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Germany: IG Metall’s new president announces a national campaign for redefining working time
In Frankfurt, between 18 – 24 October, IG Metall, the world’s largest major trade union with almost 2.3 million members, voted in its new management team. On Tuesday 20 October, former number 2...
22 October 2015
EU: the European Commission recommends establishing ‘national Competitiveness Boards’
On 21 October the European Commission presented a draft text recommending that the Member States establish national Competitiveness Boards. These national boards would be ‘independent and neutral’...
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21 October 2015
Great Britain: steel industry buckling under the crisis
Indian group Tata Steel announced on Tuesday 20 October that almost 1,200 jobs would be lost in yet another brutal blow to the UK’s steel industry. Businesses and unions in the sector warn that...
21 October 2015
Germany: IG Metall warns rapid refugee integration measures should not result in social dumping
Amidst fierce debate over ways to facilitate refugees’ entry into the German labor market, on Monday 19 October the metals union IG Metall during its 23rd congress being held in Frankfurt between...
21 October 2015
Russia: businesses still looking to hire highly skilled professionals, despite the economic crisis
“We need engineers to design the aircraft of tomorrow, to meet the challenges that technology raises, stated Svetlana Kraïchinskaya, vice-president of HR at United Aircraft Corporation, a majority...
21 October 2015
Italy: budget 2016 jobs measures
On 15 October Italy’s Council of Ministers adopted a draft Finance Law that both continues incentives for hiring on indefinite employment contracts albeit in a reduced fashion and that lowers tax...
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21 October 2015
France: political tug of war over a proposed law on due diligence
On 21 October a proposed law on parent company and contracting businesses’ due diligence will go for examination before a Senate plenary meeting. The National Assembly previously adopted the text...
NH Hotel Group: establishes an EWC
The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) has announced an agreement was signed last week that puts an EWC in place for the hotel chain NH Hotel Group. A...
20 October 2015
Brazil: economic crisis hinders collective negotiation
Bad news for Brazil’s workers. Economic crisis and rising inflation (+9.8% over a year) have seriously compromised unions’ collective bargaining powers. According to the Inter-Union Department of...
20 October 2015
France: a new Labor Code for summer 2016?
At the close of the social conference, held on 19 October, Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced a draft law for the beginning of 2016 “recasting the Labor Code” that intends to make way for more...
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20 October 2015
Japan: banking sector leading the way with gender equality initiatives targeting management level
In Japan, the weight of tradition slows down management innovation. Nonetheless, for the past year or two, the banking sector, one of the country’s most conservative sectors, is trying to innovate...
19 October 2015
Inditex: Vietnam textile unions build Inditex network
IndustriALL global Union representatives together with the Vietnamese CGTV union have combined forces to build a union network aimed at defending workers across 42 factories in northern Vietnam...
United States: US union CWA and Germany’s Ver.di union combine forces against T-Mobile’s (Deutsche Telekom) alleged imposition of a law of silence over sexual harassment
The catalyst for this recent United States action against T-Mobile lies in a court ruling that declared illegal the requirement for employees who bring up sexual harassment cases to sign a...
19 October 2015
Italy: the chemical-pharmaceuticals national collective agreement renewed
On 15 October, employers’ bodies Federchimica and Farmindustria, together with the unions, Filctem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl, and Uiltec-Uil, renewed the national collective agreement (NCA) for the period...
16 October 2015
Denmark: robots key for the textile industry to return to the country
Three innovative Danish networks have come together in a pilot project to relocate textile production to Denmark. Robots will be used in the production process. This project is starting in the...
16 October 2015
Belgium: the government presents detailed arrangements concerning the tax shift program
The coalition government has presented concrete measures resulting from an agreement concluded at the end of July (c.f. article No. 9217) over tax reforms that intend to shift some of the tax...
16 October 2015
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
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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United Kingdom: government launches consultation on AI and data protection rules
L’info. Le gouvernement britannique a lancé, du 15 juillet au 9 septembre 2026, une consultation afin d’identifier les dispositifs juridiques, techniques et de gouvernance...
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EU: social partners set out position on guidelines for the sustainability due diligence directive
The news. Following the final adoption of the omnibus directive in February, the European Commission launched a consultation in June aimed at guiding it in drafting guidelines on the application...
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28 August 2026
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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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Germany: a “simplification” proposal for the Corporate Governance Code
In early August, the Government Commission presented proposals to reform the Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK), Germany’s Corporate Governance Code. The proposals are primarily aimed at...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026