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Slovenia: the cost of student work is made more expensive in order to lessen competition with regular employment choices
The Slovene Parliament enacted a law (by amending the Fiscal Balance Act) that will significantly increase costs of student work with a view to reducing differences between regular work and...
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19 December 2014
Belgium: the social partners conclude a series of ‘mini-agreements’ restarting a stalled social consultation process
On December 18, representatives of both the unions and employers’ bodies came back to the negotiation table and came closer over the issue of separate employee blue collar | white collar status...
19 December 2014
Spain: CEOE the employers confederation, currently tarnished over corruptions scandals re-elects its president for another term by a very slim majority
On December 17, Juan Rosell the 58 year old Catalan businessman and President of the CEOE since 2010 was reconfirmed as President for a further four year term. He garnered 345 out of the 768...
18 December 2014
Germany: Deutsche Bahn and the GDL union find a basis for negotiations and defuse the social conflict tracking the rail sector
The all out strike for German rail workers set for January 2015 is off. Management at Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the train drivers union (GDL) made the announcement on Wednesday December 17. This was...
18 December 2014
EU: CJEU rules that obesity constituting a disability can fall within the scope of Community law on non-discrimination
In a judgment handed down today December 18, the CJEU confirmed that EU law does not consider obesity itself as grounds for discrimination. Nonetheless when obesity constitutes a disability, then...
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18 December 2014
Russia: lower real wages for 2015 are a worrying sign
In Russia, social crisis is waiting in the wings. The currency (RUB, ruble) is collapsing as oil prices plummet and Western sanctions linked to the Ukraine situation take effect. Since the start...
17 December 2014
Sainsbury’s and the GLA team up to train product suppliers identify cases of employee exploitation
The state body, Gangmasters Licensing Authority, has announced that it is working with the major supermarket chain, Sainsbury’s, to train staff to identify employee exploitation in the supply...
EU: the European Commission presents its work plan for 2015
Yesterday, December 16 the President of the European Commission presented its work plan for 2015. Jean-Claude Juncker contained the plan to 23 initiatives. From amongst the priorities is youth...
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17 December 2014
Germany: Amazon, under pressure from Verdi strike action, falls back on its Polish distribution centers to ensure Christmas packages are delivered on time
Verdi, the German services union, which has since spring 2013 being trying to get Amazon to sign a collective agreement took the decision to hit hard with its biggest strike action at the company...
16 December 2014
Prosegur: the company is temporarily suspended from an ILO program in Colombia
Prosegur is the world no 3 in the private security sector (manned guarding, cash in transit, technology & alarms). The company currently employs more than 155,000 across four continents...
Chile: 12,000 go out on strike at Walmart claiming higher wages
On December 11 employees at the retailing giant and owner of the Lider chain of supermarkets went out on a national strike. Employees disagree with management over the method of collective...
16 December 2014
Germany: given the decline in the number of apprentices, the Federal government, the Länders, and the Social partners have sealed a “new alliance for apprenticeships and vocational training”
On December 12 and for a third time in a row, the Federal Government, the Länders, and the Association of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry have renewed their “pact for apprenticeships” which...
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16 December 2014
Belgium: the country paralyzed by a general strike
On Monday December 15 the general strike, organized by a united union front protesting the government’s austerity measures, marked the culmination of a wave of strikes that has hit the country...
15 December 2014
Italy: the December 12 general strike considered a ‘total success’, by organizers
CGIL and UIL, the two union confederations that organized the December 12 general strike protesting the Jobs Act and the Stability Law, declared an average participation rate in excess of 60% with...
15 December 2014
United States: the final reform of the union election procedures is now fixed
The National Labor Relations Board, a federal agency that supervises labor relations had already tried twice in 2011, and once again in 2014 before finally pinning down union election procedures...
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15 December 2014
Bulgaria : trade unions and employers‘ organizations reject social aspects of the budget 2015
After 20 months of political instability, Bulgaria’s new government has met one of its priorities in preparing the law on the 2015 state budget. The draft law was announced two weeks ago and looks...
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15 December 2014
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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
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...
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