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Russia: economic crisis weighs on the labor market
Recruitment consultancy firm Antal presented the results of a 2015 study on salaries and the Russian labor market. The study included results from 5,000 respondents from different Russian towns...
13 July 2015
Work starts on a binding treaty for multinational company responsibility with respect to human rights violations
The first session of the “intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights,” guided by the UNO Human Rights Council came to...
France: law for growth and activity permanently adopted
At the labour law level the law relaxes provisions over Sunday and night-time work, it strengthens regulations combatting social dumping related to posted workers, it put a compensation scale in...
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10 July 2015
Japan: reforms to do away with overtime pay
No more overtime pay: this is the project for reform to labor regulations that the government is looking to get adopted during this parliamentary session for implementation in April 2016. This...
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10 July 2015
Lithuania: a new social model is presented before parliament
Given what has been considered as a completely outdated legal environment, the government looking to act fast has decided to bring a new ‘social model’ before parliament comprising some 20...
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10 July 2015
EU: the CJEU holds that members of the board of directors are also workers
In a ruling on a German case handed down on July 09 the CJEU decided that the director of a capital company who carries out an activity under the supervision of another body of that company and...
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9 July 2015
Société Générale: a new addendum to the EWC puts in place a single representation entity for the group in France and Europe
On July 09, Société Générale’s Comité de Groupe France (CGF) (French Works Council) agreed to merge with the EWC. The addendum regulating the operations of the new Comité de Groupe Européen, the...
9 July 2015
Brazil: Dilma Rousseff has launched a new jobs protection program to limit layoffs during crisis periods
In force since July 07, Brazil’s job protection program the PPE aims to support businesses in the industrial sector that are affected by the economic slowdown. The program will subsidize workers’...
9 July 2015
Italy: separate agreement that renews a collective agreement for both Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and CNH Industrial
Following 9 months of negotiations, both FCA and CNH Industrial concluded a separate agreement to renew a collective agreement that runs from 2015 – 2018 and applies to 85,000 employees. It...
8 July 2015
Great Britain: surprise announcement of an obligatory living wage
On Wednesday July 08 and before an incredulous Labour Party David Cameron’s government presented its first 100% Conservative party budget since the party was reelected to power and in it announced...
8 July 2015
Germany: train drivers’ union GDL takes the law on single unions to the Federal Constitutional Court
On July 07, the day following Germany’s President, Joachim Gauck signed the controversial law on single trade unions the corporatist union GDL announced it would soon lodge a complaint against the...
8 July 2015
Great Britain: new conciliation service resolves around half of tribunal claims before their actual court date
‘Early Conciliation’ was launched in Britain in April 2014 and requires those thinking of making an Employment Tribunal claim to notify the arbitration service Acas who then tries to resolve the...
8 July 2015
Great Britain: Pressure increasing from shareholders and stakeholders for retailers to pay the living wage
Major retailers like supermarkets (Tesco, Morrisons, Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury’s) as well as clothes chain, Next, are experiencing a barrage of unwanted and critical attention from...
7 July 2015
Société Générale: interview with Jean-François Climent, Director of Industrial Relations, on the global agreement on fundamental rights
On June 03, 2015, Société Générale and UNI Global Union signed a global agreement on fundamental rights (c.f. article No. 9111). Jean-François Climent, Director of Industrial Relations explains...
7 July 2015
Italy: trade unions and civil society present the Workers Act as an alternative to Prime Minister Renzi’s Jobs Act
Put forward as an alternative to the Jobs Act, the Workers Act was presented at the CGIL headquarters head office at Modena. The Sbilanciamoci! network, an array of 51 associations and Catholic...
7 July 2015
Germany: Deutsche Post and Verdi bury the hatchet
The biggest dispute at Deutsche Post for twenty years finally came to a close in the evening of 05 July. At the end of almost four weeks of strike action plus a final 3-day negotiation marathon...
6 July 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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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