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Sweden: new requirements for combatting work related psychosocial risks
In January 2015 the government announced occupational safety as its priority (c.f. article No. 8857) but as psychosocial risks and mental stress continue unabated this has proved insufficient. The...
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28 September 2015
EU: the 13th Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation takes place on Tuesday 29 September in Paris
The ETUC’s 13th Congress will take place under the banner “Quality jobs and workers’ rights and fair society in Europe”. The Congress runs from 29 September until 02 October and will offer a high...
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25 September 2015
United States: marking a first, auto parts workers in a factory in the southern state of Alabama vote to join the UAW
The United Auto Workers union (UAW) has just made its first inroads into Alabama, one of the southern States most opposed to all forms of organized labor.
25 September 2015
Germany: Daimler signs an agreement to strengthen and spread its “Generation Management activities”
On Tuesday 22 September both the HR department and the central works council at the German automaker Daimler signed an “Agreement strengthening generation management” at the company. It contains...
24 September 2015
Germany: reelected head of Verdi, Frank Bsirske puts digital transformation at the heart of the service union’s activity
Frank Bsirske (63) has headed up the services union Verdi since its inception in 2001 and for the fifth time in a row he has been reelected as its head during the Verdi congress being held in...
23 September 2015
Italy: the CGIL starts ‘cutting red tape’ in order to attract more members
Attracting more members and strengthening unions in the workplace and across the country. Such are the priorities taken up by the 6th CGIL conference, held in Rome on September 17 and 18. One of...
22 September 2015
Germany: six big meat industry companies commit to combatting social dumping
Following a series of scandals over the exploitation of Eastern European workers in German abattoirs, the meat industry’s six biggest companies Tönnies, Vion, Heidemark, Danish Crown, Lohmann and...
22 September 2015
Greece: what lies ahead for the new Alexis Tsipras government
Alexis Tsipras who was overwhelmingly re-elected on Sunday is readying the country for the new aid plan Greece signed with the EUR, the ECB, and the IMF in July. In order to receive a new tranche...
22 September 2015
Great Britain: living wage to be paid by a supermarket chain, marking a first for the sector
The quirky fashion and lifestyle retailer, Oliver Bonas, became the first high street chain to pay the independent living wage at the end of the summer to its 500 staff across its 43 shops and...
21 September 2015
United States: Fiat Chrysler and the UAW union conclude their wage negotiations
This weekend details of the project agreement concluded on 15 September 2015 between the United Automobile workers (UAW) union and one of the ‘big 3’ automakers, Fiat Chrysler, were made public...
21 September 2015
Germany: employers now implementing measures to integrate refugees into their business
Integrating refugees into the fabric of Germany’s economy is becoming more generalized whereas until a short time ago this had been limited to just a handful of job offers. On 17 September...
18 September 2015
Sweden: employers and unions can’t agree on loosening the criteria used for selecting which workers are to be made redundant
On 04 September 2015, much to the surprise of all, the business leaders’ confederation, Svenskt Näringsliv announced that it was halting negotiations with the PTK (Swedish Federation of Salaried...
18 September 2015
Italy: negotiations to renew the metal sector national collective agreement are likely to prove difficult
On 16 September 2015, a central meeting convened by the Metals sector’s business leaders bodies: Federmecccanica and Assistal, to examine developments in the sector, set out a narrow framework for...
18 September 2015
Italy: the chemicals unions present their platform of demands for renewing the national collective agreement
On 15 September 2015, during their national assembly meeting, the Filctem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl, and Uiltec-Uil bodies and members approved a platform of demands for the renewal of the national...
16 September 2015
Canada: unions getting involved in the election campaign
Canada’s unions are gearing up in front of the country’s federal elections set for 19 October 2015. Press campaigns, strategic support for certain candidates, various members’ actions… all means...
16 September 2015
Germany: nine months after coming into force, the new national minimum age has led to an overall rise in salaries for the low paid, according to the DGB
In the presence of the Minister for Employment, Andrea Nahles who was attending a congress in Berlin under the heading “Is the minimum wage being applied everywhere?” the Confederation of German...
15 September 2015
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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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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France: cabinet adopts suspension of pension reform
On 23 October, the French Council of Ministers approved an amendment to the social security financing bill (PLFSS), confirming the suspension of the 2023 pension reform until 2028. This measure...
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24 October 2025
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Carrefour and UNI Global Union renew global agreement on promoting social dialogue and diversity
On 17 October, Carrefour, one of the world’s largest retailers, with nearly 500,000 employees worldwide, and global union federation UNI Global Union renewed their global agreement on...
3 November 2025