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Italy: negotiations for the renewal of the national collective agreement in the banking industry are looking complicated
Yesterday, June 23, after the second bargaining meeting for the renewal of the banking sector’s national collective agreements, unions pointed to “enormous and unfathomed divisions” between their...
24 June 2014
Great Britain: more and more HR departments are merging into shared services
In order to save money and have more effective HR services, a lot of UK firms are now banking on the creation of a single HR pole, following the idea of shared services centers (SSC)...
24 June 2014
Gras Savoye: agreement establishing EWC renewed
On April 4, the management of the reinsurance group and the special negotiating body renewed the agreement establishing a European Works Council, initially signed in 2009. The first deal already...
24 June 2014
Germany: a survey by the Hans-Böckler union foundation found that the introduction of minimum wage shouldn’t have a negative impact on the employment market
About 2 weeks to the planned adoption by the Bundestag, on July 4, of the bill on the introduction of statutory universal minimum wage amounting to €8.5/hour, the Hans-Böckler foundation released...
24 June 2014
Austria: 2.2 percent increase for the Austrian Post’s 24,000 employees
On Wednesday, June 18, the Post’s social partners agreed on an average 2.2 percent wage increase for all workers in the company. The agreement, which will start on July 1, 2015 and for a year...
23 June 2014
Denmark: for the first time, unions sign a joint collective agreement for all the employees in a company (CGI Danmark)
On June 18, after bargaining for nearly a year, 5 unions - HK/Privat (private sector), PROSA (IT professionals), IDA (engineers), Djøf (lawyers) and Dansk Magisterforening (Masters’ and PhD...
23 June 2014
Nordic countries: a new employers’ organization, Nordic Arctic Business Council, was created
Since May 19, Nordic employers have had a new professional organization, the Nordic Arctic Business Council, which gathers representatives from the key employers’ organizations in Scandinavia. ...
20 June 2014
Norway: the conservative government wants to make the labor market more flexible
On June 11, Robert Eriksson, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, presented the outline of a draft reform of the professional environment. The text notably provides for more flexible standards...
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20 June 2014
Chile: new law against “multi-RUT,” the artificial subsystem businesses use to elude their obligations in terms of labor law and social security
The law adopted by the Chilean lawmakers puts an end to the “multi-RUT” practice: making several branches of the same company look like different employers in the administration’s eyes. For a...
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20 June 2014
Great Britain: government launches action plan for seniors
The government has launched an action plan called ‘Fuller Working Lives – a framework for action.’ It aims not only to help employers make the most of older workers’ potential for their...
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19 June 2014
Germany: Opel management and IG-Metall agree on social plan for Opel’s Bochum plant, set to close in December 2014
After bargaining for more than a year, the management of Opel and the IG-Metall union have adopted a social plan covering the 3,300 Opel workers affected by the closing of the Bochum plant, to...
18 June 2014
EU: new European skills passport in the hotel and tourism industry
Yesterday, June 17, the European Commission launched the European Hospitality Skills Passport, designed to encourage recruitment and promote workers’ mobility in the sector.
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18 June 2014
H&M: the Swedish company, together with the IF Metall union and the ILO, is launching a project to develop collective bargaining within its Cambodian subcontractors
The project is carried by H&M, the clothing brand, IF Metall, the Swedish union, the Swedish government via its development and cooperation agency, and the ILO. After SKF and Atlas Corpo...
EU: IndustriAll believes that the EU’s future will go through collective bargaining and union solidarity
Gathered in Vienna on June 12-13 for a conference on “Collective Bargaining and Social Policy,” the 200 representatives of the organizations affiliated with IndustriAll Europe talked about the...
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18 June 2014
Italy: first mobilizations from the “yes unions” at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA)
After bargaining for 8 months to renew the group’s collective agreement, which covers about 86,000 workers (see article No. 130166), the unions that signed the agreement – Fim, Uilm, Fismic, UGL...
17 June 2014
Sweden: the number of women on boards has gone up for the first time in 3 years
According to the annual female index of Andra AP-fondens (2nd national pension fund), published on June 4, the share of women on the boards of listed companies has increased for the first time in...
17 June 2014
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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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Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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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...
5 November 2025
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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...
6 November 2025
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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...
13 November 2025