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The UGT, CCOO and CGT unions have called for a series of mobilizations in the call center sector throughout the month of September and they have also called for staged two-hour work stoppages on...

21 September 2016

Portugal: the government turns its attention to interim employment

Law 28/2016 that affirms the battle against ‘modern forms of forced labor’ broadens the responsibility of user companies and contractor companies for labor law rules violations that are carried...

21 September 2016

Canada: General Motors comes to agreement with the Unifor union securing jobs at its three production facilities

At the eleventh hour and just before strike action was due to start on 20 September, management at US carmaker General Motors (GM) and the Unifor union clinched a deal set to run for four years...

21 September 2016

Germany: both unions and employers call for improvements to the draft law reforming maternity protection

On 19 September at the Bundestag during the public hearing for the draft law modernizing the law on maternity protection (Mutterschutzgesetz) both the Confederation of German Trade Unions and the...

20 September 2016

United Nations: the ‘Global Deal’, or, internationalizing the Nordic model in response to the negative effects of globalization

On 21 September, Sweden’s Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven is set to present to the United Nations his Global Deal project that aims to achieve a fairer working world. He will put forward the...

20 September 2016

Lithuania: labor law reform adopted

On Wednesday 14 September, following two years of protests and a presidential veto that forced parliamentarians to reexamine the text, Lithuania’s parliament has finally adopted the labor law...

20 September 2016

United States: care services platform Care.com is to provide a system for self-employed carers to receive social benefits

In the US, where according to the National Domestic Workers Alliance two thirds of care professionals don’t have a health insurance program, the Care services platform Care.com announced it was...

19 September 2016

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

14 September 2016

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