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Germany: employers now implementing measures to integrate refugees into their business
Integrating refugees into the fabric of Germany’s economy is becoming more generalized whereas until a short time ago this had been limited to just a handful of job offers. On 17 September...
18 September 2015
Sweden: employers and unions can’t agree on loosening the criteria used for selecting which workers are to be made redundant
On 04 September 2015, much to the surprise of all, the business leaders’ confederation, Svenskt Näringsliv announced that it was halting negotiations with the PTK (Swedish Federation of Salaried...
18 September 2015
Italy: negotiations to renew the metal sector national collective agreement are likely to prove difficult
On 16 September 2015, a central meeting convened by the Metals sector’s business leaders bodies: Federmecccanica and Assistal, to examine developments in the sector, set out a narrow framework for...
18 September 2015
Italy: the chemicals unions present their platform of demands for renewing the national collective agreement
On 15 September 2015, during their national assembly meeting, the Filctem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl, and Uiltec-Uil bodies and members approved a platform of demands for the renewal of the national...
16 September 2015
Canada: unions getting involved in the election campaign
Canada’s unions are gearing up in front of the country’s federal elections set for 19 October 2015. Press campaigns, strategic support for certain candidates, various members’ actions… all means...
16 September 2015
Germany: nine months after coming into force, the new national minimum age has led to an overall rise in salaries for the low paid, according to the DGB
In the presence of the Minister for Employment, Andrea Nahles who was attending a congress in Berlin under the heading “Is the minimum wage being applied everywhere?” the Confederation of German...
15 September 2015
Italy: unions mobilize to ensure national collective agreements are renewed in the tourism and retail sectors
Service industry unions are abuzz with activity. This week in the tourism sector unions continue with strike action across the territories demanding that their long expired (two years ago)...
15 September 2015
Japan: an amendment to the law on temporary work permanently adopted
New legislation permanently adopted on Friday 11 September removes an earlier three-year limit on the length of time companies could use temporary workers to carry out the same function. Going...
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15 September 2015
Great Britain: yet another fall in legal proceedings being brought before the employment tribunals
According to the latest official data the number of cases being brought before the UK Employment Tribunals are becoming scarcer by the minute. Employment tribunals’ fees introduced by the Cameron...
15 September 2015
Denmark: a ruling by the arbitration committee should put employers off from using temporary employment contracts as a way of avoiding collective agreements
An industrial relations related preliminary ruling by the arbitration committee (Faglig Voldgift) has indicated that several consecutive work missions (even those that are very short) carried out...
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14 September 2015
Portugal: new rules on parental leave reinforce paternal involvement and sanction discrimination against pregnant women
Portugal’s parental leave arrangements have just been bolstered with a set of new standards that were published on 01 September in the Official Journal (decree 120/2015). The new norms augment...
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14 September 2015
Great Britain: left-wing and anti-establishment, Jeremy Corbyn is elected head of the Labour Party with a huge mandate from trade union members
Veteran left wing Labour MP, Jeremy Corbyn, swept to victory in the Labour Party leadership contest, with 60% of the votes. His right wing rivals were badly split, trailing far behind him. In his...
14 September 2015
Russia: the government is battling harder against a problem of drugs and alcohol at work
As part of the fight against addiction the government introduced legislative measures in July 2015 that allow employers to layoff employees either because they have been found guilty of the...
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14 September 2015
Finland: government imposes measures to improve economic competitiveness
After two fruitless attempts by the social partners to agree, Finland’s government has announced its intention to adopt, in the upcoming weeks, significant legislative measures geared to lowering...
11 September 2015
France: former Congolese employees at Comilog, a subsidiary of French group Eramet secure compensation from the French courts for the breaches of contract
After a 23 year long legal battle, former Congolese employees at Comilog (La Compagnie Minière de l'Ogooué, Ogooué Mining Company), a Gabon based subsidiary of French mining company Eramet...
Netherlands: regional strikes in the metals sector continue with a national march planned for 25 September
Negotiations for renewed collective agreements in the metal sectors (both the metal & technical branches with 285,000 workers and the metal electro branches with 140,000 workers) started in...
11 September 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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28 August 2026
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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