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France: the Prime Minister announces a judicial compensation ceiling for unjustified dismissals
On Tuesday June 09 Prime Minister Manuel Valls presented a raft of measures aimed at promoting employment in small and medium sized companies. In terms of labor law, the “Small Business Act...
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9 June 2015
Ireland: ratification of a law to streamline the administrative and judicial authorities responsible for examining employer employee disputes
This reform, due to come into effect on October 01, aims to streamline the procedures and the number of bodies involved in resolving disputes between employers and staff.The current five labors...
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9 June 2015
Italy: first foray for Italian companies into ‘brain sharing’
Openjobmetis, an Italian recruitment agency is first to try out temporary sharing of staff between companies. It is convinced that with open source and co-working human resource management will...
9 June 2015
Germany: indefinite strike action starting at Deutsche Post
Services trade union Verdi announced the start of indefinite strike action at Deutsche Post as of the afternoon of Monday June 08. The announcement comes after collective negotiations broke down...
8 June 2015
Germany: fracture lines between business and unions over flexibility and protection levels in the context of digitalization are clearly drawn
The Chancellor gathered the relevant social partners and Ministers together at the Meseberg Chateau (north of Berlin) for the 6th session on “discussions on the future”, focusing on the economy...
8 June 2015
France: the government is committed to taking measures combatting workplace discrimination so that businesses are no longer in ‘denial’
Awareness campaigns, more testing, implementing social dialogue on the issue, setting up special action groups…such is the range of measures aimed at raising the collective conscience and pulling...
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8 June 2015
Spain: Nissan Avila factory workers approve a competitiveness plan in the face of union disagreement.
The competitiveness plan includes increasing the amount of work as well as introducing a two-tier salary scale and in return the 130 redundancies demanded by management can be avoided. The UGT and...
8 June 2015
Belgium: the Council of Ministers approves a reform to raise official retirement age to 67 by 2030
On Friday June 03, the government adopted a draft law set out in the government agreement. This makes no less than five the number of draft laws and royal decrees set to change a whole ranges of...
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8 June 2015
Italy: following “tough opposition” the confederation of autonomous unions (USB) adheres to the centralized agreement on union representation
After its tribunal challenge to the January 2104 agreement on union representation was rejected, and despite its continued opposition, the confederation of autonomous unions, the Unione Sindacale...
5 June 2015
Netherlands: reform to increase retirement age is approved
On June 02 the Dutch Senate adopted an amendment to the country’s retirement law (AOW) treating the official retirement age, one of the pillar’s of the Dutch retirement system. The text...
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5 June 2015
Italy: workers from Alenia (Finmeccanica group) transferred to Atitech will benefit from a clause to safeguard employment for an indefinite period
On 28 May, following significant mobilisation, employees of Alenia Aermacchi approved the agreement, signed the previous day by trade unions, on the conditions for the transfer of their...
4 June 2015
Great Britain: unionisation on the rise in private sector
For the fourth consecutive year, British trade unions saw their private sector membership grow in 2014. All sectors considered, 6.4 million British employees were linked to a trade union last...
4 June 2015
Société Générale: signing of global agreement on fundamental rights and trade union freedom with UNI Global Union
On 3 June, the French banking company signed an international agreement on fundamental rights with the international trade union federation UNI. Société Générale has thus affirmed its commitment...
3 June 2015
Denmark: adoption of new measures to combat social dumping in transport sector
On May 26 the Danish parliament adopted new measures to combat social dumping in road transportation. One of the latest measures is that the pay and working conditions for foreign drivers of...
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3 June 2015
Finland: government threatens drastic economic measures if unions and business leaders can’t agree on how to promote the country’s competitiveness
Traditionally the State takes on a somewhat discreet role during collective negotiations facilitating the conclusion of agreements by proposing changes in legislation so as to implement agreements...
3 June 2015
United States: the Supreme Court recognizes religious discrimination over a job candidate wearing a headscarf
The U.S. Supreme Court has just sided with a young Muslim female who took the Abercrombie & Fitch clothing chain to court for religious discrimination. The almost unanimous vote by the judges...
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3 June 2015
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
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EU: Court of Justice largely upholds directive on adequate minimum wages
On 11 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld most of the directive on adequate minimum wages, rejecting Denmark’s claim that it infringed on national sovereignty over wage...
12 November 2025
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
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Germany: report previews draft bill to transpose EU Pay Transparency Directive
On Friday 7 November, Germany’s commission for a 'less bureaucratic implementation' of the EU Pay Transparency Directive — made up of employer and trade union representatives — submitted its...
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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