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Italy: April promises to be a troubled month in the social arena
Employees in the tourism sector as well as those working in Telecom Italia and not forgetting those who work in the private Rail Company NTV are expected to mobilize this month making for a tense...
7 April 2015
United States: the SEC brings its first action over confidentiality agreement clauses that could “stifle the whistleblowing process”
On April 1, 2015 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (a federal agency that enforces federal securities laws) made its first ever announcement over a confidentiality clause that a...
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7 April 2015
Italy: collective agreement renewals becoming increasingly difficult
By the end of January more than 7 million Italian workers including 2.9 million in the public sector had been nervously waiting for the renewal of their collective agreements and their company...
7 April 2015
Poland : substantial changes in fixed-term employment
The Ministry of Employment and Social Policy has finalised the 5-months works on a bill amending regulations concerning fixed-term contracts in the Polish Labour Code.
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3 April 2015
Safran: new European framework agreement for developing skills and career paths uploaded
The agreement (see our article 8988) is now available on our website.
2 April 2015
Russia: AvtoVAZ offers mutual contract termination for employees close to retirement
The number one automobile manufacturer in Russia, Avtovaz — a subsidiary of Renault-Nissan —, is offering compensation to older employees to encourage them to retire or take early retirement. This...
2 April 2015
Italy: last-minute agreement on renewal of national collective agreement in the banking sector
A gross monthly increase of 85 euros over 4 years, an 8% wage increase for young workers employed, a guarantee that if a bank merges or is sold, the employees concerned will keep their permanent...
2 April 2015
Belgium: 2015 budget adjustment includes measures to create jobs for young people and in the e-commerce sector and the hotel and restaurant industry
The coalition government in Belgium has reached an agreement to adopt measures which will help create jobs in e-commerce as well as in ‘Horeca’, the hotel and restaurant industry. It is hoped that...
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2 April 2015
Norway: pragmatic wage negotiations
“We’ve won”, claimed Skogen Lund, president of NHO (the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise) and Gerd Kristiansen, president of LO (the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions) at the conclusion...
1 April 2015
Japan: big businesses deliver record wage rises
Toyota Motor Corp., the country’s industry leader in terms of this Spring’s (Shunto) wage negotiations has agreed with its trade union a 4000¥ (31 €) rise in monthly wages, representing the...
1 April 2015
Italy: more flexibility in return for higher wages contained in the for the services sector agreement (excl. tourism)
On March 30 and after a year of negotiations, the employers’ General Confederation of Italian Commerce and Tourism confederation, Confcommercio, together with the unions signed Italy’s largest...
1 April 2015
Suez Environnement: signature of a European agreement on gender equality in the workplace
Together, Suez Environnement, the European Federation of Public Service Unions EPSU, and the special negotiation group for the agreement, signed on March 31, a European agreement on gender...
31 March 2015
Sweden: tripartite discussion over improved use of immigrant workers skills
A fast-track (snabbspår) to suitable work. This is what the Swedish social partners are aiming for so that improved integration into the workplace can be achieved for immigrants looking to settle...
31 March 2015
Germany: a 2.8% rise in chemical sector wages plus significant increases in employer contributions to the ‘Demographic Fund’
A 2.8% wage rise over 17 months and over 24 months an almost doubling of employer contributions to the sector’s ‘Demographic Fund’. Thus were the results of collective negotiations in the chemical...
30 March 2015
Italy: renewed union opposition to the Jobs Act
In reply to a call by Fiom, the metals branch of the CGIL union, roughly 15,000 Italian turned out onto the streets of Rome on Saturday March 28 to protest increasing insecurity in the jobs market...
30 March 2015
Safran: European framework agreement for developing skills and career paths
On March 25 the French company together with the European union federation IndustriALL Europe signed an agreement on professional and occupational development. The agreement contains some common...
30 March 2015
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
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France: cabinet adopts suspension of pension reform
On 23 October, the French Council of Ministers approved an amendment to the social security financing bill (PLFSS), confirming the suspension of the 2023 pension reform until 2028. This measure...
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Carrefour and UNI Global Union renew global agreement on promoting social dialogue and diversity
On 17 October, Carrefour, one of the world’s largest retailers, with nearly 500,000 employees worldwide, and global union federation UNI Global Union renewed their global agreement on...
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