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Denmark: for the first time, unions sign a joint collective agreement for all the employees in a company (CGI Danmark)
On June 18, after bargaining for nearly a year, 5 unions - HK/Privat (private sector), PROSA (IT professionals), IDA (engineers), Djøf (lawyers) and Dansk Magisterforening (Masters’ and PhD...
Nordic countries: a new employers’ organization, Nordic Arctic Business Council, was created
Since May 19, Nordic employers have had a new professional organization, the Nordic Arctic Business Council, which gathers representatives from the key employers’ organizations in Scandinavia. ...
Norway: the conservative government wants to make the labor market more flexible
On June 11, Robert Eriksson, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, presented the outline of a draft reform of the professional environment.  The text notably provides for more flexible standards...
20 June 2014
Chile: new law against “multi-RUT,” the artificial subsystem businesses use to elude their obligations in terms of labor law and social security
The law adopted by the Chilean lawmakers puts an end to the “multi-RUT” practice: making several branches of the same company look like different employers in the administration’s eyes.  For a...
20 June 2014
Great Britain: government launches action plan for seniors
The government has launched an action plan called ‘Fuller Working Lives – a framework for action.’ It aims not only to help employers make the most of older workers’ potential for their...
19 June 2014
Germany: Opel management and IG-Metall agree on social plan for Opel’s Bochum plant, set to close in December 2014
After bargaining for more than a year, the management of Opel and the IG-Metall union have adopted a social plan covering the 3,300 Opel workers affected by the closing of the Bochum plant, to...
EU: new European skills passport in the hotel and tourism industry
Yesterday, June 17, the European Commission launched the European Hospitality Skills Passport, designed to encourage recruitment and promote workers’ mobility in the sector.
18 June 2014
H&M: the Swedish company, together with the IF Metall union and the ILO, is launching a project to develop collective bargaining within its Cambodian subcontractors
The project is carried by H&M, the clothing brand, IF Metall, the Swedish union, the Swedish government via its development and cooperation agency, and the ILO.  After SKF and Atlas Corpo...
18 June 2014
EU: IndustriAll believes that the EU’s future will go through collective bargaining and union solidarity
Gathered in Vienna on June 12-13 for a conference on “Collective Bargaining and Social Policy,” the 200 representatives of the organizations affiliated with IndustriAll Europe talked about the...
18 June 2014
Italy: first mobilizations from the “yes unions” at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA)
After bargaining for 8 months to renew the group’s collective agreement, which covers about 86,000 workers (see article No.  130166), the unions that signed the agreement – Fim, Uilm, Fismic, UGL...
Sweden: the number of women on boards has gone up for the first time in 3 years
According to the annual female index of Andra AP-fondens (2nd national pension fund), published on June 4, the share of women on the boards of listed companies has increased for the first time in...
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
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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...
13 January 2026