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Spain: the government looks to introduce individual compensation funds for employment termination according to the Austrian model
Spain’s Labor Minister has announced a raft of new labor reforms, the main one of which is the implementation of individual compensation funds for employment termination, which would clear the way...
14 December 2016
Germany: from 2018 Deutsche Bahn rail workers can choose between more money or more time off
Deutsche Bahn (DB) management and the large EVG rail union (Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft) have written a new page in the history books. In Berlin on 12 December and following five rounds of...
13 December 2016
Spain: employees at the Vitoria Mercedes Benz (Basque region) site approve a new collective agreement against a backdrop of significant union division
The agreement intends for a 1.8% annual pay rise and permanent employment contracts for some 1,000 employees currently on temporary employment contracts. The agreement, negotiated solely by the...
13 December 2016
France: first working meeting on independent drivers between Uber and the CFDT union
Representatives from both Uber and the CFDT transport union met on 12 December to discuss the changing nature of the freelance chauffeur driver profession. At the close of the meeting a working...
13 December 2016
United Kingdom: punishments for companies which fail to report their gender pay gap
A bill which will force big companies to report the pay gap between men and women every year from 2018 has finally been unveiled. Such firms, which will need to include consultants and some...
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9 December 2016
EU : permanent adoption of new rules on occupational pension funds
On 8 December 2016, the Council adopted a directive on institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORP 2), aimed at facilitating their cross-border development. According to the European...
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9 December 2016
Argentina: planned mobilisation in the banking sector following foreign bank grouping’s refusal to sign agreement on salaries
Argentina’s banking sector appears set for a stormy week. The Asociación Bancaria, the union of banking workers, has announced a 24-hour strike which will take place on Thursday 15 December, and...
9 December 2016
Great Britain: reforms to employment tribunal system to include more digitalisation
As part of wider justice reforms the UK government has launched an open consultation to reform the employment tribunal system, which enjoys separate status within the UK’s justice system. Whilst...
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8 December 2016
Germany: Continental and the IG Metall and IG BCE unions adopt an innovative agreement for students in dual-training
In Germany dual-training at third level education standard is in full-swing, and the Continental group together with the metals unions IG Metall and the chemicals union IG BCE announced they had...
8 December 2016
Great Britain: agreement over pensions to save jobs at Tata Steel
The 'Save our Steel' campaign that UK unions have been running for several months is yielding results in so far as on 07 December the Indian Steel company Tata Steel committed to remaining in the...
8 December 2016
France: a look back at François Hollande’s social laws as his five-year presidential term comes to a close…
Following President François Hollande’s announcement on 01 December that he would not be standing as a candidate in the Socialist party’s primary elections, and thus he would not be standing for a...
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7 December 2016
News update as of 7 December 2016
On the menu : Michel Barnier sets a course for the Brexit negotiations, Unite leader resigns in a calculated move (UK), main axes of pension reforms in Brazil, Greek public and private sector...
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6 December 2016
Greece: better access to mediation by the labor inspectorate for individual disputes
The current provisions date to legislation from 2011 and weren’t really used due to inefficacy. On 08 August a decree was adopted that establishes a labor inspectorate platform (S.E.P.E.) in a bid...
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6 December 2016
Spain: Basque social partners agree to come to the table in a bid to secure a specific framework for the region’s collective negotiations
Following years of confrontation, Euskadi’s (Basque country) four main union bodies and the region’s employers’ body have come together to jointly draw up a cross-industry agreement that will set...
6 December 2016
Audi looking to replace vehicle production lines at its new sites
More than a hundred years after Henry Ford invented the vehicle production line, Germany’s carmaker Audi is on the brink of revolutionizing its own production processes. Out go the traditional...
5 December 2016
Finland: new decentralised negotiation model hinders push to reach agreements for 2017
Traditionally, the model for negotiations in Finland has been heavily centralised. Trade unions, employers and the government would negotiate a tri-partite central deal to establish minimum wage...
5 December 2016
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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