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Germany: agreement in broad terms over company pension reforms
On 27 September during a meeting with representatives from the main trade unions and employers’ bodies, and following months of negotiations between the government and the social partners, SPD...
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28 September 2016
Great Britain: BMW looks to prune pensions for 5,000 staff
German automaker BMW, which also produces the Mini and Rolls Royce has announced plans to close its defined benefits pension plans. This will entail moving 5,000 current UK employees over to the...
28 September 2016
Germany: 2016-2019 collective negotiations schedule
The 2016 collective negotiations are entering their final phase with some heavyweight wage and collective agreement negotiations still outstanding by the end of the year including Deutsche Bahn...
26 September 2016
Austria: autumn’s collective negotiations start with the metals sector
On Monday 26 September Austria’s metallurgy sector unions presented their demands at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ) starting off the country’s traditional autumn round of collective...
26 September 2016
China: Spanish unions criticize working conditions at Inditex suppliers and highlight the official trade union’s ‘lack of interest’ in improving the situation in textiles
Spanish trade union representatives at Inditex (managing Zara) regularly visit third party country suppliers within the framework of an agreement signed with management. Inditex was the first...
Germany: the Bundesrat gives the green light to a much reworked occupational health and safety decree
Because of employer fury over Employment Minister Andrea Nahles’ (SPD) new workplace decree (Arbeitsstätteverordnung), the German Chancellery halted its progress in March 2015, and it has been...
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23 September 2016
Spain: ECJ decision on equal treatment of permanent and temporary workers regarding termination compensation reignites debate on job security
Following the European Court of Justice ruling, which granted the same rights to an individual on a short term contract as those enjoyed by people on permanent contracts (see article nº9818)...
23 September 2016
Switzerland: National Council votes for EU-compatible immigration controls
On 21 September, following heated debate, the Swiss parliament finally reached a decision to approve a bill governing the country’s economy. The proposals advocate “preference” for natives, in...
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23 September 2016
News update as of September 22, 2016
On the menu: strikes, strikes, and more strikes (Belgium's targeted strikes, Brazils banks on strike, Norway's oil sector strike), Germany's co-determination is under threat, new US rules for...
21 September 2016
Spain: mobilization by call centers demanding a breakthrough in the sector’s collective negotiations
The UGT, CCOO and CGT unions have called for a series of mobilizations in the call center sector throughout the month of September and they have also called for staged two-hour work stoppages on...
21 September 2016
Portugal: the government turns its attention to interim employment
Law 28/2016 that affirms the battle against ‘modern forms of forced labor’ broadens the responsibility of user companies and contractor companies for labor law rules violations that are carried...
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21 September 2016
Canada: General Motors comes to agreement with the Unifor union securing jobs at its three production facilities
At the eleventh hour and just before strike action was due to start on 20 September, management at US carmaker General Motors (GM) and the Unifor union clinched a deal set to run for four years...
21 September 2016
Germany: both unions and employers call for improvements to the draft law reforming maternity protection
On 19 September at the Bundestag during the public hearing for the draft law modernizing the law on maternity protection (Mutterschutzgesetz) both the Confederation of German Trade Unions and the...
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20 September 2016
United Nations: the ‘Global Deal’, or, internationalizing the Nordic model in response to the negative effects of globalization
On 21 September, Sweden’s Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven is set to present to the United Nations his Global Deal project that aims to achieve a fairer working world. He will put forward the...
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20 September 2016
Lithuania: labor law reform adopted
On Wednesday 14 September, following two years of protests and a presidential veto that forced parliamentarians to reexamine the text, Lithuania’s parliament has finally adopted the labor law...
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20 September 2016
United States: care services platform Care.com is to provide a system for self-employed carers to receive social benefits
In the US, where according to the National Domestic Workers Alliance two thirds of care professionals don’t have a health insurance program, the Care services platform Care.com announced it was...
19 September 2016
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
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France: government submits draft on pay transparency
On 6 March, the French government sent social partners a draft bill to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive. The text provides details on the implementation timetable, corporate...
9 March 2026
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Sweden: government delays transposition of Pay Transparency Directive
On 11 March, the Swedish government announced it is postponing the transposition of the Pay Transparency Directive. Having originally targeted an entry into force on 1 July 2026, it has conceded a...
16 March 2026
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Italy: Deliveroo and Glovo targeted by justice over courier working conditions
The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office has ordered two of Italy's leading food delivery platforms, Foodinho (Glovo) and Deliveroo, to be placed under judicial administration. According to...
9 March 2026
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Germany: menopause issues finally gain corporate recognition
With 12 million women over 40 in the labour force, German companies and occupational health professionals are beginning to adopt support policies for those affected by menopause-related issues...
19 March 2026
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Denmark: government launches transposition of the Pay Transparency Directive
On 26 February, the Danish government submitted a draft bill to transpose the Pay Transparency Directive for consultation until 27 March. The bill sets an implementation date of 1 January 2027...
11 March 2026
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Valérie Decaux (La Poste): “Our older workers policy is based on individualisation to move beyond age-related-stigmatisation”
La Poste Group (nearly 200,000 employees in France) unveiled its first senior employment agreement in late February. The text outlines measures for early retirement assistance, workplace...
10 March 2026