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Netherlands: new law will settle enforcement of pay and liability for abuses committed by subcontractors
A proposal for a new Act on combating fraudulent and fake companies has been handed over to the Council of State, the main advisory for legal affairs of the government. It will introduce a system...
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22 October 2014
Great Britain: the CAC requires Fujitsu to provide information over working conditions at its information technology services subsidiary
The state body, the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), has declared in favour of Unite in its case against Fujitsu Services (FS) concerning the disclosure of information for the purposes of...
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22 October 2014
Germany: after massive strike action by pilots and train drivers, Angela Merkel advocates a “single trade union” bill
Two days of train drivers’ strikes at Deutsche Bahn had barely come to a close at dawn on October 20 when a new 35-hour strike started up at Lufthansa called for by the pilots union Cockpit...
21 October 2014
Denmark: government presented draft law on the establishment of employee investment companies
On October 8, Henrik Sass Larsen, the Minister for Business and Growth presented a draft law on employee investment companies (medarbejderinvesteringsselskab: MS), which allows businesses in need...
21 October 2014
Sweden: employee representation on the Board of Directors is an underutilized prerogative
Unions have this right but they don’t use it. This is how the message from the PTK (Swedish Federation of Salaried Employees in Industry and Services grouping 25 unions) and Styrelseakademien (a...
21 October 2014
Corporate Practice: Daimler calls its pensioners back into service for special missions.
In Daimler they are called the ‘Space Cowboys’. Like with the Clint Eastwood film where 4 elderly retired astronauts are called back into service for a crucial mission (to save the earth)...
21 October 2014
Great Britain: the government not budging despite widespread historic unrest over salaries
Tens of thousands of British marchers hit the streets of London on Saturday October 18, answering a call to march by the TUC in a demand for higher wages. This unprecedented workers pressure...
20 October 2014
EU: social partners in the Food Agriculture and Tourism sector commit to apprenticeships and training
On October 16, the European social partners in the food and drink industry: FoodDrinkEurope (employers body) and EFFAT (trade union) presented a joint initiative to MEPs pledging their commitment...
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20 October 2014
EU: Northern European countries not convinced by the implementation of a common Eurozone unemployment insurance program as an automatic stabilizer
Even though a Eurozone unemployment insurance project has been mentioned since the start of economic and monetary union in 1973, EU members have always swept this ‘too federalist’ issue under the...
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20 October 2014
EU: national legislation may authorize an employer to order a part-time worker to return to full-time work
On October 15, the CJEU delivered a judgment in which it declares national legislation that allows an employer to order the conversion of working time from part-time to full-time without the...
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17 October 2014
Germany: 2015/2016 collective bargaining schedules
In 2015 German social partners will renegotiate salaries and collective agreements that will impact approximately 11 million workers. These are much awaited by the metal, automotive and...
17 October 2014
Ireland: government announces reforms to Registered Employment Agreements (REAs)
The Irish Government has recently announced that it wants new legislation in place before the end of 2014 aimed at replacing Registered Employment Agreements that a Supreme Court Judgment declared...
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17 October 2014
Glassdoor: launches a French version of its recruitment and company ratings site
On Tuesday October 14, the leading U.S. recruitment site set up in 2008, Glassdoor, launched its French version. Based on its original idea of gathering anonymous employee opinions on salaries and...
16 October 2014
Great Britain: Bruce Carr delivers his report on industrial disputes
The Carr Review, subtitled ‘An independent review of the law governing industrial disputes’, has published its findings. The review was carried out by senior employment lawyer, Bruce Carr, after...
16 October 2014
United States: Silicon Valley, a new territory for the unions
After the Internet giant Google released data on its employment diversity that showed a predominance of white male workers (c.f. article No.8484) the question now is has this launched a new wave...
16 October 2014
Belgium: unions plan a general strike on December 15 to protest new government measures
On Wednesday October 15, the three main Belgian trade union organizations announced a series of actions from November 6, in protest over the new rightwing government’s policy program. The three...
16 October 2014
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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...
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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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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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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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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France: cabinet adopts suspension of pension reform
On 23 October, the French Council of Ministers approved an amendment to the social security financing bill (PLFSS), confirming the suspension of the 2023 pension reform until 2028. This measure...
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24 October 2025
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Carrefour and UNI Global Union renew global agreement on promoting social dialogue and diversity
On 17 October, Carrefour, one of the world’s largest retailers, with nearly 500,000 employees worldwide, and global union federation UNI Global Union renewed their global agreement on...
3 November 2025