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Czech Republic: the law that closes shops on public holidays is adopted
The long debate over shops opening during public holidays appears to have concluded with a Parliament decision being passed at the end of June that prohibits shop opening during seven national...
25 July 2016
Spain: Basque Region social partners sign an agreement giving regional collective agreements priority over national agreements
On 22 July, the employers’ body Confebask, together with the CCOO and the UGT unions ratified an agreement giving prevalence to collective agreements negotiated in the Basque region of Euskadi...
25 July 2016
Argentina: a challenging jobs situation facing the auto sector until the end of the year
Tough times ahead for Argentina’s auto jobs sector. While the auto union Smata pursues quarterly wage raises negotiations for the sector, different automakers continue to multiply both technical...
22 July 2016
Japan: an index is created for companies combatting LGBT based discrimination
An LGBT index has been developed in Japan to assess companies’ positive action towards sexual minorities. Officially named Pride, the index is measured by the work with Pride (wwP) body set up in...
EU: the European Commission is going to change its trade defense tools given the prospect of granting China market economic status
At the end of 2016, the WTO will have to decide on China’s economic status. If market economic status (MES) is granted then the EU will lose its ability to put trade barriers in place and in...
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22 July 2016
France: Labor law reforms finally adopted
On 21 July, the government has secured adoption of the labor law that forms the first stage in the overhaul of the country’s labor code, the goal of which is to give more leeway to collective...
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21 July 2016
Deutsche Post-DHL: concludes a protocol with global unions UNI and ITF to avoid new cases emerging of labor standards violations
On 19 July the ITF (transport workers), UNI (services) and DP-DHL agreed to a protocol, which commits them to continued dialogue on employment and industrial relations. “The parties will meet four...
21 July 2016
Czech Republic: roundup of auto sector collective negotiations
In a country with one of the lowest levels of pay in the EU, unions are attempting to secure wage rises from both foreign companies and their subcontractors.
21 July 2016
EU: draft revision of the Directive over posting of workers is maintained
The European Commission persisted and signed by deciding to maintain its proposal over social dumping that supports wage equality between local and posted workers. On Wednesday 20 July, it decided...
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20 July 2016
Great Britain: Uber taken to employment court tribunal
Two UK drivers have taken chauffeur firm Uber to the employment tribunal arguing they should be considered as employees. This test case could have repercussions for the high profile US app and...
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19 July 2016
Belgium: Labor Minister sends draft legislation on flexible working time to the social partners
On Friday 15 July Belgium’s Labor Minister Kris Peeters sent the social partners two pieces of draft legislation. The government wants employers and unions to discuss the texts on ‘feasible work’...
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19 July 2016
Germany: an agreement on mobile working at Audi
On 12 July, leaders at Audi’s central works council presented a company agreement on ‘mobile working’. The agreement is set to apply to the automaker’s 60,000 staff from October 2016 and it draws...
19 July 2016
France: US investment fund Sun Capital ordered to compensate former Lee Cooper France staff for having lost their jobs
In a ruling on 28 June, the Appeal Court of Amiens ordered the US investment fund Sun Capital to compensate employees that were made redundant from Lee Cooper’s French subsidiary on the grounds of...
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18 July 2016
Great Britain: firms welcome a return to an industrial strategy
For the first time since the Thatcher era, Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May has put the focus back on the need to put an industrial strategy in place. To this end the Prime Minister has...
18 July 2016
Denmark: tri-partite negotiations focus on apprenticeships
Denmark’s tri-partite negotiations have entered phase two. Since 15 April, and following the agreement struck on 17 March on integrating refugees into the labor market, all the parties have been...
15 July 2016
India: all female workers to be eligible for 26 weeks maternity leave
At the end of June a draft Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill was drawn up providing 26 weeks of maternity leave to all female workers in both the public and private sectors. The bill is expected...
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15 July 2016
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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
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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20 January 2026