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In the third tranche of ‘naming and shaming’ employers who fail to pay their employees the national minimum wage (NMW), the government has announced the first cases of two major employers who...

16 January 2015

Great Britain: McDonald’s backs an employers’ campaign to promote employee soft skills

British employers are campaigning for soft skills to be taken seriously as business success factors. They estimate soft skills to be worth 88 million GBP (113.5 million euros) to the British...

15 January 2015

Holcim/Lafarge: an international union campaign so that the cement makers merger will result in both social as well as economic benefits

Two world leaders in the cement and buildings industry: Holcim and Lafarge will join forces to create a new group that will employ 130,000 with revenues of 35 billion euros. Faced with what will...

15 January 2015

Denmark: the agri-food and metalworkers unions both under the LO banner prepare to merge

Whilst the merger between the two main Danish confederations, LO and FTF will be at the top of their respective agendas during their Autumn congress meetings, two unions under the LO umbrella: NNF...

15 January 2015

Great Britain: London’s Unite union bus drivers go on strike to seek a collective bargaining agreement that will curb wage disparities for the city’s drivers

Bus drivers in London, members of the Unite union, have taken a one-day strike action in pursuit of a London-wide collective bargaining agreement with all the eighteen bus operators in the...

14 January 2015

Brazil: thousands of automobile sector workers march on the motorway near São Paulo

On January 12, between 7,000 and 30,000 workers from the Volkswagen, Ford, and Mercedes-Benz factories marched in protest at 1,000 job cuts. The march signals an escalation in social conflict that...

14 January 2015

Canada: votes in favor of a controversial law on union certification in the workplace

On December 16 the Employees’ Voting Rights Act was adopted. It modifies the union certification and decertification process in certain sectors (telecommunications, transport and others). This law...

14 January 2015

EU: the European Commission puts some leeway into the Stability Pact

On Tuesday January 13 the European Commission indicated some scope for leeway in interpreting the Stability Pact. It could suggest an extra delay period so that countries can progress with...

14 January 2015

Italy: the banking sector unions set a general strike for January 30

The Italian banking sector unions have called for a general strike on January 30 demanding the renewal of the national collective agreement and decrying the employers association for their...

13 January 2015

Belgium: social dialogue restarts

Employers and unions met again on Monday January 12 to restart negotiations. A series of meetings are scheduled until January 26 and are aimed at finalizing the agreement on the ‘time-credit’ and...

13 January 2015

Great Britain: Unity union merges with the GMB giant

Yet another small traditional British trade union has decided to merge with the large general GMB union that counts more than 630,000 members. Unity sees this move as its last ditch attempt to...

13 January 2015

Germany: the government is working on reforms to its health and safety legislation in order to cater for changing working conditions

Simpler, better adapted to the modern working environment, and easier for employers to implement, the new law on working environments (Arbeitsstätteverordnung, the Workplace Ordinance), due to...

12 January 2015

Bulgaria: latest changes in the pension system will affect the labor market

Surprisingly and coming right at the end of 2014, the Bulgarian Parliament, at the proposal of GERB deputies (one of the ruling center right parties), urgently amended the Social Security Code...

9 January 2015

Poland: minimum wage rises well above the inflation rate

Poland's monthly minimum wage for 2015 has been set at 1750 PLN gross (≈ 415 EUR), although during the first year of employment this level can be lower but no less than 1400 PLN (≈ 330 EUR) gross...

9 January 2015

Each and everyone Charlie

"In a free State every man may think what he likes, and say what he thinks" - Benedict Spinoza, 1632-1677 Dutch Philosopher. Theological-Political Treatise: Chapter 20

8 January 2015

Italy: the government gives details on the new ‘employment contract with rising levels of job protection’ implemented under the Jobs Act

On December 24 the Council of Ministers approved the ‘provisions in the decree-law on employment contracts with rising levels of job protection’ as applied by the Jobs Act that enables the...

8 January 2015

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