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Ireland: government programme on industrial relations for the coming months
During an industrial relations conference, the TD Minister for Business and Employment, Ged Nash, discussed the labour programme led by the Irish government, covering the areas of minimum wage and...
17 March 2015
United Kingdom: minimum wage to rise by 3%
Less than two months before the general election, the government has announced that the minimum wage will be increased as of 1 October, going up to £6.70 per hour (9.32 EUR) from £6.50 (9.04 EUR)...
17 March 2015
UNI Global Finance defends strategy combining the creation of trade union alliances within companies and better regulation of the banking system
At the end of February, trade unions in the eleven countries in which Société Générale operates created a second international union alliance in the banking sector, following that which was set up...
17 March 2015
Spain: national framework agreement on employment and collective bargaining stuck on issue of salaries
Employers and trade unions have been negotiating for months regarding the renewal of the framework agreement which will establish the basis for collective bargaining for 2015 to 2017. It is...
16 March 2015
Germany to promote “sustainable supply chains” and decent work during G7 Presidency
Two years after the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, which killed more than 1,000 Bangladeshi workers in the clothing industry, the German government has decided to focus on sustainable...
16 March 2015
United States: United Steelworkers bring six-week strike to an end after agreement with refinery companies
On 12 March, trade unionists from United Steelworkers and envoys from Shell, representing around 15 oil refineries in California, Texas and other states, finally reached an agreement, following...
16 March 2015
Vodafone looks to pamper their mothers (employees) around the globe
Vodafone, the British telecommunications giant  that employs around 93,000 staff is going to implement a  new maternity leave policy that will apply across their global operations (Global...
Great Britain: labor law measures that are coming into force in April
As usual every year several labor law changes will come into force and this year will see shared parental leave and a rise in redundancy pay coming  on-stream.
13 March 2015
Corporate practices: Danish companies Novo Nordisk and Novozymes implement policies to raise female participation at senior management
On March 08, International Women’s Day, the daily publication Berlingke Tidende examined  the steps being  taken by both Novo Nordisk and Novozymes* to bring more females into management...
13 March 2015
Austria: opening of collective negotiations in industrial sector and agreement in finance sector
In Austria we are seeing the beginning of the “spring of collective negotiations”. On Wednesday 11 March, social partners from the banking and insurance sectors announced that they had reached an...
12 March 2015
Belgium: unions promise more demonstrations until the end of March as they protest Government measures
After having assembled 10,000 in Brussels on March 11, the common union front is looking to to keep up the pressure on the government that has recently modified an agreement with the social...
12 March 2015
United States: half of America’s States have now adopted anti-union legislation
Wisconsin’s fast tracking of a new law that restricts union financing illustrates the election leverage for Republican candidates of such legislation  and  it may not be long before  a majority of...
12 March 2015
Italy: two unions from the banking sector, Fiba-Cisl and Dircredito (for senior staff), announce their merger
The independent union Dircredito and Fiba-Cisl announced their merger, creating a new union within the Cisl (Confederation of Trade Unions in Italy), named FIRST (Italian Federation Network for...
12 March 2015
Denmark: Danish labor union 3F scores an historic victory against social dumping on Copenhagen’s Metro system expansion site
22 million kroner (€2.95 million) is the amount that Cipa, one of three Italian subcontractors working on the expansion of the capital’s metro system, will have to pay in compensation to 3F who...
11 March 2015
Great Britain: large companies told to publish gender pay-gap details
British companies with more than 250 employees will have to publish  gender pay-gaps each year and risk a fine should they not comply. This historic initiative, currently  under parliamentary...
11 March 2015
EU: Luca Visentini to take over from Bernadette Ségol as the head of the European Trade Union Confederation
During preparations for the September Congress to be held in Paris, the executive committee has nominated the Italian unionist, Luca Visentini to take over from the current secretary general...
10 March 2015
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United Kingdom: government launches consultation on AI and data protection rules
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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