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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
Salini Impregilo: signs an International Framework Agreement
The Italian Building, Construction and Public Works group, Salini Impregilo signed in conjunction with the national construction unions Feneal Uil, Filca Cisl, Fillea CGIL and the international...
15 October 2014
Germany: the adoption of a ‘draft law geared to reconciling family life, care for a dependent parent, and a professional career’
On Wednesday October 15 in Berlin the German Government cabinet gave the green light to a new draft law worked out by Manuela Schwesig (SPD), Minister for Families, entitled: ‘Law for better...
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15 October 2014
International: an E-learning module is now online concerning the application of the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy
The International Labour Organization (ILO) via its training center in Turin (ITC-ILO) has just made an E-learning module available to help governments, multinational enterprises, national...
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15 October 2014
Italy: in the banking sector ‘welfare business’ is taking on more importance during collective negotiations on productivity
Following the economic recession and the public sector budget cuts, the banking sector ‘social bonus’ has become increasingly important. In 2014 more than 80% of the main Italian banking groups...
15 October 2014
Great Britain: larger companies will have to disclose their anti-slavery efforts
In order to stamp out the rot of slavery, which is prevalent in supply chains, the UK government will require larger companies to play the transparency card and disclose on an annual basis the...
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United Kingdom: government urged to legislate against forced labour
After consulting victims, businesses and NGOs, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) has published a report showing that the UK is lagging behind in the fight against forced labour. The...