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The G7 makes a moderate commitment to fostering sustainable global supply chains
The G7 Ministers of Employment, Labor, Social Affairs, International Cooperation and Development, gathered together in Berlin on 12 - 13 October to improve working conditions along global supply...
Italy: labor market showing first signs of recovery
Data from the National Social Security Agency (INPS) show 300,000 new permanent jobs (indefinite employment contracts) were created in the first 8 months of 2015. Are the numbers being boosted by...
15 October 2015
Argentina: Interview with Pablo Micheli, general secretary of the Argentine Workers’ Central Union the Autonomous-CTA
In Argentina with under two weeks to go before the presidential elections on 25 October the various different central trade union bodies are assessing the challenges that lie ahead during the...
15 October 2015
Great Britain: stronger government measures to combat British and immigrant labor exploitation
The government has announced a fresh raft of measures aimed at protecting the rights and interests of the most vulnerable workers. Amongst the key measures is that recruitment firms will no longer...
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15 October 2015
EU: health and safety makes a timid comeback to the EU Commission
Occupational health and safety, the collateral damage from the “Better Legislate” approach taken over recent years, may well make a comeback in 2016. Following the presentation (2 years behind...
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14 October 2015
Brazil: banking sector conflict intensifies after a break down in negotiations over renewing the collective agreement
With the closure of 11,400 banking units across the country, the strike activity that has been shaking the banking sector for the past nine days shows no signs of diminishing. The National...
14 October 2015
Denmark: draft law restricting the use of non-competition and non-poaching clauses
On 07 October the Department of Labor put a draft law before the Danish parliament. In it regulations on employment contract clauses have been gathered together and reviewed. Non-poaching clauses...
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14 October 2015
China: due diligence guidelines for responsible mineral supply chains
Public consultation over due diligence guidelines for responsible mineral supply chains commenced at the beginning of October and will continue until the end of the month. The goal of the...
Italy: Confindustria halts negotiations with unions over reforming the collective bargaining model
After ‘Article 18’, are national collective agreements going to be put on the block? Last week the leader of the employers’ confederation Confindustria announced he was pulling out of talks with...
13 October 2015
Germany: the Federal Constitutional Court rejects a motion brought by three corporatist unions against the ‘single union law’
For the three corporatist unions Vereingung Cockpit (aircraft pilots), Marburger Bund (doctors), and DJV (journalists) who made the constitutional challenge to the Federal Constitutional Court...
13 October 2015
Carrefour: the global agreement on promoting social dialogue, fundamental rights, and diversity aims to establish “a mindset of respect for humans throughout all countries” and to promote “awareness” about fundamental rights amongst Carrefour’s partners
Mathilde Tabary, Director for Social Development and Diversity and Jean-Luc Delenne, Director for Industrial Relations each reply to questions by Planet Labor on the agreement signed by Carrefour...
12 October 2015
Great Britain: Unite union wins health and safety concessions after protracted negotiations at Sellafield
After a eighteenth month dispute involving a variety of forms of industrial action by its 1,200 construction members, the Unite union has won its dispute over health and safety that it has held...
12 October 2015
United States: Fiat Chrysler and the UAW union have concluded a new wage agreement after workers rejected the first one
This time, members of the Union Auto Workers (UAW) union hope that they will have successfully negotiated an agreement with FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) management when the new agreement goes...
12 October 2015
Nokia/Alcatel Lucent: unions from both groups are demanding more information on the industrial plan
In July 2015, the European Commission gave the green light to Nokia’s plan to take-over French company Alcatel-Lucent. For the unions there is clearly an industrial strategy underlying the...
7 October 2015
Great Britain: the Community union moves to broaden its membership ranks and become a lifetime union
The Community general union has announced that it will be recruiting freelance and self-employed workers to reflect both the growth of these workers in the economy at large and their growth in the...
7 October 2015
Argentina: on average 60 unions per year have been set up under the Kirchner era
Argentina’s Employment Ministry has published a report in which it says that in the space of 11 years more than 650 unions have been set up. The country’s rate of unionization at 37% is amongst...
7 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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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Slovakia: 6% increase in the minimum wage from 1 January 2027
The news. As Slovakia’s social partners failed to reach an agreement during tripartite negotiations, Labour Minister Erik Tomas has decided to increase the minimum wage by 6% from 1 January...
1 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026