversity
In a shock report commissioned by the UK government and published on 28 February it was revealed that treating black and minority ethnic (BME) employees in the same way as other employees could...
28 February 2017
Spain: souring relations between employers’ bodies and unions over the national framework agreement negotiations on salaries and collective bargaining
Since the end of 2016, discussions between the social partners on a framework for salary recommendations, which should have come into force on 01 January 2017, and which should allow businesses to...
28 February 2017
Italy: insurance sector national collective agreement renewed
On 22 February and more than three years after the previous collective agreement reached its term, social partners in the insurance sector came to a draft agreement for renewing the national...
28 February 2017
Belgium: bill adopted to make labour law more flexible
On Thursday 22 February, the country’s lower house adopted a bill to reform the country’s labour law. The plans will relax legislation on working time, create a framework for occasional telework...
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27 February 2017
Austria: bonus for employing local workers
Last week, the Austrian government set out plans for a new recruitment subsidy (Beschäftigungsbonus) for the hiring of local workers. This measure, which will be funded with 2 billion euros and is...
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27 February 2017
EU: “We need a pay rise for social and macroeconomic reasons”, interview with Luca Visentini, General Secretary of ETUC
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) launched a campaign on 14 February 2017 to demand a pay rise for workers throughout Europe. For its General Secretary Luca Visentini, the European...
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24 February 2017
United Kingdom: Uber and Deliveroo in plea for greater protection of freelance workers
When questioned by a UK parliamentary commission over how the so-called gig economy’s boom has affected the country’s social protection system, bosses at the mobile application Uber and the food...
24 February 2017
Vigeo Eiris study on businesses and human rights: focus on commitments to freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining
Following on from yesterday’s article on Vigeo Eiris’ study (see article n°10081), we are now looking in greater deal at what the agency highlights as regards how companies address employees’...
Solvay: global agreement signed on social protection floor for all employees
On the evening of 22 February, Belgian chemicals company Solvay signed an agreement with its global forum for social dialogue that puts in place a social protection floor, dubbed Solvay Cares, for...
23 February 2017
News update as of 22 February 2017
On the menu : PSA next to reassure employees and government authorities over potential Opel-Vauxhall takeover, Belgium/ pre-agreement reached on redundancy plan at Caterpillar in Gosselies, but...
20 February 2017
Vigeo Eiris publishes new study on companies and respect of human rights
A new study conducted by non-financial rating agency Vigeo Eiris, which looks at corporate conduct in terms of the respect of fundamental human rights, reveals that few companies make a tangible...
Italy: renewal of collective agreement in textile and fashion sector
Following 10 months of negotiations and a 16-hour strike, social partners from the textile, clothing and fashion sector managed to reach a draft agreement on the renewal of their collective...
20 February 2017
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
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
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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
5 March 2026
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Germany: launch of the “WE-Fair” alliance for binational training of skilled foreign workers
Germany continues to expand and diversify its initiatives to attract skilled foreign labour from outside the EU. In mid-March 2026, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development...
26 March 2026
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
13 March 2026
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...
6 March 2026