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In the evening of 09 December, both unions and business leaders concluded an agreement over government proposals on both the return to work for those on long-term illness leave as well as on...

10 December 2015

Germany: the Families Minister presents a draft law on equal pay

On Wednesday 10 December, Germany’s Families Minister, Manuela Schwesig presented the main contours of a draft law that should enable the gender gap in pay to narrow. In 2014 this gap was...

10 December 2015

Denmark: parliament approves law on contract clauses

On 10 December a large majority of Denmark’s parliament adopted a new law on contract clauses. The law bans non-poaching clauses and reviews the rules over using contract clauses that could hamper...

10 December 2015

Great Britain: CWU signs a radical new job security and attendance pattern agreement with BT telecommunications

Members of the Communications Union (CWU) have strongly backed the ‘Transformation Agreement’ their union negotiated with BT Consumer operations, the customer care and service operations wing of...

9 December 2015

Germany: management at Siemens together with the company’s central works council and the IG Metall union collaborate to stimulate employee creativity by way of an ‘innovation fund’

In a joint declaration published on 08 December the Siemens works council (WC) and the IG Metall union announced they had concluded an agreement with management at the German industrial giant that...

9 December 2015

EU: the new “Aviation Strategy” relies on European social dialogue to regulate issues of employment and work

On 07 December the European Commission presented its proposals for a new aviation policy. However much to the disappointment of the unions, no legislative proposals were put forward to protect the...

8 December 2015

EU: employment ministers can’t agree on how to dig the draft directive for female representation on company boards out of its hole

During the Employment Council on 07 December the Social Ministers could not manage to agree on a general approach for the draft directive over female representation in directors' positions in...

7 December 2015

Italy: Michelin comes to agreement with unions over its reorganization plan

Following worker mobilization, the French tyre maker came to an agreement with the unions over reorganization in Italy’s Piedmont region where it employs some 3,700 workers. In the agreement one...

7 December 2015

United States: the UAW strikes an historic victory in the U.S. south during union elections at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee

The United Auto Workers union UAW has finally got its foot in the door of the Volkswagen plant at Chattanooga in Tennessee. The skilled trades workers on the Passat assembly line voted by 108 in...

7 December 2015

Great Britain: government targeting ‘salary sacrifices’

An increasingly popular form of remuneration in Great Britain, ‘salary sacrifices’ are however causing the government concern because they significantly affect the amounts of social contributions...

4 December 2015

Netherlands: PostNL signs a new five-year agreement to help manage its upcoming business reorganisation

In October 2015 management at PostNL together with the unions FNV, CNV, and VHP2 concluded an agreement in principle over a social plan for the Dutch postal operator. Employees voted in favour and...

4 December 2015

Finland: negotiations to renew collective agreements and improve competitiveness are going nowhere

Echoing the position it adopted in 2007 the business leaders body for industry, EK, announced at the end of November that it was refusing to negotiate a new cross-industry framework agreement on...

4 December 2015

Spain: political parties present their proposals in front of the general election on 20 December

As campaigning starts for the general election on 20 December, the main political parties are putting forward their proposals to reform labor legislation and free up the jobs market.

3 December 2015

Portugal: the new socialist led government looks to consumption to relaunch the economy

António Costa’s socialist government has announced a series of measures that should relaunch the economic activity in 2016. Measures abolishing certain austerity led taxes and levies imposed...

3 December 2015

Sweden: new rules restricting continuous use of temporary employment contracts

Under threat of sanctions by the European Commission for breaches of the Directive on temporary employment contracts that imposes a minimum level framework over continuous use of temporary...

3 December 2015

Germany: during its ‘Job Summit’, Lufthansa and the unions agreed to deepen their cooperation

Plagued by continuous strike action over the past two years, on Wednesday 02 December, Lufthansa invited the three unions that are established within the company; Verdi (ground staff), Ufo (flight...

2 December 2015

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