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Ireland: legislation reforming industrial relations has been definitively adopted
During the summer the Irish Parliament finally adopted legislation reforming the country’s industrial relations framework. Ireland was under pressure from European and International law...
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9 September 2015
Germany: businesses commit to progressively integrating refugees
The massive refugee influx into Germany continues. In the face of this wave, an increasing number of big business leaders and employers’ federations are campaigning for refugee access to the jobs...
8 September 2015
United States: California votes in the “Strongest Equal Pay Law in the Nation”
Even if the most recent draft bill for equal pay in the United States has hit a roadblock at federal level this has not hindered other States such as New York State (c.f. article No. 9082) and now...
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8 September 2015
United States: companies who contract with the federal government must provide employees with paid sick leave
On 07 September, US Labor Day, President Obama signed an executive order forcing companies who contract with the federal government to provide paid leave to their employees (up to a ceiling of 7...
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8 September 2015
Italy: final four decrees reforming the labor market are definitively adopted
On 04 September Italy’s Council of Ministers gave final approval for the final four Job’s Act decrees (the law enabling labor market reforms, approved in December 2014, c.f. article No. 8763). The...
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7 September 2015
Poland: during the summer new legislation on fixed term contracts and parental leave was adopted
During the holiday period the Polish Parliament tightened the country’s labor laws treating fixed-term contracts. Amendments to the system of parental leave both simplifying it and making it more...
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7 September 2015
Russia: draft law on maintaining salaries when employees stop working because their wages are late
According to article 142 in the Russian Labor Code an employee can unilaterally stop work when his/her wages are more than 15 days late. However nothing is mentioned as to whether the non-working...
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7 September 2015
Great Britain: mounting criticism by trade union shareholder group (TUSO) over working conditions at Sports Direct
A few days ahead of the sports retailer, Sports Direct’s annual meeting, the Trade Union Share Owners (TUSO) which groups pension funds of several British trades unions has ramped up pressure on...
7 September 2015
Poland : new tripartite Council looks to breathe new life into national social dialogue
The Law on the independent Council of Social Dialogue will come into force on September 11. The Council will replace Tripartite Commission for Social and Economic Affairs and is the result of...
4 September 2015
Italy: school reforms that come into force this September attempt to improve links between schools and business
The Renzi Government’s much contested education reforms were finally adopted in July 2015 and provide for obligatory in-company practical training for students in their final three years of...
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4 September 2015
United States: the United Auto Workers union advocates that the big 3 carmakers together manage their combined healthcare costs
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is recommending that the big 3 automakers (General Motors, Ford, Fiat Chrysler Auto) together set up a common platform for purchasing healthcare. The idea, born...
4 September 2015
EU: the CJEU may restrict governments’ capacity to exclude specific termination of employment contracts from collective redundancy procedures
The CJEU has to rule if employees on fixed term employment contracts should be included in the calculations used to determine the number of workers in an undertaking as pertaining to Directive...
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3 September 2015
Germany: IG Metall and employers divided over working hours and services contracts
While the Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, Andrea Nahles gets set this autumn for a draft law on a framework for services contracts as well as an amendment to the current legislation...
3 September 2015
Great Britain: controversy building over processing charges for customers’ tips after a pay sensitive summer
The battle for waiters and waitresses to receive their full tips has heated up over the summer. A host of restaurants (Angus Steak Houses, ASK Italian and Zizzi, Café Rouge, Prezzo, Strada, Pizza...
3 September 2015
Myanmar: introduces a minimum wage
Under pressure from both unions and abroad, the Myanmar government has decided to put the long awaited and reclaimed minimum wage in place. The garment and textile sector employing almost 200,000...
2 September 2015
Great Britain: another jump in the number of zero-hours contracts
The number of people in Great Britain employed on zero-hours contracts has risen by almost 20% over a year.
2 September 2015
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20 October 2025
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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...
5 November 2025
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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...
6 November 2025
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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...
13 November 2025