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Italy: unions mobilize to ensure national collective agreements are renewed in the tourism and retail sectors
Service industry unions are abuzz with activity. This week in the tourism sector unions continue with strike action across the territories demanding that their long expired (two years ago)...
15 September 2015
Japan: an amendment to the law on temporary work permanently adopted
New legislation permanently adopted on Friday 11 September removes an earlier three-year limit on the length of time companies could use temporary workers to carry out the same function. Going...
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15 September 2015
Great Britain: yet another fall in legal proceedings being brought before the employment tribunals
According to the latest official data the number of cases being brought before the UK Employment Tribunals are becoming scarcer by the minute. Employment tribunals’ fees introduced by the Cameron...
15 September 2015
Denmark: a ruling by the arbitration committee should put employers off from using temporary employment contracts as a way of avoiding collective agreements
An industrial relations related preliminary ruling by the arbitration committee (Faglig Voldgift) has indicated that several consecutive work missions (even those that are very short) carried out...
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14 September 2015
Portugal: new rules on parental leave reinforce paternal involvement and sanction discrimination against pregnant women
Portugal’s parental leave arrangements have just been bolstered with a set of new standards that were published on 01 September in the Official Journal (decree 120/2015). The new norms augment...
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14 September 2015
Great Britain: left-wing and anti-establishment, Jeremy Corbyn is elected head of the Labour Party with a huge mandate from trade union members
Veteran left wing Labour MP, Jeremy Corbyn, swept to victory in the Labour Party leadership contest, with 60% of the votes. His right wing rivals were badly split, trailing far behind him. In his...
14 September 2015
Russia: the government is battling harder against a problem of drugs and alcohol at work
As part of the fight against addiction the government introduced legislative measures in July 2015 that allow employers to layoff employees either because they have been found guilty of the...
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14 September 2015
Finland: government imposes measures to improve economic competitiveness
After two fruitless attempts by the social partners to agree, Finland’s government has announced its intention to adopt, in the upcoming weeks, significant legislative measures geared to lowering...
11 September 2015
France: former Congolese employees at Comilog, a subsidiary of French group Eramet secure compensation from the French courts for the breaches of contract
After a 23 year long legal battle, former Congolese employees at Comilog (La Compagnie Minière de l'Ogooué, Ogooué Mining Company), a Gabon based subsidiary of French mining company Eramet...
Netherlands: regional strikes in the metals sector continue with a national march planned for 25 September
Negotiations for renewed collective agreements in the metal sectors (both the metal & technical branches with 285,000 workers and the metal electro branches with 140,000 workers) started in...
11 September 2015
Italy: the “Growth from digital technology” project launched as part of the Youth Guarantee program will train tomorrow’s economic actors to be digital experts
On 09 September the Italian government in collaboration with Google and Unioncamere (the Union of the Chambers of Commerce) launched the “Growth from digital technology” project, which dispenses...
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11 September 2015
EU: travel time between peripatetic workers’ homes and their customers should count as working time (CJEU)
In a ruling handed down on 10 September over a Spanish case the CJEU said that working time should include the time spent by peripatetic workers (no fixed or habitual place of work), who are...
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10 September 2015
Sweden: new non-compete and invention clauses for employees
The Swedish business leaders confederation Svenskt Näringsliv and the Swedish Federation of Salaried Employees in Industry and Services Privattjänstemannakartellen (PTK) have announced their...
10 September 2015
Great Britain: a new workers’ conditions charter aims to be the precursor for a construction industry benchmark
Construction firms that want to build in Liverpool will have to agree a six-point charter to ensure that workers receive the minimum employment conditions. The charter, which has been drawn up by...
10 September 2015
Bulgaria: modifications to the pension system framework are adopted
Following months of tough debate, the Bulgarian Parliament has adopted significant changes to the country’s current three-pillar pension system. The changes aim to stabilize the system’s financial...
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10 September 2015
France: the government undertakes large-scale labor law reforms
Prime Minister Manuel Valls today received a report from the former Director General of Labor, Jean Denis Combrexelle that proposes reducing the legal element in employment relations in favor of...
9 September 2015
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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...
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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