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Brazil: more and more businesses convicted for institutional moral harassment
The number of businesses convicted for institutional moral harassment is increasing in Brazil, with 53 convictions until the end of 2012. This is the story told by Adriana Calvo, lawyer and labor...
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11 March 2014
EU: Commission issues recommendations to reduce the gender pay gap
On March 7, the Commission issued recommendations for the Member States to limit the pay gap between men and women, which remains at 16.4 percent for equal work. The Member States are requested...
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11 March 2014
Romania: social aspects of the new government’s program
After a cabinet reshuffle in the beginning of this month, the center-left Prime Minister lowered several social objectives to which he had committed when he took office in 2012, notably the...
11 March 2014
China: official unions support strike at Pepsi
A national strike has been paralyzing several Pepsi factories in China, protesting against layoff and pay cuts. Besides, and this is extremely rare in the People’s Republic, unions back the...
10 March 2014
Great Britain: revised figures on the reality of zero hour contracts make political waves
The government has revealed that the incidence of the use of zero hour contracts is more than double its previous pronouncement. After a campaign of political pressure by political parties, unions...
10 March 2014
Bulgaria: Parliament debate over the government’s bill amending the Labor Code causes strong union reactions
Last January, the government presented amendment of the Labor Code under the umbrella “for alleviating the administrative burden for the business.” This bill, and the Parliament debates it has...
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10 March 2014
EU: European Labor Ministers adopt recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships
Today, March 10, the Council of EU Ministers adopted a recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships. This action, which isn’t binding for the Member States, acknowledged that minimum...
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10 March 2014
Great Britain: Unite union to pay £1.5m per year less to Labour
Unite, the largest union and the largest union affiliate to Labour, has announced that it will reduce the number of members it affiliates to the Labour Party from 1,000,000 to 500,000, thus...
7 March 2014
China: IBM workers strike over transfer to Lenovo
Over 1,000 workers from an IBM factory in Shenzhen, China, have been on strike for 4 days to protest against the conditions of their transfer to Chinese PC maker Lenovo.
7 March 2014
EU: details of the key points of the compromise on the Posted Workers Directive
On March 5, the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU (Coreper) adopted a compromise on the text implementing Directive 96/71 on the posting of workers, which had received temporary...
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6 March 2014
Swiss post presents positive assessment of commitment for “fair” work clothes
La Poste Suisse was the first large company in Switzerland to commit to the Fair Wear Foundation in 2012. Since last year, all its clothing purchases, i.e. about 300,000 pieces a year, are...
Italy: temporary work social partners sign permanent text of deal renewing the sector’s national collective agreement
On February 27, the NIdiL CGIL, Felsa CISL and UIL Tem.p@ unions and the Assolavoro employers’ organization signed the final text of the temporary work industry’s national collective labor...
6 March 2014
Brazil: metalworkers at Volkswagen site approve short-time working for 300 workers
A majority of the 3,400 workers at Volkswagen’s São José dos Pinhais plant (Paraná, south-east of Brazil) approved, on February, an agreement with the German carmaker that suspends, for 3 months...
6 March 2014
France: social partners strike deal on employment compensation in return for the lower social contributions planned by the government
Yesterday, March 5, the social partners reached a compromise on the terms of the quid pro quo President Hollande requested in return for lower social contributions. The “summary of conclusions...
6 March 2014
Italy: CGIL’s metal federation, Fiom, to organize its own consultation of metalworkers on the agreement reforming union representation and collective bargaining
The modalities for consulting workers about the single text on employee representation – signed by the 3 union confederations and Confindustria and Conservizi for employers, which reforms...
5 March 2014
Germany: metal social partners evaluate the 10 years following the ‘landmark’ Pforzheim agreement that led to the competitiveness agreements
Former quarrels forgotten: for the 10th anniversary of the famous “Pforzheim agreement,” the metal employers’ organization, Gesamtmetall, and the IG-Metall union unanimously gave a positive...
5 March 2014
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
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EU: Court of Justice largely upholds directive on adequate minimum wages
On 11 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld most of the directive on adequate minimum wages, rejecting Denmark’s claim that it infringed on national sovereignty over wage...
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
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Germany: report previews draft bill to transpose EU Pay Transparency Directive
On Friday 7 November, Germany’s commission for a 'less bureaucratic implementation' of the EU Pay Transparency Directive — made up of employer and trade union representatives — submitted its...
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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