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The Conservative government has published its long awaited Trade Union Bill. It includes measures on new, more stringent thresholds for mandates for industrial action as well as allowing employers...

15 July 2015

EU: the European Social Partners set out their work program for 2015-2017

The 5th autonomous work program developed between the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the business leaders organization BusinessEurope, the CEEP (The European Centre of Employers and...

15 July 2015

Germany: two forward thinkers to take over at the helm of IG Metall from October 2015

IG Metall, the world’s biggest sectoral trade union with 2.3 million members is about to renew its management team. On 14 July management at the union designated its candidate to succeed the...

15 July 2015

International Aerospace industry unions adopt an action plan to bolster their influence and combat precarious work

Representatives of 25 aerospace unions in 16 countries across 5 continents came together on July 01 and 02 for a global conference on strengthening union presence in the sector and structuring...

15 July 2015

Belgium: agreement for the large-scale retail sector on work organization and security inside the shops

Negotiations were long and tense between the union organizations and COMEOS, the commerce sector’s employers’ federation but ended in agreement on 29 June. Disagreement had centered on the issue...

15 July 2015

Great Britain : government announces all companies of 250 staff have to publish statistics on gender pay gap

The government has announced that all companies employing over 250 staff will be legally compelled to publish statistics on the pay gap in their organisation between men and women from 2016. The...

14 July 2015

Russia: economic crisis weighs on the labor market

Recruitment consultancy firm Antal presented the results of a 2015 study on salaries and the Russian labor market. The study included results from 5,000 respondents from different Russian towns...

13 July 2015

Work starts on a binding treaty for multinational company responsibility with respect to human rights violations

The first session of the “intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights,” guided by the UNO Human Rights Council came to...

13 July 2015

France: law for growth and activity permanently adopted

At the labour law level the law relaxes provisions over Sunday and night-time work, it strengthens regulations combatting social dumping related to posted workers, it put a compensation scale in...

10 July 2015

Japan: reforms to do away with overtime pay

No more overtime pay: this is the project for reform to labor regulations that the government is looking to get adopted during this parliamentary session for implementation in April 2016. This...

10 July 2015

Lithuania: a new social model is presented before parliament

Given what has been considered as a completely outdated legal environment, the government looking to act fast has decided to bring a new ‘social model’ before parliament comprising some 20...

10 July 2015

EU: the CJEU holds that members of the board of directors are also workers

In a ruling on a German case handed down on July 09 the CJEU decided that the director of a capital company who carries out an activity under the supervision of another body of that company and...

9 July 2015

Société Générale: a new addendum to the EWC puts in place a single representation entity for the group in France and Europe

On July 09, Société Générale’s Comité de Groupe France (CGF) (French Works Council) agreed to merge with the EWC. The addendum regulating the operations of the new Comité de Groupe Européen, the...

9 July 2015

Brazil: Dilma Rousseff has launched a new jobs protection program to limit layoffs during crisis periods

In force since July 07, Brazil’s job protection program the PPE aims to support businesses in the industrial sector that are affected by the economic slowdown. The program will subsidize workers’...

9 July 2015

Italy: separate agreement that renews a collective agreement for both Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and CNH Industrial

Following 9 months of negotiations, both FCA and CNH Industrial concluded a separate agreement to renew a collective agreement that runs from 2015 – 2018 and applies to 85,000 employees. It...

8 July 2015

Great Britain: surprise announcement of an obligatory living wage

On Wednesday July 08 and before an incredulous Labour Party David Cameron’s government presented its first 100% Conservative party budget since the party was reelected to power and in it announced...

8 July 2015

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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...

28 August 2026

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...

28 August 2026

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...

9 September 2026

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...

31 August 2026

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...

24 September 2026

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...

7 September 2026