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Inditex: the fashion retail group is turning to union experts for assistance in implementing the global framework agreement on fundamental rights along its supply chain
On 25 April the Spanish fashion retail giant and the international union federation IndustriALL Global signed a global agreement that will deploy trade union experts per country or region who will...
26 April 2016
Great Britain: the government unveils details of the new apprenticeship levy
The apprenticeship levy was introduced in the 2015 Budget. In a bid to reach its goal of 3 million apprentices, the government had announced it would be putting an apprenticeship levy in place in...
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26 April 2016
Argentina: a banking sector agreement is struck and the metals sector starts to mobilize
Following negotiations marked by a series of mobilizations, a banking sector agreement was eventually forthcoming during Argentina’s overall sectoral negotiations. The trade union secured an...
26 April 2016
Great Britain: even City bosses are re-examining their own salaries
Is the era of the ‘fat cat’ coming to an end? This is the question that the UK is starting to ask itself as a shocking report, paradoxically presented by some of the City’s biggest leaders...
25 April 2016
Poland: independent workers to be able to unionize
At the end of March 2016, Poland’s Minister for Labor and Social Policy presented a draft law to the social partners for consultation on implementing legislation in line with the Constitutional...
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25 April 2016
India: the draft law on child labor fans the debate on family work
The Labor Minister recently affirmed that child labor rates had fallen by 64% over the last decade and that he was putting forward a proposal to eradicate it completely. Unions, NGOs, and Nobel...
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25 April 2016
United States: in a bid to mollify Uber driver demands to convert to salaried employees, the company will pay up to $100 million and offer new guarantees against arbitrary driver deactivation
Non-taxi, on-demand chauffeurs in California and Massachusetts launched a class action calling for drivers to be reclassified as salaried employees. On 20 April, Uber announced it had come to an...
22 April 2016
Poland: the government has three months to transpose Directive 2014/67/EU on the posting of workers
For several years, posted workers, with Polish posted workers being one of the EU’s main ‘exports’, have been vigorously criticized in terms of the risks for social dumping by countries with...
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22 April 2016
Japan: modest wage rises from the 2016 annual negotiations
Japan’s annual springtime ‘shunto’ wage negotiations between employers and union have resulted in salary increases for the third year in a row in the country’s large companies, but also in the...
22 April 2016
EU: budget line is published to fund joint actions with EWCs, especially as regards training
The European Commission has published its annual call for proposals on “information, consultation and participation of representatives of undertakings,” which may then be exploited to partially...
21 April 2016
France: confrontation and social transformation for a CGT that is repositioning contest at the heart of its action
Since 18 April, and at 120 years of age, the CGT union confederation held its 51st Congress in Marseille, France. Delegates voted for a call to strike on 28 April (and perhaps beyond) in protest...
21 April 2016
Switzerland: citizens get to decide on multinational human rights due diligence (in 2018 at the earliest)
The Popular Initiative for “Responsible Multinational Businesses” has received more than 140,000 signatures since it was launched a year ago. 100,000 signatures is the required threshold for a...
Spain: signature of a new national collective agreement for the banking sector
On 19 April, following fourteen months of meetings and difficult negotiations, an agreement was signed for a banking sector that is preparing itself for a new wave of restructuring. The four-year...
20 April 2016
Great Britain: McDonald’s will no longer require zero hour contract working
British workers at McDonald’s fast-food chain operating under zero-hours contracts that guarantee neither workers’ working hours nor their pay, will now be able to choose to move over to...
20 April 2016
India: unions call for nationwide strike protesting anti-labor policies and worker disaffection increases
Following a ‘National Protest Day’ on 10th March (c.f. article No. 9535), India’s 11 major trade unions have called for a second nationwide strike on 02 September, protesting what they call...
20 April 2016
Great Britain: companies are accused of not playing ball with the National Living Wage
Barely two weeks into the official implementation of the National Living Wage (NLW) that translates into a 7.5% rise in minimum pay, and British MPs are pointing the finger of ‘blame and shame’ at...
19 April 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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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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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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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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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
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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