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Vodafone looks to pamper their mothers (employees) around the globe
Vodafone, the British telecommunications giant that employs around 93,000 staff is going to implement a new maternity leave policy that will apply across their global operations (Global...
13 March 2015
Great Britain: labor law measures that are coming into force in April
As usual every year several labor law changes will come into force and this year will see shared parental leave and a rise in redundancy pay coming on-stream.
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13 March 2015
Corporate practices: Danish companies Novo Nordisk and Novozymes implement policies to raise female participation at senior management
On March 08, International Women’s Day, the daily publication Berlingke Tidende examined the steps being taken by both Novo Nordisk and Novozymes* to bring more females into management...
Austria: opening of collective negotiations in industrial sector and agreement in finance sector
In Austria we are seeing the beginning of the “spring of collective negotiations”. On Wednesday 11 March, social partners from the banking and insurance sectors announced that they had reached an...
12 March 2015
Belgium: unions promise more demonstrations until the end of March as they protest Government measures
After having assembled 10,000 in Brussels on March 11, the common union front is looking to to keep up the pressure on the government that has recently modified an agreement with the social...
12 March 2015
United States: half of America’s States have now adopted anti-union legislation
Wisconsin’s fast tracking of a new law that restricts union financing illustrates the election leverage for Republican candidates of such legislation and it may not be long before a majority of...
12 March 2015
Italy: two unions from the banking sector, Fiba-Cisl and Dircredito (for senior staff), announce their merger
The independent union Dircredito and Fiba-Cisl announced their merger, creating a new union within the Cisl (Confederation of Trade Unions in Italy), named FIRST (Italian Federation Network for...
12 March 2015
Denmark: Danish labor union 3F scores an historic victory against social dumping on Copenhagen’s Metro system expansion site
22 million kroner (€2.95 million) is the amount that Cipa, one of three Italian subcontractors working on the expansion of the capital’s metro system, will have to pay in compensation to 3F who...
11 March 2015
Great Britain: large companies told to publish gender pay-gap details
British companies with more than 250 employees will have to publish gender pay-gaps each year and risk a fine should they not comply. This historic initiative, currently under parliamentary...
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11 March 2015
EU: Luca Visentini to take over from Bernadette Ségol as the head of the European Trade Union Confederation
During preparations for the September Congress to be held in Paris, the executive committee has nominated the Italian unionist, Luca Visentini to take over from the current secretary general...
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10 March 2015
Netherlands: Parliament gives the green light to a law establishing joint-liability for non-payment of the minimum wage along the sub-contracting chain
Last week the Dutch Parliament voted in favor of a law set to combat the practice of non-payment of the legal or regular minimum wage as well as social contributions (Wet Aanpak Schijnconstructies...
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10 March 2015
EU: formal cooperation is launched between the European Transport Workers Federation (ETF) and the EU enforcement organization (ECR)
On March 04, 2015, both the ETF and the ECR signed a declaration of intent and a work program for 2015. Both parties are hoping to simplify, improve, and make fairer, how social and transport...
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10 March 2015
Italy: the Fit-Cisl union has received enough public signatures to put its draft law to parliament over new strike regulations for local public transport
Rebalancing the costs of strike action, currently receiving workers’ and travellers’ support, and reducing conflict. Thus are the goals of a ‘peoples’ draft law presented by the Fit-Cisl to the...
9 March 2015
Denmark: four large companies trial a new ‘strategic’ partnership with several job centers
Tryg, BRF Kredit, Danfoss, and Faick are currently four businesses trialing a strategic partnership with job centers to bolster co-operation and help both those on benefits get back to work as...
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9 March 2015
Belgium: Bpost studies the notion of annualized hours for its mail division
Since January 2015, the Belgian postal distribution division has been in discussions with unions over annualized working hours as a way of improving workload management. Weekly hours would remain...
9 March 2015
Sweden: the LO (blue collar) and TCO (white collar, professional, highly qualified) are running neck and neck…
“Vi ökar igen!” “We are still developing” enthused Eva Nordmark –TCO (Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees) President, on February 16, when she announced a 3% rise in membership numbers...
9 March 2015
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
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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
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