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Following three weeks of strikes, an agreement has been reached in the oil services industry. The parties to the deal are Industri Energi, the Norwegian union for employees in the energy sector...

17 October 2016

EU: European social partners in the insurance sector sign joint declaration on how to manage the social consequences of digitalisation in the economy

The declaration, signed on 12 October, sets out ways of best managing the effects of digitalisation in the economy and harnessing the opportunities it offers.

17 October 2016

United States: Teamsters accept 25% salary cut for new Sikorsky recruits in order to keep the helicopter manufacturer in Connecticut

Members of the Teamsters union have just accepted a new salary agreement with the helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky. The deal, approved with a majority of 2104 in favour and 140 against, will be...

17 October 2016

News update as of October 14, 2016

On the menu : EWC directive revision, draft law on multinationals due diligence requirements adopted by the French Senate, the Swiss peoples initiative for responsible multinationales continues...

13 October 2016

Turkey: law legalizing temporary work comes into force

New regulation authorizing the setting up of private sector temporary employment agencies came into place on 11 October following publication of the implementation regulation in the Official...

13 October 2016

Italy: almost one third of big business uses ‘Smart Working’

30% of large companies have put ‘smart working’ structures in place, up from 17% in 2015 and the country now boasts some 250,000 ‘smart workers’ (flexible working times and places of work), which...

13 October 2016

France: law is adopted allowing discrimination related class action

On 12 October, France’s parliament gave the green light to the adoption of a law particularly relevant to 21st century justice. The text in question looks to allow class action that contests...

13 October 2016

Germany: 2016 working time report published

Germany’s federal agency, the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has published its ‘2016 report on working time’, which studied working time across the country including flexible...

11 October 2016

NGO HR without Borders 10 year anniversary: promoting decent labor along supply chains by departing from an audit approach towards acting on real causes

The HR without borders NGO ((RHSF) was set up ten years ago out of a recognition that sub-contractors weren’t always capable of comprehending the labor rights related values and standards that...

11 October 2016

Great Britain: appeal court confirms that holiday pay should include results based commission

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling that result based commission must be taken into account when calculating workers holiday pay has again been upheld by the UK courts, which...

11 October 2016

Germany: new trends occurring in German company agreements

The union foundation holds the largest company agreements archives. Its WSI policy research institute carries out an annual study of German works councils (> 4,500 WCs are questioned). Using...

10 October 2016

Italy: the welfare enterprise is gaining ground

Company collective agreements are increasingly including measures that cater for employees' welfare, in large part thanks to tax breaks put in place in 2016.

10 October 2016

IndustriALL Global Union 2nd Congress: the international industry union federation looks to act as a counterweight to global capitalism

Fighting Forward – A Luta Continua! During their addresses, delegates from the young international industry union federation’s second congress held in Rio de Janeiro (04 – 07 October)...

10 October 2016

Spain: unions are calling for a share of economic growth in the form of a 4% wage rise for 2017

Employers’ bodies and trade unions are preparing for the forthcoming rounds of negotiations that will determine the wage rise recommendations to be used during the 2017 sector and company...

7 October 2016

Germany: agreement on law for equal pay between men and women

After years of discussions, the heads Germany’s coalition parties reached an agreement yesterday on a law to close the gender pay gap (Entgeltgleichheitsgesetz). Under the new law, employees at...

7 October 2016

Poland: government proposes better management of temporary work and better regulation of temp agencies, especially those which post workers

Poland’s Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs has decided to revise a law dating back to 9 July 2003 on the employment of temporary workers. The aim is to give such individuals a better...

7 October 2016

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