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Germany: a plethora of different bonuses for workers in automobiles, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals
It’s fast becoming a tradition: each good year for the German economy sees a plethora of different bonuses being paid to workers, primarily in the automobile, chemicals and pharmaceuticals...
27 March 2015
United States : Microsoft raises the bar for contract workers
Microsoft has decided to impose mandatory vacation and sick paid leaves for its contractors employees.
Great Britain : Employment Tribunal implements decision that commission pay is part of holiday pay calculation
In a significant step, an Employment Tribunal asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to clarify for it the relationship between holiday pay and commission pay when faced with a claim that...
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27 March 2015
United States: The Supreme Court raises judicial issues pertaining to employees who request pregnancy accommodation
By refusing to accommodate a request by a pregnant UPS employee to be put on ‘light duty’, the shipment and logistics company may actually have disadvantaged this employee compared with other...
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27 March 2015
Great Britain : a law to limit exclusivity clauses in zero-hour contracts
On 24 March, the British Parliament gave the green light to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill; it contains a long awaited amendment to the exclusivity clauses of the much...
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26 March 2015
Gestamp: the Spanish automotive supplier sets up a EWC
On 29 January 2015, the company Gestamp, a Spanish automobile equipment manufacturer which employs close to 19,000 people in Europe, has signed an agreement to set up a European works council. The...
26 March 2015
International: free on-line course on the rights of workers in a globalised economy for “decent work for all”
Although it is aimed at unionists and activists, anyone who is interested may participate in this free on-line course, in English, from 1 June for six weeks. This MOOC (Massive On-line Open...
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26 March 2015
United Kingdom: aim of one quarter of company board positions being held by women almost achieved
23.5% of board members in FTSE 100 companies are women, according to the most recent report by Women on Boards. This new figure confirms that the UK is on its way to the goal of 25% of such...
26 March 2015
Germany: following the experience of setting a minimum wage, the government pass a bill aimed at reducing the administrative burden on companies
After the swift approval of a series of laws (in particular that regarding the minimum wage) which considerably increase, according to employers, the administrative burden on companies, the grand...
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25 March 2015
India: the trade union IndustriAll Global Union attacks Sumangali practice, the exploitation of young Indian girls in the textile industry
The Tamil word Sumangali means “happily married woman”. The word is, however, used to designate a form of labour exploitation, that of young women from rural areas, usually adolescents. These...
France: rights group Sherpa and the CGT accuse Vinci of forced labour in Qatar
On 23 March, the NGO Sherpa with the building federation of the CGT claimed that Vinci Construction, and those running its branch in Qatar (QDVC), has used forced labour on the construction sites...
EU: social partners representing temporary agency work sign a Joint Declaration of Recommendations to policymakers on regulations for the sector
Today, March 24, Eurociett, the European Confederation of Private Employment Services representing temporary agency work and the European trade union federation for private services UNI Europa ...
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24 March 2015
Austria: one year wage agreement in the electro and electronics industry including a ‘free-time’ option that is guaranteed until 2025
On March 17, the electro and electronics industry social partners agreed to a 2% wage rise for the 50,000 employees in the sector. At the same time the Pro-GE union (industry) and the DPA-dip...
24 March 2015
Great Britain: electronic balloting for strike action on the cards?
With just a few weeks to go before the general election, where a Tory victory would see further restrictions on unions’ right to strike, the LibDem Business Secretary Vince Cable is launching a...
24 March 2015
Great Britain : Community union achieves end of zero hour contracts at postal company, Whistl
The Community union has achieved a breakthrough by negotiating an end to zero hour contracts for its members at Whistl. It has done so through a partnership approach with the employer which has...
23 March 2015
Airbus Group: agreement on employee involvement in the SE (European Company)
At the beginning of March, the aeronautics group, together with the negotiation Group specifically formed for the purpose, signed an agreement covering employee involvement in the future...
23 March 2015
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On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
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14 October 2025
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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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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...
24 October 2025
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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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24 October 2025
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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...
3 November 2025