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Russia: ambiguous ban on temporary work
On April 22, the Parliament (Duma) adopted, at its 3rd and last reading, an Act banning temporary work, as unions wanted, but legalizing workforce “leasing” subject to certain conditions. This...
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29 April 2014
Denmark: vocational training turns the characteristics of a certain form of autism into an assets for the IT industry
Autistic youngsters with the Asperger syndrome are increasingly sought after in the information technology sector because of their specific skills. An original training model set up in 2005...
29 April 2014
Portugal: new independent union for call-centers
The primary objective of the newly created national call centers union is to combat precariousness. The new union claims its independence from the CGTP and UGT federations that traditionally...
28 April 2014
Porsche: wide flexible working time plan to boost productivity
In spite of its rising workforce and working and pay conditions a lot of employees dream about, the major increase in pace in the factories of the jewel of the German auto industry is putting...
28 April 2014
Netherlands: wages falling and inequalities rising
Two profound analyses of wages and income in the Netherlands sketch out an alarming picture of the impact of the crisis. Wages decreased by 6% in 2013 compared to 2012 (the IT and financial...
28 April 2014
Luxembourg: the new government’s social plans
Prime Minister Xavier Bettel detailed the government’s social actions during his speech on the State of Nation on April 2. Since the temporary variation of the index introduced by the previous...
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28 April 2014
Bangladesh: first anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza building
On April 24, 2013, 1,135 employees died and more than 2,000 were injured in this tragedy. After it, the worst in the history of the textile industry, the sector’s stakeholders commenced many...
United States: Boeing to pay $47m in compensation to nearly 500 California workers for refusing them the benefits of the collective agreement signed with the SPEEA union
That's what Boeing is about to give to 500 current and former workers in southern California, at the end of a 13-year procedure.
25 April 2014
Italy: magistrates and labor attorneys denounce the counterproductive effects of the special procedure for layoff related disputes introduced with the 2012 reform
The objectives of the 2012 labor reform – solving layoff related disputes faster – have apparently not been met. On the contrary, concerns regarding the new provision have led to reductions in...
24 April 2014
Germany: IG Metall and IG BCE unions comfort their positions at works councils elections
On April 24, the IG-Metall metalworkers’ union and the IG BCE chemistry union presented an interim report of the elections for the works councils’ representatives, which started on March 1...
24 April 2014
Italy: Cariparma-Crédit Agricole renews banking recruitment, cooperating with Ikea to choose staff
To recruit 100 youngsters, Cariparma-Crédit Agricole joined forces with Ikea in Parma. The idea of working with the Swedish multinational’s subsidiary to try the most adapted candidates following...
22 April 2014
United States: UAW gives up fighting at Volkswagen’s Tennessee site
The United Auto Workers’ union has permanently given up the fight at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant. The union claims the limitations of American labor law are making it useless to launch a...
22 April 2014
Great Britain: more unrest in the construction industry, this time coming from bogus self-employed workers employed by labour agencies
Some 200,000 construction workers are believed to be employed on bogus self-employment contracts through labour agencies. Following a measure toughening controls over bogus self-employment by the...
18 April 2014
Brazil: CUT signs first national company agreement in the metal industry
The first company agreement of national coverage in the Brazilian metal industry was signed on April 16 by the metalworkers’ union (CNM), affiliated with the Unified Workers' Central (CUT), the...
18 April 2014
France: mobilization for the introduction of duty of care for parent companies
A few days to the anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza textile plant in Bangladesh, mobilization is growing in France for the bill aiming to introduce a duty of care for parent company to...
Brazil: three orange juice majors sentenced to pay €36.7 million for subcontracting fraud
On March 31, three orange juice majors were sentenced to pay a fine amounting to BRL 110 million (€36.7m) for subcontracting fraud. In addition to Cutrale and Fischer, two Brazilian companies...
17 April 2014
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In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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France: Decathlon introduces a ‘duty to respect others’ right to disconnect’
A right-to-disconnect agreement was signed in late September for the French arm of the Decathlon sports retail group. It sets out a "duty to respect others’ right to disconnect" and provides...
14 November 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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France: construction sector turns to long-term partial activity scheme
Amid the ongoing economic crisis hitting France’s construction sector, social partners in the public works industry (350,000 employees) signed an agreement at the end of October enabling companies...
21 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025