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Spain : the Supreme Court overturns Coca Cola’s redundancy plan for non respecting the right to strike
During the strike at the Fuenlabrada factory south of Madrid, the company had made up for production losses in the region by bringing in bottled drinks from outside. The Court have decided that...
16 April 2015
Great Britain: employers and unions work together towards ending use of zero hour contracts ahead of prospective legal change
A number of employers and unions have recently signed agreements to end the use of zero hour contracts. With zero hours contracts becoming an increasingly political ‘hot potato’ in the forthcoming...
15 April 2015
Germany: the slowdown in apprenticeships continues
During her presentation of the 2015 Vocational Training report in Berlin, the Minister for Education and Research, Johanna Wanka indicated that the apprenticeship market for youths was in slightly...
15 April 2015
EU: the European Commission is consulting with the social partners over the consolidation of three Directives on workers’ Information & Consultation at the national level
On April 10 the European Commission launched a consultation document for its first phase consultation of social partners on a “consolidation of the EU Directives on information and consultation of...
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15 April 2015
Great-Britain : both main political parties (Conservatives, Labour) publish their full election manifestos
The Conservative and Labour parties have now published their full manifestos for fighting the 7 May general election on. These contain a host of measures on work, employment and industrial...
14 April 2015
Germany: rising numbers of older workers make an abrupt turn
According to recent data published by the Federal Employment Agency, Germany’s wave of increased activity amongst the older worker cohorts and considered as one the country’s previous governments’...
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14 April 2015
Spain: national agreement signed for the hospitality sector
Unions in Spain’s hospitality sector, the CCOO-Servicios and UGT-SMC as well as the employers’ bodies CEHAT and FEHR have ratified their fifth national framework agreement for the hospitality...
14 April 2015
How digital campaigning could influence businesses’ social practices
Last February, Italian clothing brand Benetton agreed to contribute to a compensation fund for victims of the Rana Plaza disaster (c.f. article No. 8912). This last minute turnaround by the...
Dassault Systèmes: signature of an agreement on employee involvement in the European company (SE)
On April 10 the French software company specializing in 3D software design together with an expressly designated SNB signed an agreement on employee involvement in the future SE. The highly...
13 April 2015
United States: biggest ever mass rally demanding a generalized rise in low wages is set for April 15 (4/15)
The ‘Fight for $15’ movement focuses primarily on achieving a general rise in the lowest salaries to fifteen dollars (compared with the federal minimum of 7.25$). However the movement’s scope is...
10 April 2015
Brazil: a general strike in protest at the ‘outsourcing’ bill is set for April 15
Brazil’s main trade union center, CUT (La Central Unica dos Trabalhadores, Unified Workers' Central) has called for a general strike on April 15. This call comes after the House of Representatives...
10 April 2015
Germany: 100 days in and the country’s minimum wage has not caused the damage that some quarters had feared
Germany’s newly implemented minimum wage will pass the 100-day mark on April 10 2015. First reports for one of the country’s most debated reforms show that the economic catastrophe predicted by...
9 April 2015
Great Britain: Kone workers strike over use of ‘unreliable’ vehicle tracker device
About 300 engineering service workers at Kone (installation and maintenance of lifts, escalators, moving walkways/autowalks, doors, and loading bay areas) have begun a fourteen week program of...
9 April 2015
EU: new budget line to fund joint actions with EWCs
The European Commission published, like it does every year, a call for proposals on “information, consultation and participation of representatives of undertakings,” which may notably be mobilized...
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8 April 2015
Chile: a new law gives workers in the commercial sector seven Sundays ‘off’
A million workers in the commercial sector will be able to take advantage of a new measure that raises the minimum number of days ‘off’ from 22 to 29. The law is the result of a combined...
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8 April 2015
The Council of Europe issues recommendations on the protection of personal data in the workplace
This non-binding recommendation bears witness to the willingness of the Council’s 47 Member States to progress together towards a common goal. It outlines the main principles that the governments...
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8 April 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...
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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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