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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
EU: a new President for the Commission to get Europe to take a mini U-turn
Yesterday, July 15, the European Parliament elected Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the European Commission (422 votes for, 250 against). His presentation of his program - walking on the...
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15 July 2014
Great Britain: blacklisting dispute now heads to the courts
The long running blacklisting dispute between the construction unions and the main construction companies is now due to head to the courts because after the breakdown of voluntary negotiations the...
15 July 2014
France: first big legal test for the law simplifying mass layoff procedures
Presented as one of the first tests for the application of the new legal framework for mass layoff procedures, which precisely aims to limit the legal insecurity that used to characterize them...
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14 July 2014
Denmark: the new Working Environment Act has improved the quality of social dialogue on the subject
Earlier this month, Labor Minister Mette Frederiksen presented the first assessment report on the implementation of the Working Environment Act, which came into force in 2010. It shows how the new...
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14 July 2014
Tunisia: social dialogue is weaker but still alive
The statistics of the social situation in Tunisia for the first 2014 quarter, released by the Ministry of Social Affairs, are gathered by the Directorate General of the Labor and Conciliation...
11 July 2014
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The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
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
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...
15 October 2025
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EU: social partners in telecoms sign joint statement on AI
On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...
18 December 2025
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Italy: collective agreement for rubber and plastics sector focuses on new skills
A month ahead of schedule, the Federazione Gomma Plastica employers' organisation and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions have renewed the collective agreement for the rubber and...
5 January 2026
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026
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Italy: banking group Intesa Sanpaolo sharpens focus on quality of life at work
Over the Christmas period Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest bank, penned with trade unions a deal to renew the first part of the company agreement, covering work-life balance, inclusion, parenthood...
14 January 2026