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Great Britain: government takes step to support whistleblowing
Whereas the kingdom is shaken by a scandal around bullying of workers who want to denounce bad behaviors at the National Health Service (NHS), the Cameron administration tried to calm things down...
27 June 2014
United States: businesses and States go round the minimum wage block in Washington
After Gap, Ikea has announced a 17-percent increase to its minimum wage. In the US, some large businesses, States and several cities are increasing minimum wage without waiting for the reform of...
27 June 2014
Nordea: union representation bodies suspend participation in the bank’s CSR activities
The Danish banking union announced that the Nordea Union Board (NUB), which represents the members of banking unions in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland and Finland, has left the CSR Stakeholder...
France: law supervising internships permanently adopted
Yesterday, June 26, the National Assembly permanently adopted the bill supervising internships and improving trainees’ status. The text contains measures aimed at combatting excessive appeal to...
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26 June 2014
Solvay: EWC agreement renewed
On June 13, the management of the Belgian chemical group and the EWC renewed the anticipation agreement establishing the European representation structure. This agreement includes the novelties...
26 June 2014
Tunisia: 6-percent wage increase in the private sector
On June 23, the social partners agreed to a 6-percent wage increase in the private sector. The negotiations took place at central level but the deal provides for a return to sectoral negotiations...
26 June 2014
Brazil: World Cup reveals occupational health and safety flaws
In 3 years, 9 workers died on the World Cup’s sites, a human tribute that is very telling of working conditions in Brazil. In 2013, there were 700,000 accidents, 15,000 injuries and 2,700 deaths...
26 June 2014
Estonia: a reform of the employment of disabled persons to combat the workforce shortage
The government approved the draft employment reform in favor of disabled persons on June 12. It is the result of a 2-year survey and of discussions between experts and associations. Requested by...
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25 June 2014
Great Britain: government announces regulation of ‘zero hour’ employment contracts
Employees on zero hours contracts will have the freedom to find work with more than one employer. The ban of exclusivity clauses in these forms of employment - where no minimum working time or...
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25 June 2014
Brazil: the decrease in statutory working time, backed by unions, won’t happen any time soon
Outstanding in Congress for 19 years, the issue of statutory working time has come back into the national agenda with a demonstration in Brasilia on June 4 organized by all those who defend...
25 June 2014
Emerson: agreement establishing European Works Council
The agreement signed on June 18 between the management of the American engineering services group and the SNB is subject to British law. It supervises the information/consultation procedure...
25 June 2014
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
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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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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...