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Japan: revision of dispatch labor law stirs controversy
In early February, the Minister of Labor finalized a new bill to revise the dispatch labor law. This law would allow companies to make use of temporary employees for an indefinite period of time...
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18 February 2015
European trade union representatives mobilize to monitor the Bangladesh Accord
European and International trade unions have organized an employee (garments and retail) representative’s workshop on the Bangladesh Accord on Fire & Building Safety. While the implementation...
18 February 2015
International: internal ILO debate over the exact nature of the right to strike
February 18, 2015 has been designated by the ITUC and unions in several countries around the globe as a global day of action in defence of the ‘right to strike’. For the past two years, in the...
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17 February 2015
Total: interview with Patrice Le Cloarec, Director of Social Relations, on the global CSR agreement the Group signed with IndustriALL Global Union
Patrice Le Cloarec discusses Total’s negotiated Global CSR agreement, signed on January 22, 2015, including the agreement’s main initiatives and the steps intended for their implementation.
17 February 2015
Slovakia: amendments to the Labor Code covering temporary work assignments
On January 28, 2015, the Slovak parliament overruled a Presidential veto and approved an amendment to the Labor Code that introduces tighter conditions over the provision of labor. Most of the...
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17 February 2015
France: the French Labor Court has the appropriate jurisdiction to examine the claims of former Congolese employees of the Gabonese company Comilog (co-employment)
In a decision on January 28, 2015 the Court of Cassation (France’s highest court) ruled that France’s labor jurisdiction was indeed appropriate and competent to hear the claims of 867 former...
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17 February 2015
France: a new bill on the duty of care by multinational companies now goes to parliament
The socialist group in the National Assembly has tabled a new bill on parent companies’ and contractors’ duty of care that is to be examined at the end of March. The Ministry of the Economy and...
Great Britain: the GMB continues its strategy of organizing ‘precarious’ workers
Faced with a changing labour force landscape and businesses’ increasing recourse to ‘precarious” employment contracts the GMB General union has correspondingly modified its long-term organisation...
16 February 2015
Norway: spotlight on the Working Environment Act
In spite of what has been termed an historic political strike that was held on January 28, 2015 and organized by the three main employee confederations LO (blue collar workers), YS (academics)...
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16 February 2015
Belgium: a united union front continues to put pressure on the government
Three employee unions are looking to put pressure on the government by organizing a major assembly for March 11, 2015 in Brussels. Even if the unions, with the exception of the socialist body the...
16 February 2015
EU: the Court of Justice of the European Union clarifies the issue of salaries payable to posted workers
As a result of its ruling in a case brought by a Finnish union against a Polish company, the CJEU has been able to clarify the concept applying ‘minimum rates of pay’ contained in a collective...
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16 February 2015
Denmark: temporary work increasingly popular in the construction and industrial sectors
A study* by The Economic Council of the Labour Movement (ECLM), (Arbejderbevægelsens Erhvervsråd: AE)** for the National Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees (HK) on developments in the use...
13 February 2015
International: IndustriALL Global Union defines new guidelines for future Global Framework Agreements
“IndustriALL Global Union has raised the standards for global framework agreements (GFAs) to better protect trade union and worker rights at all stages of a multinational company’s operations...
12 February 2015
EU: joint declaration on Telework in the insurance sector
Stemming from their 2002 Framework Agreement on Telework, the European social partners in the insurance sector have delivered this joint declaration in order to detail the implementation of...
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12 February 2015
Romania: the minimum wage to go up twice in 2015
On January 01, 2015 the minimum wage in Romania rose by 17 euros and will rise by a further 17 euros on June 01, 2015. These increases come at a time of favorable economic growth. GDP for 2014 is...
12 February 2015
Chile: draft law reforming the labor code is welcomed…but also criticized
The draft law that aims to reform the labor code ,which dates back to the era of General Pinochet, will be presented to parliament at the beginning of March 2015. The text that will end the...
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12 February 2015
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20 October 2025
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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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...
5 November 2025
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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...
6 November 2025
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Germany: bill adopted to step up fight against illegal employment
On Thursday 13 November, Germany's Bundestag passed a bill to modernise and digitalise the country’s system for tackling undeclared work and financial crime. In future, the relevant department at...
20 November 2025
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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...
13 November 2025