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Great Britain: firms are using a record 1.8 million zero-hours contracts
According to statistics from the ONS (Office for National Statistics) August 2014 saw firms reaching yet another record high in zero-hours contracts – they do not guarantee a minimum number of...
26 February 2015
Greece: Alexis Tsipras’ government’s list of reforms is approved by the Eurozone finance ministers
The Greek Minister for finance,Yanis Varoufakis detailed on six pages the reforms his government intended to implement. The list of reforms in exchange for an extension of financial aid was...
25 February 2015
Spain: unease within the CCOO over remuneration in the confederation’s financial services section
After the Spanish daily paper revealed a system of supplementary financial payments made to leaders and delegates in the financial services section of the COMFIA CCOO, the confederation has...
25 February 2015
Elgiganten: the Scandinavian electronics chain obliges its transporters to comply with Scandinavian collective agreements
Elgiganten, a leader in the Swedish electronics market has concluded an agreement with 10 Nordic transport companies that carry their goods and it obliges the transport company drivers to be...
Brazil: an unprecedented social crisis in the automobile industry
On February 20, almost 5,200 workers at the General Motors Co. factory, in Campos near Sāo Paulo, paralyzed production by downing tools in protest at GM’s proposal to layoff 800 workers. The...
25 February 2015
Germany: pilot agreement signed in the metals sector in Baden-Württemberg covering salaries, vocational training and early retirement
Collective negotiations in the metals sector culminated in a final 16-hour negotiation marathon in Böblingen, Baden- Württemberg ending at five in the morning with a pilot agreement on salaries...
24 February 2015
Switzerland: social partners agree over changes to the recording of employee working time
On February 20, the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER announced that a compromise agreement had been reached with the social partners over the issue of...
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24 February 2015
Italy: the government continues with its Jobs Act inspired labor market reforms
On February 20 the Council of Ministers adopted the first two decree laws of the Jobs Act – the framework law on labor market reform approved in December 2014 (c.f. article No. 8763) covering...
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24 February 2015
GEFCO: implementation of a European Works Council
GEFCO, a world standard in industrial and automobile logistics has established a European Works Council from an agreement signed on February 18 and is set to be implemented on March 01, 2015. The...
24 February 2015
Benetton: Italian brand commits to compensating Rana Plaza victims, under pressure from an online petition launched by Avaaz, signed by one million people
On Friday 20 February, Benetton announced its intention to contribute to the Rana Plaza victims’ compensation fund. The Italian company is the last — of those operating on the premises — to make...
United States : WalMart raises its minimum wage
WalMart has made a U turn on its employment policy. The largest private employer in America will increase its minimum hourly wage to $9 in April and even more, $10 by next February. That new rate...
23 February 2015
France: employers can check the non-personal text messages on the work mobiles of its employees
In a ruling on 10 February, the commercial chamber of the French Court of Cassation stated that employers may, with legitimate reasoning, check all non-personal text messages which have been sent...
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23 February 2015
Great Britain: powerful parliamentary committee continues to make its presence felt in employment matters
The Sports Direct company founder, Mike Ashley, is being called before Members of Parliament (MPs) at the House of Commons over the treatment of employees at the company’s USC retail business and...
20 February 2015
Gamesa: IndustriAll Global Union signs its first global framework agreement with a company in the renewable energy sector
On 18 February, Gamesa, the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, signed a global framework agreement with IndustriALL Global Union, the trade union federation, and Spanish trade unions. The group...
19 February 2015
United States : following the automotive trade union UAW, an anti-union organization has entered the Chattanooga Volkswagen factory
Volkswagen is continuing to spearhead social innovations in the United States by implementing its new "community organization engagement policy". Originally meant to allow recognition of the UAW...
19 February 2015
Great Britain: #NotJustForBoys encourages women to embrace any type of career
Encouraging women to consign profession-based stereotypes to history: That's the objective of the new campaign launched by the Cameron administration and spread via Twitter, enjoying unprecedented...
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
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Germany: bill adopted to step up fight against illegal employment
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France: TotalEnergies steps up commitment on disability
On 9 October, French energy group TotalEnergies and all representative trade unions signed a new four-year agreement on disability inclusion. Taking effect on 1 January 2026, the deal aims to help...
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