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Germany: landmark vote of the Act introducing statutory universal minimum wage
Today, July 3, the Bundestag passed the “Act strengthening the social partners’ autonomy in collective bargaining” (Tarifautonomiestärkungsgesetz), introducing statutory minimum wage amounting to...
3 July 2014
EU: Europe at a turn in its history
There are many novelties: a new legislative term, a new President for the European Commission bringing a certain amount of hope, new strategic guidelines defined by the Twenty-Eight heads of State...
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3 July 2014
Great Britain: Unite the union demands referendum on the EU
The Unite union has passed a motion calling on the Labour Party to organize a referendum on maintaining the UK in the EU if it won the 2015 election. It’s the first time a major union has been in...
3 July 2014
Italy: construction social partners renew the sector’s national collective agreement
After tough negotiations characterized by a break and a national strike last December, Filca-Cisl, Feneal-Uil and Fillea-CGIL for unions and Ance and Coop for employers reached, on July 1, a deal...
3 July 2014
AXA: the EWC wants to be at the center of social dialogue on digitalization and its impact on employment
The digital revolution is at play in the insurance world, as in many other sectors. With changes that should take place in 2020, the management and group European council of AXA are going to use...
2 July 2014
Great Britain: The Unite union announces an “American-style campaign” to shame trade and hotel groups paying below the living wage
The Unite union at its 3rd policy conference warned supermarkets and hotel groups paying below the ‘living wage’ that they are to be targeted as part of a renewed effort to shame them into paying...
2 July 2014
Germany: Spanish youngsters in Berlin organize to defend their social rights
The Union Action Group (UAG) born in February is a platform to defend Spanish immigrants’ rights and put them in touch with German unions. Appeared in the wake of the Indignant movement and based...
2 July 2014
Germany: 4.5-percent wage increase over 24 months in the banking industry
After a dispute characterized by major warning strikes, the Verdi services union and associations of private and public banks agreed, on Monday, June 30, on a 4.5-percent wage increase divided in...
2 July 2014
Bolivia: new rules on child labor
Salaried work is allowed from the age of 14, but under several conditions, e.g. granting paid daily studying time and limiting access to some jobs considered as dangerous or a hazard to health...
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1 July 2014
Great Britain: soon, Nestlé will pay living wage, higher than minimum wage, to all its employees, including temps
Nestlé, the nutrition company, has promised to pay all its employees at the level of the living wage, including agency workers and workers employed by subcontractors, by 2017. This is a first for...
1 July 2014
United States: businesses’ religious liberty must take precedence over paying for their employees’ contraception
The US Supreme Court was very divided on this issue. However, on Monday, June 30, a majority of judges ruled that, by requesting that employers that provide their workers with health insurance pay...
1 July 2014
Germany: the return of the conflict between EVG, the majority rail union, and GDL, the small train drivers union, is putting the Deutsche Bahn in an awkward situation
The next collective negotiations at the Deutsche Bahn promise to be particularly complicated. Adopted in 2008 after a spectacular conflict, the “cooperation agreement” regulating the relations...
1 July 2014
Denmark: political deal on the reform of international recruitment
On June 26, the government, together with the conservative (Venstre, Dansk Folkeparti, Liberal Alliance and Det Konservative Folkeparti) and socialist (Socialistisk Folkeparti) parties, signed an...
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1 July 2014
Great Britain: Parcelforce, Royal Mail’s parcels division, strikes deal with CWU on work on Sunday
The CWU communications’ union has announced that negotiations have been successfully concluded with Parcelforce Worldwide over the impact of the new seven-day service on staff’s working...
30 June 2014
United States: Silicon Valley in a hurry to combat discrimination
50 years after the antidiscrimination laws that put an end to segregation passed, former civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has gotten internet giants such as Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo! or Facebook...
India: more flexible labor law to encourage investments in Rajasthan
With these measures, the head Minister of this northwestern State wants to attract more capital onto her territory, at the heart of big industrial and infrastructure projects. The labor law...
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30 June 2014
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United Kingdom: government urged to legislate against forced labour
After consulting victims, businesses and NGOs, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) has published a report showing that the UK is lagging behind in the fight against forced labour. The...