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Great Britain: the fight against modern slavery in supply chains is about to get started
For the first time, once the summer comes to a close, firms operating in Britain will have to report on an annual basis what they are doing to combat human trafficking along their global...
Italy: Whirlpool concludes a framework agreement with unions as a way to avoid layoffs
After months of mobilization, the metals sector unions secured changes to Whirlpool’s initial restructuring plans involving 2,060 layoffs and the closure of two sites following its purchase of...
3 July 2015
Japan: employees laid off ‘unfairly’ can opt for financial compensation
The Japanese government has just announced that employees subjected to unfair dismissal would soon be able to opt for financial compensation instead of taking up their former job. For the...
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2 July 2015
Great Britain: construction union UCATT succeeds in banning the use of umbrella companies by two local authorities
The Construction union, the Union of Construction and Allied Technical Trades (UCATT), has secured its first two major victories in its campaign against the use of ‘umbrella companies’ used by...
2 July 2015
Denmark: first round to the unions but conflict with Ryanair continues
Denmark’s trade union has the right to take industrial action against Irish airline Ryanair in order to secure a collective agreement covering Ryanair’s new base at Copenhagen. This is the court’s...
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2 July 2015
Belgium: oil sector signs new collective agreement
On June 24, Belgium’s oil sector signed its collective agreement for the period 2015/2016. Unions secured the maximum in terms of pay rises as well as improved provisions for quality of life and...
2 July 2015
EU : Commission confirms the withdrawal of the maternity leave draft directive
The Commission just announced the withdrawal of the maternity leave directive draft directive. It will propose new initiatives in the 2016 Work Programme, « aiming to meet the objectives in a more...
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1 July 2015
Germany: longest strike in the history of rail comes to an end
Relief for Germany on the eve of the summer holidays: caught up in a year long apparently intractable dispute, the train drivers’ union GDL together with management at Deutsche Bahn announced on...
1 July 2015
Germany: six months after introducing the minimum wage, Minister for Employment, Andrea Nahles announces lighter working time documentation requirements
On June 30, during a press conference on the minimum wage some six months after the law came into force, Andrea Nahles, Minister for Social Affairs and Employment announced to much surprise all...
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1 July 2015
United States: Barack Obama turns his attention to overtime
The US President wants to expand the pool of workers eligible for overtime. Up until now a worker earning over 23,660$ a year was not eligible for overtime pay. The President is looking to raise...
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1 July 2015
Luxemburg: draft law on social dialogue within companies in the process of being voted in
On Thursday July 01 the Chamber of Deputies will decide on a project under debate since 2013. Joint committees have been legislated away for a while and their competences have been transferred to...
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1 July 2015
Netherlands: reforms to redundancy payments and to flexible employment contracts come into force today July 01.
The ‘Law on work and security’ (Wet Werk en Zekerheid) was adopted in June 2014. In it are provisions covering redundancy and flexible work contract regulations. The law comes into force on July...
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1 July 2015
Denmark: government’s new programme banks on growth and jobs in the private sector
Yesterday, on 28 June, new Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen presented his cabinet and his government’s programme. As regards the labour market he is planning, amongst other things, to revise...
29 June 2015
Forced labour: despite efforts, the electronics sector is still the underperformer
139 graves and abandoned camps, which are thought to have housed hundreds of people, have been discovered. At the end of May, Malaysia was once again faced with a truth which has eaten away at the...
United States: the Supreme Court upholds Obamacare
A majority of the US Supreme Court upheld key portions of Obamacare (The Affordable Care Act) especially the federal subsidy system that 7 million rely on.
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25 June 2015
Germany: the strike at Deutsche Post DHL has started a legal free-for-all
Week three of the strike organized by the services union Verdi at Deutsche Post DHL (DP-DHL) comes to a close without the social partners moving one step closer to agreement. In fact it has been...
25 June 2015
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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
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
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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France: Decathlon introduces a ‘duty to respect others’ right to disconnect’
A right-to-disconnect agreement was signed in late September for the French arm of the Decathlon sports retail group. It sets out a "duty to respect others’ right to disconnect" and provides...
14 November 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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France: construction sector turns to long-term partial activity scheme
Amid the ongoing economic crisis hitting France’s construction sector, social partners in the public works industry (350,000 employees) signed an agreement at the end of October enabling companies...
21 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025