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United States: interview of Jon Hiatt, Chief of Staff & Executive Assistant to the President at the ALF-CIO American union
Seizing the opportunity of his trip to Europe for the Congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), we’ve interviewed Jon Hiatt on the American union’s current priorities. He...
Sweden: bill to better protect whistleblowers in businesses
On May 20, the government presented a bill to improve security for whistleblowers (visselblåsare) in their professional environmental.  They are workers who sound the alarm faced with serious...
16 June 2014
Spain: justice cancels Coca Cola Iberian Partners’ social plan
The National Court’s social chamber canceled the mass layoff plan presented in January by Coca Cola Iberian Partners and implemented in April because workers weren’t properly informed about the...
16 June 2014
Germany: businesses aren’t training enough apprentices, thus contributing to the growing shortage in skilled workforce
German businesses are complaining of a growing shortage in skilled workers, the new “2014 Education Report,” presented on June 13 by the Ministry of Education and the Conference of the Länder’s...
EU: under no circumstances does the death of a worker extinguish his right to paid annual leave (ECJ)
In a ruling following a German case rendered on June 12, the European Court of Justice reminded that the death of a worker does not extinguish his right to paid annual leave.
13 June 2014
Denmark: government and social partners sign agreement strengthening the integration of non-Western citizens via the labor market
The government signed an agreement with DA, LO and KL to improve labor market integration for non-western residents and youngsters of immigrant descent, as these groups are overrepresented among...
13 June 2014
Great Britain: despite support from civil society, the GMB union is having a hard time unionizing Amazon workers
Despite a sustained and high profile campaign by the GMB union, Amazon has so far been able to ignore the pressure for change to its regime of pay and work working conditions. This is because...
Denmark: the law on foreign workers’ access to Greenland for large-scale projects strengthens the fight against social dumping
On June 11, the Danish Parliament permanently adopted the law that grants foreign workers access to Greenland for large-scale projects.  In 2012, the Parliament of Greenland adopted a law that...
12 June 2014
Italy: interview of Filippo Adamo, President of the Italian People Management association, on changes and challenges for the HR function
Employee motivation and commitment are the biggest challenge for HR managers in Italy today, according to Filippo Adamo, President of the AIDP (Associazione Italiana per la Direzione del...
12 June 2014
Great Britain: general mobilization to defend the energy industry
Faced with the specter of a record shortage of skilled workers in electricity, gas, water or even waste, the sector’s employers presented an unprecedented partnership for which the government is...
Brazil: the fight against slave labor could become weaker after Congress adopts a 15-year-old text
On June 5, the Brazilian Congress promulgated constitutional amendment No.  81 on slave labor, which the Senate had unanimously voted a few days earlier.  Shifted back and forth between the two...
11 June 2014
Portugal: new bill limits the duration of collective agreements and allows exceptions for ailing businesses
On June 5, the government adopted a bill that amends certain aspects of collective agreements’ law.  These agreements will be valid for 3 years instead of 5 before.  The bill also provides that...
11 June 2014
Schneider Electric: new agreement on the involvement of workers in the future European Company (SE)
Signed yesterday, June 10, the agreement on the involvement of workers in the SE will allow Schneider Electric to finalize its conversion into an SE, approved by the General Assembly on May 6. ...
Zalando: Verdi, the German union, wants to file a complaint against the transformation into a European Company (SE)
The biggest exclusively online seller in Europe just announced that it was becoming a European Company (SE).  Along this announcement came the appointment of 3 employee representatives on the...
Great Britain: workers off on Friday afternoons this summer
More and more British firms are giving workers their Friday afternoons off in the summer to motivate them.  Certain experts are worried about this phenomenon, known as Summer Friday, fearing all...
10 June 2014
Japan: towards the end of sexual division in businesses?
Faced with ramping ageing and falling birth rate, Japan is neglecting one of the assets of its economic recovery: women.  In spite of the 1947 Constitution provides for “fundamental gender...
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