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Spain: Basque nationalist unions mobilize against a framework agreement signed in July signed by both the CCOO and UGT
The Basque nationalist unions are up in arms. They are protesting a framework agreement on collective negotiations that was signed on 22 July by the regions employers’ confederation Confebask and...
19 September 2016
Great Britain: labor law changes coming in effect in October
Every autumn changes in British labor law come into force that keep human resource departments with plenty of extra work. This time round suspense is the order of the day as several implementation...
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16 September 2016
EU: funding limited for its Youth Guarantee
The EU’s Youth Guarantee is set to continue for a further three years, although with limited funding. The EU Commission is to provide fresh support for this instrument via an injection of €1...
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16 September 2016
Bulgaria: the new list of representative from trade unions and employers at the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC)
The decision taken by the Bulgarian government in August to recognize as representative at the national level two trade unions and five employers’ associations is under heavy critics from the...
15 September 2016
Greece: labor law negotiations recommence between Greece and its creditors
Once again representatives of Greece’s creditors (ECB, EU, IMF) visited Athens to assess the reforms already underway or intended by the Alexis Tsipras government. At the center of the discussions...
15 September 2016
EU: the CJEU takes a first step in favor of equal treatment in terms of compensation for termination of an employment contract whether it is a temporary or permanent contract
On 14 September, the CJEU delivered a ruling on a case in which it affirms that in principle, nothing justifies any difference in terms of compensation for workers on temporary or on permanent...
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15 September 2016
Portugal: the CGTP union is organizing a week of mobilization in companies
On 26 September the CGTP will be calling for better pay via the launch of a week of mobilization within companies. The Communist leaning central union body wants to start a debate on pay during a...
15 September 2016
Germany: the government adopts the draft law on flexible retirement
On Wednesday 14 September the government approved a draft law on flexible retirement (Flexirentengesetz). The Christian-Democrat’s flagship project acts as a counterbalance to the...
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14 September 2016
EU: Mr. Juncker delivers a critical yet rallying address on the state of the EU
“The European Union is not social enough and this must be remedied,” thus was the opening message of the European Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, in his 14 September State of the Union...
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14 September 2016
Italy: the government nearing a solution on early retirement
Following the 12 September meeting with the unions, Italy’s government is now nearing a solution on the early retirement issue (Anticipo Pensionistico, APE), which should allow workers over 63...
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14 September 2016
Germany: faced with the difficult job of integrating asylum seekers into the jobs market both unions and employers are putting solutions forward
While in Germany the migrant issue is under bitter discussion and is threatening Chancellor Angela Merkel’s political future, two recent studies, one from the trade union linked Hans-Böckler...
14 September 2016
News update as of September 16, 2016
On the menu: a national day of crippling strike action in Brazil on 22 September protesting new president Michel Temer’s labor law reform proposals, British and European trade unions aim to...
12 September 2016
KiK to pay out 5.1 million dollars to victims of a fire at a Pakistan factory
The German discount textile store KiK revealed this weekend that, after four years of negotiations, it will pay out 5.1 million dollars to victims of a fire which took place at a textile factory...
Germany: leading industrial firm Trumpf places German staff on annual working hours
The social partners of industrial equipment supplier Trumpf, and the IG Metall trade union, recently signed a company agreement which sets in stone the decision to scrap weekly working hours...
12 September 2016
EU: UNI Europa publishes the results of its Crowd Working Survey on Austria
Following the publication of the results from crowd working surveys that Uni Europa, carried out on the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands (c.f. article No. 9753), the European Union Services...
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12 September 2016
News update as of September 9, 2016
On the menu, a strong rise in the number of zero hours contracts in Great Britain, agreements over wages at Renault Samsung and GM in South Korea, in Hungary McDonalds is providing free housing to...
8 September 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
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
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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
5 March 2026
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Germany: launch of the “WE-Fair” alliance for binational training of skilled foreign workers
Germany continues to expand and diversify its initiatives to attract skilled foreign labour from outside the EU. In mid-March 2026, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development...
26 March 2026
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
13 March 2026
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...
6 March 2026