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United States: discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation is still legal in most States but not among Federal Government providers
Discriminating on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity is still legal in most States but not in businesses that work for the Federal State. Indeed, on Monday, July 21, President...
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23 July 2014
Slovakia: amendment limits the duration of arrangements on work performed outside of an employment relationship
The Labor Code amendment limiting “works/assignment contracts performed outside an employment relationship,” a booming atypical form of employment that takes a lot from civil law and very little...
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22 July 2014
France: provisions making it easier for employees to take over their company adopted
The Law on Social and Solidary Economy, permanently adopted by the National Assembly yesterday July 21, 2014, introduces an obligation to inform employees early in case of the sale of a healthy...
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22 July 2014
Italy: unions divided over workers’ ‘sacrifices’ to save Alitalia
After a separate framework agreement on the dismissal of 1,635 employees and the management of employment consequences of the alliance with Etihad, signed by the Fit-Cisl, Uil Trasporti-UIl and...
21 July 2014
Bulgaria : the application of current conditions for early retirement will last till the end of 2017
The draft law suggested by MPs from the socialist party (still in power) was approved at the “first reading” by the Parliamentarian Committee on Labor and Social Policy last week. The document...
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21 July 2014
Italy: temporary work employers’ organizations commit to promote actions encouraging youth employment
On July 15, the Ministry of Labor signed a cooperation agreement with Assolavoro and Rete Lavoro, the temporary work agencies’ organization, within the framework of the application of the “Youth...
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18 July 2014
Great-Britain: Unite is now implementing its harder line with employers
Following Unite biennial policy conference at the end of June this year, the union has begun to implement a ‘get tough’ policy with what it considers to be recalcitrant employers. This has led to...
17 July 2014
EU: ECJ to define whether obesity can amount to a disability and therefore covered by Community law against discrimination
In a case concerning a Danish worker blaming his employer for firing him because he was obese, and therefore discriminating against his disability, Advocate General Niilo Jääskinen suggests that...
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17 July 2014
International: Uni Global Union and the Latin American Federation of Banks, Felaban, sign a global framework agreement
The Global Framework Agreement signed on June 26 by Felaban and Uni Global Union, the international union federation, is one of the few transnational sectoral agreements. In this regional...
17 July 2014
Japan: update of the ‘worst companies’ list
The highly anticipated ‘Worst Company Award’ 2014 is going to be attributed this summer in Tokyo. Don’t be mistaken by the frivolity of the name: this list of nominees is one of the darkest sides...
17 July 2014
Spain: creation of a big service federation inside CCOO
The union keeps restructuring itself and merged the financial services and trade and hotel industry sectors into a single services federation. This merger is in line with the CCOO’s gathering of...
17 July 2014
Brazil: bill toughens truck drivers’ working conditions
The Parliament is looking at a bill on working conditions (PLC 41) for truck, cargo and passenger drivers. This amendment of the “truck drivers’ act” - also known as the resting act - comes 2...
16 July 2014
Norway: new deal in oil services tends to harmonize pay between all offshore workers
On July 6, Industrienergi (energy workers’ union) and Norsk olje og gas (employers’ organization gathering businesses operating in the oil industry) reached an agreement in the oil services...
16 July 2014
EU: last chance for the draft directive extending maternity leave
The European Commission suggested that it was going to withdraw its draft directive on maternity leave, for which debates have been stuck for 3 years because the Council of Ministers and European...
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16 July 2014
Italy: Fiat renews with the unions that signed its special collective agreement
On July 11, Fiat Spa, CNH Industrial (holding for trucks and buses), and the -Cisl, Fismic, Uilm-Uil, UGL Metalmeccanici and Associazione Quadri e Capi Fiat unions renewed the group’s special...
16 July 2014
United States: in the end, Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant is organized
Less than 6 months after failing to represent all workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant, Tennessee, the United Auto Workers (UAW) have recently gotten the company’s American plant to create a...
15 July 2014
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
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EU: Court of Justice largely upholds directive on adequate minimum wages
On 11 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld most of the directive on adequate minimum wages, rejecting Denmark’s claim that it infringed on national sovereignty over wage...
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
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Germany: report previews draft bill to transpose EU Pay Transparency Directive
On Friday 7 November, Germany’s commission for a 'less bureaucratic implementation' of the EU Pay Transparency Directive — made up of employer and trade union representatives — submitted its...
17 November 2025
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