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Germany: 4.8% wage rise for metals worker
On the morning of Friday 13 May, negotiators from both the employers’ federations (Gesamtmetall) and the union (IG Metall) in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) presented a pilot agreement...
13 May 2016
EU: the European Commission puts forward 13 new limits to workers’ exposure to chemical products
A month after launching its 2016 – 2017 occupational health and safety campaign, the European Commission has moved into top gear and on 13 May it presented occupational exposure limits (OELs) for...
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13 May 2016
France: labour law reform bill adopted by National Assembly
The French government has used its executive powers to push through its labour code reform bill, which was adopted on Thursday 12 May. The text now goes before the Senate. The main issues at hand...
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13 May 2016
United States: OSHA will publish company data on injuries and illnesses
Management at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the US Department of Labor body that supervises health and safety at work announced that it would be making data supplied by...
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13 May 2016
Germany: pension reforms under debate
For several years Germany’s political parties have put forward competing proposals for pension reform in a bid to combat the risk of poverty for future retirees. The most recent proposal has come...
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12 May 2016
Finland: coalescence of the three union confederations waxing and waning
Since 2014 Finland’s trade unions have been gearing up for a merger of the country’s three main confederations. Following an initial period when the project seemed to be on track without any major...
12 May 2016
Argentina: more than 200 businesses have committed to not laying off workers despite the recession
At the start of the week, the government of Mauricio Macri, President since 2015, loudly announced that the country’s big businesses had committed to halting any more redundancies ‘despedidos’ for...
12 May 2016
Germany: the grand coalition adopts an agreement on limiting temporary work and services provisions contracts
Following months of controversy, Germany’s government coalition (CDU/CSU, and SPD) heads finally agreed in a closed meeting at the Finance Ministry during the evening of 10 May on a new regulation...
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11 May 2016
United States: Uber commits to monthly dialogue with the Independent Drivers Guild
California’s ‘ride-hailing’ company, Uber has come to an agreement with drivers of the New York Independent Drivers Guild, which is linked with the International Association of Machinists and...
11 May 2016
Great Britain: Lloyds bank to offer staff transgender surgery
Lloyds Banking Group will be the first business to offer gender reassignment surgery to its employees through its existing private healthcare provider.
Argentina: negotiations in the metals sector come to a close
Following last week’s demonstration and against a backdrop of scheduled mobilizations should negotiations fail, the metals workers’ union, UOM (unión obrera metalúrgica) has signed a 35% wage...
11 May 2016
EU: national parliaments putting the proposal for a directive on the posting of workers at risk
The revision to the EU rules on the posting of workers has clearly upset some of the EU Member States. After the Monti 11 2012 regulation (that limited the cross-border right to strike) met with...
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10 May 2016
Norway: a round up of 2016 negotiations
2016 is an important year for negotiations and although the industry pay rise of 2.4% set the tone, several sectors have nonetheless run into negotiations difficulties. Kjetil Olsen, economist at...
10 May 2016
Spain: the UGT union confederation establishes one large industry federation within its ranks and similar moves are on the cards for its services federations
The UGT central union confederation has embarked upon its reorganization program by merging its currently operating federations with an end goal of leaving just three mega-federations covering...
10 May 2016
Great Britain: the construction industry’s union blacklist scandal comes to a close with millions paid in compensation
In excess of £10 million (€12.6 million) is set to be paid out to 256 workers in an agreement reached on 09 May between the Unite union and various construction companies, finally putting an end...
9 May 2016
Greece: pension reform vote amid continued protest
On Sunday 08 May, Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras fast tracked a vote by parliament on pension reforms. On the eve of an important Eurogroup meeting, Athens is striving to look good so that...
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9 May 2016
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