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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
Italy: Michelin comes to agreement with unions over its reorganization plan
Following worker mobilization, the French tyre maker came to an agreement with the unions over reorganization in Italy’s Piedmont region where it employs some 3,700 workers. In the agreement one...
7 December 2015
United States: the UAW strikes an historic victory in the U.S. south during union elections at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee
The United Auto Workers union UAW has finally got its foot in the door of the Volkswagen plant at Chattanooga in Tennessee. The skilled trades workers on the Passat assembly line voted by 108 in...
7 December 2015
Great Britain: government targeting ‘salary sacrifices’
An increasingly popular form of remuneration in Great Britain, ‘salary sacrifices’ are however causing the government concern because they significantly affect the amounts of social contributions...
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4 December 2015
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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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
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Argentina: government unveils labour reform
Argentina's ultra-liberal president Javier Milei wants to "modernise labour" with a new reform that has been greeted with opposition from trade unions. Submitted to the Senate on 11 December, the...
6 January 2026
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TRENDS IN 2026 — Reducing workplace absence at all costs: a major challenge for Europe
Workplace absence is on the rise across Europe, particularly among women, older employees and, since the Covid-19 pandemic, young people under the age of 30. Faced with this growing problem, some...
14 January 2026
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Spain: government wants 3.1% minimum wage hike
Spain's ministry of labour has informed the social partners of its intention to raise the minimum wage to €1,221 gross per month. This increase is expected to be approved by the Council of...
8 January 2026
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Poland: reform introduces possibility of working for another employer while on sick leave
On 7 January, the President of Poland promulgated an amendment to the country’s social insurance act. The reform aims to clarify the activities permitted during sick leave, so that...
12 January 2026
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Vincent Lecerf (Orange): “Equality and diversity are competitive advantages for us”
Following the signing of a new agreement on professional equality and diversity in December, the chief HR officer of French multinational telecommunications corporation Orange Group, Vincent...
13 January 2026
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France: Crédit Agricole signs first independent agreement on disability
On 8 December, French banking group Crédit Agricole and three of the four representative trade unions (CFE-CGC, CFDT and FO) in France signed a disability agreement for the period...
9 January 2026