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According to economists’ forecasts, 2016 will be a good year for workers. Large-scale emigration has left businesses struggling to hire staff. As a result salaries have gone up and businesses are...

4 February 2016

Denmark: integrating refugees into the labor market is a high priority for the tripartite negotiations

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has called the social partners together for tripartite talks on 11 February. Top of the agenda is how to integrate refugees into the labor market. The social...

4 February 2016

Great Britain: GMB union and Humberside Engineering Training Association launch a joint initiative to promote apprenticeships with the region’s employers and younger workers

The GMB union together with Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) have launched an initiative to encourage Humberside’s employers and younger workers into apprenticeships. Unions have...

4 February 2016

Italy: a new agreement for the recently formed Finmeccania One Company model

Since 01 January 2016, former 100% Finmeccania subsidiaries Agusta Westland, Alenia Aermacchi, Selex ES, Oto Melara and Wass, have merged into one single company operating with seven divisions...

4 February 2016

News update as of 3 February 2016

Brexit/Proposals to keep Great Britain in the EU. The European Commission intends to establish a specific body tasked with examining current legislation to verify that it fully respects the two...

3 February 2016

France: a company is sentenced to redeem eight years worth of profit sharing amounts to its employees that had been unpaid due to a tax avoidance scheme

In a ruling on 02 February 2016, the Versailles Court of Appeal imposed several liability on both the publishing company Wolters Kluwer France (WKF) and its parent holding company Holding Wolters...

3 February 2016

Greece: unions call for a new general strike on Thursday to protest against pension reforms

On the anniversary of the radical left’s accession to power in January 2015, anger is growing across all segments of Greece’s society. The draft law on pensions that the government put to the...

3 February 2016

Italy: the government strengthens independent workers’ rights and allows more flexibility for employees via the introduction of smart work

On 28 January 2016, Italy’s Council of Ministers adopted a draft law that establishes a new status for non-entrepreneur independent workers. The goal is to implement a “modern system of rights and...

2 February 2016

Germany: IG Metall recommends a wage raise of between 4.5% and 5%

Following consultations with its seven regional federations, IG Metall, Germany’s largest trade union in terms of membership numbers, announced on the 02 February that it would enter into the...

2 February 2016

Great Britain: the government commits to boosting apprentices and female participation in the transport sector

The UK Minister for Transport has unveiled a new strategy requiring companies who tender for transport infrastructure building projects to create apprenticeships and recruit women.

2 February 2016

News update as of 29 January 2016

On the menu this week: ILO conference and global supply chains, a British plan to safeguard jobs in the oil sector, the European Commission adopts a series of measures combatting corporate tax...

29 January 2016

Italy: a ruling by the Supreme Court of Cassation on the right for workers to suspend activity when working conditions are unsafe

A ruling by the Supreme Court of Cassation, made public on 19 January 2016 affirms the legitimacy of workers to temporarily suspend their activities if their employer cannot guarantee safety...

28 January 2016

Great Britain: leading unions call for protectionist measures to safeguard jobs

In response to huge jobs losses and the prospect of more to come, a number of leading unions in steel and manufacturing have made calls to protect jobs by urging the government to act upon...

28 January 2016

Unilever: joint declaration in conjunction with the international trade unions UITA and IndustriALL to prevent sexual harassment

Signed on 26 January by the agro-industry union federations, UITA and the industrial federation IndustriALL Global this declaration included commitments to tackle sexual harassment together via...

28 January 2016

EU: the European Commission questions the pertinence of imposing the obligation to inform of essential aspects in employment contracts for certain new forms of employment

On 27 January, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the employer’s obligation to inform workers of conditions that apply in the employment contract, or as regards the...

27 January 2016

EU: the Social Rights Pillar, an instrument for increased social convergence

Work by the European Commission on a European Pillar of Social Rights continues. On 27 January the College of Commissioners held the first debate on the concept launched in September 2015 by...

27 January 2016

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