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In line with Bosch, BMW, and Audi, automaker Daimler has also embarked upon an ambitious company agreement catering for mobile working that will come into force on 01 December 2016. Going forward...

25 October 2016

Sweden: a united union front reflecting lessons learnt during the 2016 negotiations

2017 will be a busy year with some 500 collective agreements open for negotiation. This time round however the 2016 dispersed individual approach will be shunned by the LO union confederation...

25 October 2016

Great Britain: companies to be ‘ranked’ according to a social mobility index

From 2017, the UK government will publish an index ranking companies in terms of their ability to employ talent from all backgrounds. Inclusion in this landmark index system will be entirely...

25 October 2016

Italy: collective negotiations deadlocked in several key sectors of Italian industry

In a number of sectors – clothing, leather and shoes, ceramics, energy and oil, insurance – employer groups and trade unions in Italy find themselves deadlocked in their attempts to reach national...

24 October 2016

Germany: government votes on law aiming to counter abuse of temporary work and use of service provision contracts

On 21 October, Germany’s Bundestag voted on a law governing temporary work. The bill, which has been discussed at length by conservatives and social democrats within the government, is aimed at...

24 October 2016

HP: the US company is transferring its European representation management from the UK to Ireland as a means of avoiding any legal uncertainties over the legislation applying to its EWC

Planet Labor understands HP has informed the SNB, which is negotiating the agreement implementing the EWC (following the members' own denunciation of the previous agreement), of the transfer of...

20 October 2016

Spain: courts are bracing themselves for a deluge of cases in the aftermath of the CJEU ruling that matches compensation for both temporary and permanent employment contract termination

Ever since the CJEU ruling (c.f. article No. 9818), that a Madrid court applied to the letter (c.f. article No. 9856) and then that a court in the Basque region applied to cover all temporary...

20 October 2016

Australia: after a union report highlights low pay levels, the Airtasker outsourcing platform recommends pay rates in excess of the minimum wage

This popular web-based community marketplace for people and businesses to outsource tasks was singled out in a report by Unions NSW, which indicates that workers are receiving pay below the legal...

20 October 2016

BRICS Nations to have Social Security Agreements promoting worker mobility

At the BRICS Labour Ministerial Meeting that preceded the 8th BRICS Summit hosted by India this year, the BRICS nations, (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) took a significant step by...

20 October 2016

Japan: in a bid to rebuild its image pub chain Watami allows a trade union to be set up

Watami, Japan’s major restaurant and pub chain is looking to rebuild its image damaged by cases of poor working conditions as well as several of work related deaths (karoshi). Going forward, the...

19 October 2016

Ecuador: a legal framework for partial and permanent teleworking

By regulating teleworking arrangements, Ecuador is hoping to encourage this type of employment. The government’s new legal framework defines two mechanisms, one for partial telework and one for...

19 October 2016

Romania: government steps to boost worker mobility

The Romanian government has approved by emergency ordinance a significant package of measures that aim to increase worker mobility and allow companies in developed regions of western and central...

19 October 2016

Italy: Finance law to include pensions and employment measures

Adopted on 15 October by Italy’s Council of Minister, Italy’s Finance Law comprises several significant measures including formalizing pension reforms following union agreement on 28 September...

18 October 2016

Germany: rail union EVG wants to negotiate a collective agreement giving employees the freedom to choose between pay and additional time off

In Frankfurt on 17 October, a week after the GDL train drivers’ union started their negotiations with Germany’s rail company Deutsche Bahn (DB) to renew their collective agreement, it was the turn...

18 October 2016

Belgium: the Prime Minister presented his budget and labor law reforms

Sold under the name of flexible and feasible employment, social partners failed to come to an agreement over the labor reforms project. On 17 October, during his 2017 budget address Prime Minister...

18 October 2016

Spain: unions gain ground in the courts over their battle against multiservice companies

The Social Chamber of Spain’s National Court annulled 43 agreements that had been signed by multiservice companies on the grounds that they had not be properly negotiated with an appropriate...

17 October 2016

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