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Following the merger on 02 November 2015 between General Electric (GE) and Alstom Power & Grid, on 04 January 2016 GE announced a major European restructuring plan involving around 6,500 job...

30 June 2016

Great Britain: Prospect union ready to merge with BECTU

The small media and entertainment union BECTU has the summer to vote for or against a merger with the ever growing Prospect union, which is the trade union for scientists, engineers, and other...

30 June 2016

Italy: the new President of Confindustria renews union links in view of upcoming industrial relations negotiations

A positive atmosphere surrounded the first informal meeting held on June 28 between Vincenzo Boccia, leader of the employers’ body Confindusria since March 2016, and the secretaries general of the...

30 June 2016

Germany: minimum wage rises for the first time to €8.84 an hour from January 2017

A year and a half after Germany’s landmark introduction on 01 January 2015 of a national minimum wage, the country’s Federal Salaries Commission delivered its first ruling where, as of 01 January...

29 June 2016

EU: together the European Commission, the Council of the European Union and the social partners commit to restarting social dialogue at all levels

Game, set, and match. The European social partners (the ETUC representing trade unions and BusinessEurope, CEEP, and the UEAPME representing employers) had agreed a text for the restarting of...

29 June 2016

Germany: government looks to subsidize salaries for the disabled

During a cabinet meeting on 28 June, Germany’s coalition government approved a draft law on disabled persons’ participation in society (Bundesteilhabegesetz). Formulated by Andrea Nahles, Minister...

28 June 2016

EU: electricity sector social partners sign an agreement over minimum standards for trainees

On 27 June, both employers (Eurelectric) and unions (EPSU and IndustriALL Europe) signed an agreement laying down a minimum framework for trainees in the electricity sector. The signatories will...

28 June 2016

Czech Republic: secret trade union membership developed to avoid potential employer reprisals

In 2012 the Czech online news site Novinky.cz reported on employees’ voiced concerns over reprisals by their employer Hyundai Motors because they were members of a trade union. The company has...

28 June 2016

Great Britain: sets a course to leave the EU

51.9% of the British population voted ‘No’ to Europe during an historic referendum, plunging the United Kingdom and its business community into a sea of uncertainty. Negotiations to exit the EU...

24 June 2016

Germany: 5.3% wage rise over 24 months for the chemicals sector

Germany’s 550,000 chemicals employees will receive a 5.3% pay rise paid in two stages comprising first 3% then 2.3%. In exchange for the size of the rise the IG BCE union accepted spreading the...

24 June 2016

Portugal: retail sector adopts a new collective agreement

Since 16 June, Portugal’s major retailers has a new collective agreement where workers will enjoy a 2% wage rise as well as arrangements to be implemented that will allow for equivalences between...

24 June 2016

Italy: banking sector social partners negotiate a code of conduct

Following a series of scandals that have hit several of Italy’s banking institutions, negotiations commenced between the employers’ body ABI (Associazione Bancaria Italiana) and the sector’s...

23 June 2016

Germany: more and more businesses are looking for new ways to attract apprentices

Germany’s businesses are doing more and more to attract apprenticeship candidates in a bid to fill a growing shortage. Measures including in-house internships, closer ties with the secondary and...

23 June 2016

China: are changes in wages putting an end to cheap ‘Made-in-China’?

Thanks to a formerly cheap labor pool, crucial for building the ‘world factory’, China has become the world’s biggest manufacturing country making one fifth of the global manufacturing products...

22 June 2016

Sweden: law on whistle-blowers (Visselblåsare) is finally adopted

On 08 June Sweden’s parliament adopted a draft law that was initially presented in May 2014 and that aims to bolster protection for whistle-blowers. The law is set to come into force on 01 January...

22 June 2016

EU: the ETUC calls for a framework directive on workers’ participation at board level

Between 08-09 June the ETUC Executive Committee adopted a resolution in favor of a directive enabling stronger arrangements in terms of both information and consultation and participation at board...

20 June 2016

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