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Denmark: parliament adopts a reform over social assistance
On 17 March the Danish parliament adopted a government draft law reforming the social services system in a bid to encourage those on benefits to reenter the jobs market. The main changes include a...
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21 March 2016
Belgium: a Royal Decree is published authorizing night work in the e-commerce sector
The Royal Decree, published on 10 March, authorizing night time work in the e-commerce sector appeared in the Belgian Official Journal on 18 March. As part of its digital program, e-commerce is...
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21 March 2016
Denmark: tripartite agreement over integrating refugees through work
One in two refugees in work. That’s the government’s goal in an agreement concluded on 17 March between the social partners over integrating refugees via employment. Key to the agreement is the...
18 March 2016
Spain: an agreement with Repsol to ensure respect for the working conditions in sub-contracting companies
Management at the oil group together with the union announced the signing of a cooperation protocol to guarantee respect for suppliers’ employees’ rights who carry out services at the...
17 March 2016
Great Britain : Government suffers important defeat on its Trade Union Bill in the House of Lords
The government suffered three important defeats to its Trade Union Bill in the House of Lords on the issues of balloting mechanisms, facility time and political funding. Under these amendments...
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17 March 2016
EU: European social partners offer up three common messages to EU institution on the integration of refugees, industrial policy and the digitisation of the economy
In preparation for the customary tripartite social summit, which takes place on the eve of European summits, the European social partners — the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the Union...
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17 March 2016
Germany: Minister for Labor, Andrea Nahles, wants to establish “chosen working time” for all, in the medium term
Almost one year after the starting gun was fired in April 2015 for a ‘national dialogue’ over the future of the world of work in the digital age, Andrea Nahles, Federal Minister for Social Affairs...
16 March 2016
Italy: an initial ruling calls into question the obligation to work on public holidays as written into employment contracts
The Rovereto labor tribunal (Trento) cancelled disciplinary sanctions for cashiers who had refused to work on public holidays, in spite of their employment contracts including the obligation to do...
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16 March 2016
United States: Silicon Valley bus drivers unionize in order to reap benefits from the new economy
Belonging to a union as a way to ensure that everyone gains from the new economy. Thus is the message from the Silicon Valley Rising movement, which, as is characteristic of the American...
16 March 2016
Great Britain: trade unions adjust their organization strategies in the face of challenging circumstances
With each under new leadership, three unions are currently undertaking organisational redesign programmes in an effort to re-imagine their role and stave off further decline and by increasing...
16 March 2016
Danone signs a global framework agreement on sustainable employment
On 15 March the giant food-products company together with the sector’s international union federation, the IUF, International Union of Food and Allied workers, announced the signing of a tenth...
15 March 2016
Germany: significant social conflict looms for Volkswagen, already beleaguered by the ‘Dieselgate’ affair
Already caught up in a massive scandal over tampered diesel engines, Germany’s automobile group Volkswagen risks having to deal with considerable social conflict. IG Metall has announced that...
15 March 2016
France: following recent mobilization, the government reviews its draft labor law reform
On Monday 14 March the Prime Minister unveiled a corrected version of the draft labor reform law that incorporates three major changes. Ceilings applied to compensation amounts awarded by the...
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14 March 2016
Spain: UGT’s new leader announces a union that is more transparent and more open to civil society
Josep Maria Alvarez was elected secretary general of the union confederation following a tight vote during the union’s 42nd congress. The Catalan is taking over at a difficult time for the union...
14 March 2016
New Zealand: controversy over zero hour contracts eliminated
Zero hours contracts guarantee neither the number of working hours nor the minimum pay and with the adoption of an historic law unanimously voted in by New Zealand's Parliament they have been now...
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14 March 2016
United States: the IAM machinists union renews its unionization campaign in Boeing’s South Carolina factories
Boeing’s machinists union, the International Association of Machinists (IAM) is renewing attempts to gain a presence in its North Charleston site in South Carolina. The IAM’s campaign halted in...
14 March 2016
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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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France: cabinet adopts suspension of pension reform
On 23 October, the French Council of Ministers approved an amendment to the social security financing bill (PLFSS), confirming the suspension of the 2023 pension reform until 2028. This measure...
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24 October 2025
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Carrefour and UNI Global Union renew global agreement on promoting social dialogue and diversity
On 17 October, Carrefour, one of the world’s largest retailers, with nearly 500,000 employees worldwide, and global union federation UNI Global Union renewed their global agreement on...
3 November 2025