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United Kingdom: UCATT and Unite agree to merge and create super construction union
The British construction workers’ union UCATT is to merge with the country’s largest trade union, Unite. The merger, which will be effective as of 1 January 2017, will create a dominant union in...
3 November 2016
EU: National Productivity Boards soon to be implemented
On 20 September Europe’s Ministers backed the establishment of national productivity boards. The social partners however remain divided on the issue. On the whole employers are satisfied with the...
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3 November 2016
Switzerland: Unia uses its Congress meeting to combat what it sees as social deconstruction
Switzerland’s largest trade union, Unia, gathered in Geneva from 27-29 October for its four-yearly congress meeting. The trade union body with some 200,000 members from various professions...
2 November 2016
US: McDonald’s to pay for a franchisee’s labor law violations
For the first time in McDonald’s history, the company has agreed to pay a major $3.75 million (approx. €3.39 million) fine in order to settle a class action by 800 employees in one of its...
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2 November 2016
Man and Scania secure an agreement safeguarding jobs at global level until 2026
How does one have two companies in the same business sector and in the same business group collaborate together whilst still securing jobs for both and quieting workers concerns? Volkswagen Truck...
2 November 2016
United Kingdom: potential move to put Uber drivers on salaries threatens the gig economy
On 28 October, a London employment tribunal ruled that drivers which operate via the Uber application should be considered employees. This unprecedented ruling could have significant effects on...
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31 October 2016
United States: New York creates framework for freelancers
On 27 October, elected representatives in New York City approved a new law entitled “Freelance Isn’t Free” which introduces the first basic rights for freelance workers, governing their...
31 October 2016
Spain: Rajoy proposes social pacts to opposition parties
On the inauguration of his second term in office, Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy proposed a series of social pacts to other political groups. In particular, the pacts involve strengthening...
31 October 2016
Hungary : a law aimed at reducing the presence of foreign-owned supermarkets brings down a Hungarian company
In Hungary it is apparently better to work for a multinational company than a domestic firm. In the retail sector, foreign companies will have a union presence more often than homegrown companies...
31 October 2016
Brazil: in the forthcoming 2017 wage negotiations the Sao Paolo IT sector union will call for a drop in weekly working hours from 40 to 30
On 19 October, Sindpd, the major IT sector trade union body representing IT workers in Brazil’s high tech region of Sao Paulo, announced it would be calling for a drop in weekly working hours from...
27 October 2016
HR practices: Vincit, a company with just two managers, the CEO and the head of HR
Mikko Kuitunen and Pekka Virtanen set up Vincit (software development and IT outsourcing) in 2007 in the Finnish town of Tampere. They dreamt of a ‘business where people were happy to go to work...
27 October 2016
India: the government promises measures affording more security to workers in informal employment
On September 18, at the ‘National Labour Day celebrations, the Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya announced a number of schemes that the government is going legislate on to safeguard wage payments...
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27 October 2016
Great Britain: the government unveils its plans for funding apprenticeships
Theresa May’s government is set to spend £2.5 billion (€2.8 billion) on achieving her predecessor’s commitment to 3 million new apprenticeships by 2020. The major innovation in the plan is the...
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26 October 2016
Italy: Confindustria president puts an ‘Industry Pact’ forward to trade unions
On 22 October, Vincenzo Boccia, president of Italy’s employers’ body, Confindustria put a proposal to unions to launch discussions on the potential for an ‘Industry Pact between factory...
26 October 2016
European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2016 on corporate liability for serious human rights abuses in third countries
On 25 October European parliamentarians overwhelmingly voted (569 for, 54 against) for a resolution inviting the EU Member States and the EU Commission to adopt regulations on corporate liability...
EU: European Commission presents its 2017 Work Programme
On 25 October the European Commission presented its 2017 work programme ‘Delivering a Europe that protects, empowers and defends.’ In line with the philosophy underpinning previous work programmes...
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26 October 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
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31 October 2025
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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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Greece: hospitality sector signs first collective agreement aligned with National Social Pact
The hospitality sector (125,000 employees), one of Greece’s largest industries after retail, signed a new two-year collective agreement on 17 March. The text, effective from 1 April 2026...
19 March 2026
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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
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France: Club Med includes “multiculturalism” in its professional equality agreement
In December 2025, Club Med and the CFTC, Unsa, and FO trade unions signed an agreement on professional equality and working conditions. It introduces measures addressing AI, pay transparency, and...
23 March 2026
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Germany: crisis and transformation wage agreement in the chemical sector
Following a two-day marathon negotiation in Bad Breisig (Western Germany), the social partners of the German chemical and pharmaceutical industries—the IG BCE trade union and the BAVC employers'...
27 March 2026
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026