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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...
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
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Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
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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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Argentina: government unveils labour reform
Argentina's ultra-liberal president Javier Milei wants to "modernise labour" with a new reform that has been greeted with opposition from trade unions. Submitted to the Senate on 11 December, the...
6 January 2026
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TRENDS IN 2026 — Reducing workplace absence at all costs: a major challenge for Europe
Workplace absence is on the rise across Europe, particularly among women, older employees and, since the Covid-19 pandemic, young people under the age of 30. Faced with this growing problem, some...
14 January 2026
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Spain: government wants 3.1% minimum wage hike
Spain's ministry of labour has informed the social partners of its intention to raise the minimum wage to €1,221 gross per month. This increase is expected to be approved by the Council of...
8 January 2026
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Poland: reform introduces possibility of working for another employer while on sick leave
On 7 January, the President of Poland promulgated an amendment to the country’s social insurance act. The reform aims to clarify the activities permitted during sick leave, so that...
12 January 2026
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Vincent Lecerf (Orange): “Equality and diversity are competitive advantages for us”
Following the signing of a new agreement on professional equality and diversity in December, the chief HR officer of French multinational telecommunications corporation Orange Group, Vincent...
13 January 2026
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France: Crédit Agricole signs first independent agreement on disability
On 8 December, French banking group Crédit Agricole and three of the four representative trade unions (CFE-CGC, CFDT and FO) in France signed a disability agreement for the period...
9 January 2026