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Germany: the Verdi union renews warning strikes at the Real supermarket chain in a bid to convince management to reapply the sector’s collective agreements
In the run-up to the holiday period, services union Verdi has again called on its members at the German supermarket chain Real SB-Warenhaus GmbH (Real), which is owned by the Metro group, to stop...
16 December 2015
Sweden: Spotify and the TCO union promote the Swedish model
After “eat like a Swede” here comes “work like a Swede”. The Swedish music streaming group Spotify is spreading the country’s gender equality model by implementing a global parental leave policy...
15 December 2015
United States : Uber’s drivers in Seattle may now join a Union
The City Council of Seattle decided, last Monday, unanimously that Uber’s drivers may form a Union to negotiate their wages and work conditions.
15 December 2015
Great Britain: agreement on pensions at the British subsidiary of EDF
Members of the GMB union and Unison approved an agreement secured by their representatives over pensions at EDF’s British subsidiary. A rarity in the agreement, according to the unions, is the...
15 December 2015
Italy: the rubber and plastics sectors renew the national collective agreement
On 10 December the social partners in the rubber and plastics sectors concluded an agreement to renew the national collective agreement for the period from 01 January 2016 until 31 December 2018...
15 December 2015
France: clarification for arrangements over redeploying employees abroad as part of redundancy procedures
The government has clarified the procedure for redeploying manpower abroad relating to redundancies based on economic grounds. Since the law was passed on growth and activity (Loi Macron), unless...
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14 December 2015
Germany: the Federation of Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) launches a nationwide action program facilitating refugees’ inclusion into the labor market
While the number of officially recorded asylum seekers topped the one million mark at the start of December, debate continues unabated in Germany over refugees’ job prospects as well as over the...
14 December 2015
Italy: sharp rise in indefinite employment contracts in the agency work sector
The Assolavoro Observatory, the employers’ association in the agency sector, published data on contracts concluded in the sector for September 2015. The main news is that the number of indefinite...
14 December 2015
Portugal: social consultation starts over the minimum wage
Antonio Costa’s new socialist government has launched a debate on raising Portugal’s minimum wage. The Prime Minister invited the country’s social partners in person to the first social...
11 December 2015
Belgium: social partners conclude an agreement on the return to work for those on long-term illness leave as well as on economic unemployment
In the evening of 09 December, both unions and business leaders concluded an agreement over government proposals on both the return to work for those on long-term illness leave as well as on...
10 December 2015
Germany: the Families Minister presents a draft law on equal pay
On Wednesday 10 December, Germany’s Families Minister, Manuela Schwesig presented the main contours of a draft law that should enable the gender gap in pay to narrow. In 2014 this gap was...
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10 December 2015
Denmark: parliament approves law on contract clauses
On 10 December a large majority of Denmark’s parliament adopted a new law on contract clauses. The law bans non-poaching clauses and reviews the rules over using contract clauses that could hamper...
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10 December 2015
Great Britain: CWU signs a radical new job security and attendance pattern agreement with BT telecommunications
Members of the Communications Union (CWU) have strongly backed the ‘Transformation Agreement’ their union negotiated with BT Consumer operations, the customer care and service operations wing of...
9 December 2015
Germany: management at Siemens together with the company’s central works council and the IG Metall union collaborate to stimulate employee creativity by way of an ‘innovation fund’
In a joint declaration published on 08 December the Siemens works council (WC) and the IG Metall union announced they had concluded an agreement with management at the German industrial giant that...
9 December 2015
EU: the new “Aviation Strategy” relies on European social dialogue to regulate issues of employment and work
On 07 December the European Commission presented its proposals for a new aviation policy. However much to the disappointment of the unions, no legislative proposals were put forward to protect the...
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8 December 2015
EU: employment ministers can’t agree on how to dig the draft directive for female representation on company boards out of its hole
During the Employment Council on 07 December the Social Ministers could not manage to agree on a general approach for the draft directive over female representation in directors' positions in...
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7 December 2015
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
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Germany: bill adopted to step up fight against illegal employment
On Thursday 13 November, Germany's Bundestag passed a bill to modernise and digitalise the country’s system for tackling undeclared work and financial crime. In future, the relevant department at...
20 November 2025
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France: TotalEnergies steps up commitment on disability
On 9 October, French energy group TotalEnergies and all representative trade unions signed a new four-year agreement on disability inclusion. Taking effect on 1 January 2026, the deal aims to help...
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