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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
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
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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...
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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...
15 October 2025
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Germany: government seeks to facilitate immigration of skilled Indian workers
During a visit to India earlier this week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addressed the strategic importance of attracting Indian workers to Germany, signing a series of cooperation agreements...
15 January 2026
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Informal economy and slow wage growth hamper decent work, ILO says
The International Labour Organisation published its Employment ans Social Trends 2026 on 14 January. It anticipates unemployment stabilising in 2026 and employment growth of 1%, driven by...
16 January 2026