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Spain: government announces 8% minimum wage increase, negotiated with socialist opposition
The agreed rise will bring the country’s minimum wage from €655.20 up to €707.61 per month over a 14-month period, which the government says marks the biggest change for 30 years. The trade unions...
2 December 2016
Amnesty International highlights human rights violations in the palm oil sector including at ‘sustainable’ plantations
In a report published on 30 November, Amnesty International denounces social and human rights violations in Indonesia’s palm oil sector that are occurring on such a scale as to call into question...
Germany: collective agreement reached in temporary industry applicable until 2019
On Wednesday 30 November, social partners from the temporary work sector put forward an outline for an agreement that offers wage increases in four phases. The size of the raises varies according...
2 December 2016
News update as of 01 December 2016
On the menu : France/draft law on multinational companies due diligence should be adopted by end January/beginning February 2017; Great Britain/the gig economy is at the center of an independent...
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30 November 2016
Spain : three questions to Gonzalo Pino, UGT Union Policy secretary
Gonzalo Pino, UGT Policy Unit secretary explained to Planet Labor why the organization is taking the lead over salaries, following years of a more moderate position.
30 November 2016
Portugal: retirement age rises in 2017 and early retirement pensions will be more heavily penalized
On 29 November the Portugal’s budget was adopted. Retirement age is extended by three months in 2017 to sixty-six years and three months, and by a further month in 2018. In addition, early...
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30 November 2016
United States: a future pro-working class yet anti-union President ?
It is a well-known fact that Donald Trump the businessman and the trade unions are not the best of friends. However how will their relationship develop as the President-elect has to implement a...
30 November 2016
EU: gender based violence, a topic for unions and collective bargaining
On 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) published a study called ‘Safe at home – Safe at work’ that...
Germany: Labor Minister gives details on draft reforms aiming to meet the challenges of the digital transformation including boosting lifelong training and more labor flexibility
During a conference held in Berlin on 29 November, a year and a half after sounding the starting gun to ‘national dialogue on the future of work in the digital age, the Minister for Labor and...
29 November 2016
Great Britain: PM Theresa May wants more transparency in executive pay
On Tuesday 29 November, UK PM Theresa May unveiled proposals for the government’s future corporate governance reforms. In particular the PM intends for measures to put an end to excessive pay and...
29 November 2016
Spain: a hotel leader criticizes working conditions in the hospitality sector
Antonio Catalan, president of the Marriott AC Hotels chain has criticized hotels for using temporary employment and precarious working conditions as their basis for growth. His words echo those of...
29 November 2016
Italy: metal industry social partners reach draft deal on new national collective agreement for the sector
The talks were long deadlocked on the issue of wage raises, but the social partners appear to have resolved the thorny issue, satisfying both the needs of workers and the demands of companies...
28 November 2016
Spain: unions to mobilise in December and protest against the government’s lack of commitment to social dialogue
The head of Spain’s government met with social partners on 24 November, in a meeting which should have marked the reopening of the country’s social agenda. However, the encounter ended in deadlock...
28 November 2016
Argentina: jobs pact until March 2017
During the week of 21 November Argentina’s government announced that the employers’ associations and unions had signed an agreement, the goal of which is to stave off redundancies against a tense...
28 November 2016
Germany: grand coalition takes steps to make company pensions more attractive
On 25 November, after a meeting of the parties which form Germany’s coalition government – the CDU, CSU and SPD –, Andrea Nahles, of the SPD and minster for social affairs, presented an outline of...
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25 November 2016
EU: chemicals sector social partners sign a joint declaration on digitalization
On Tuesday 22 November, IndustriAll Europe (unions) and the ECEG (employers) signed a joint declaration* on the social and employment related aspects of digitalisation, and in particular they...
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25 November 2016
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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...
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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...
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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...
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