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ENGIE: interview with Sylvain Lefebvre, IndustriALL Europe Deputy General Secretary, negotiator of the European Labour Relations Agreement
On 08 April the French energy group together with three European union federations (IndustriALL Europe, EPSU, and EFBW) concluded a "European Labour Relations Agreement" that focused on...
11 April 2016
Belgium: government agreement over budget and reforms to working time
The government’s 2016 budget was presented on Saturday 09 April under the heading ‘a responsible budget in line with European commitments’ and marks a step on the road to improving the structural...
11 April 2016
Argentina: national banking strike after sector agreement negotiations get stuck
Argentina’s joint banking sector negotiations have hit their first snag. Following weeks of efficient negotiations, which have confirmed the short-term wage rise model, (c.f. article No. 9545 and...
11 April 2016
General Electric: European mobilisation effort to keep jobs and protest deindustrialization
On 08 April, the European union federation, IndustriALL Europe, coordinated its trade union bodies with membership within General Electric to undertake a European Action Day taking place...
8 April 2016
Renault: interview with Tristan Lormeau, Corporate HR Director, on the new Group Works Council agreement
On 24 March, the French auto manufacturer together with a special negotiation body (SNB) signed a new Group Works Council agreement. “It was a question of providing our agreement with a stable...
7 April 2016
Norway: an agreement struck for an industry weathering the oil crisis
It’s a question of managing the situation until the oil crisis comes to a close and this is underlying the main reason for the employers’ body, the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise NHO...
7 April 2016
European works council: the European Trade Union Institute renewed its EWC portal
Thus an opportune moment to turn the spotlight back on a database of European Works Council agreements as well as other pertinent information kept by European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), which...
7 April 2016
Austria: the banking sector negotiates a 1.24% wage rise and the setting up of a ‘labor foundation’
In Vienna, on 29 March, Austria’s banking sector’s social partners fourth meeting came to a close with the partners managing to find a compromise over renewing the sector’s collective agreement...
6 April 2016
News update as of 5 April 2016
EU labor costs according to Eurostat data. On 01 April, the European statistics office published its annual report on average hourly labour costs (wages plus employers’ social contributions...
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5 April 2016
Great Britain: towards measures facilitating social mobility in the workplace
David Cameron’s government and the country’s major employers are to create the first ever national measures that can quantify and encourage social mobility within companies.
4 April 2016
Sweden: following an agreement for 600,000 industry workers other sectors conclude their own negotiations
Nothing was guaranteed in advance, as not since 1997 had negotiation positions been so far apart. Thus an agreement was signed by the industry employers’ organizations anxious to avoid the...
4 April 2016
Italy: towards the first ever application of social clauses during a transition of business process for call centers
An agreement struck on 23 March in Italy’s Basilicate region between the unions, Telecom Italia, and the call centers that have won the region’s call center market is being hailed by unions as a...
4 April 2016
Italy: the general council of Italy’s primary employers’ confederation, Confindustria, designates its new president
On 31 March, the general council of the employers’ confederation, Confindustria, designated Vincenzo Boccia to succeed Giorgio Squinzi as its head. 100 out of 192 votes were cast in his favor (198...
1 April 2016
Renault: agreement over new competitiveness plan at Valladolid
Unions announced they struck an agreement in principle over the new ‘Competitiveness and employment agreement’, which guarantees both an increase in industrial activity at the Valladolid and...
1 April 2016
ThyssenKrupp launches an online violations reporting system as part of its global framework agreement
The German metals group has put up a website that allows the group’s employees worldwide to report any violations of the global framework agreement signed with IndustriALL Global union and IG...
1 April 2016
Whirlpool: the new European works council agreement covers the entire EMEA region
Following the US domestic appliance manufacturer’s purchase of its Italian competitor Indesit, the signatories agreed to apply article 13 of the European Directive 2009, which intends for complete...
31 March 2016
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
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EU: Court of Justice largely upholds directive on adequate minimum wages
On 11 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld most of the directive on adequate minimum wages, rejecting Denmark’s claim that it infringed on national sovereignty over wage...
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
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Germany: report previews draft bill to transpose EU Pay Transparency Directive
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