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International: unions on both sides of the Atlantic are mobilized for a US-EU trade agreement that addresses social and environmental rights
European and American union organizations have already expressed concern having regard to the development of the negotiations for the trade agreement between the EU and the US, officially launched...
28 March 2014
France: Constitutional Court annuls key provisions of the law forcing employers to look for a buyer in the event of a site closure
Yesterday, March 27, the Constitutional Court ruled that the system forcing employers to accept a serious takeover off in the event of a site closure at the risk of a sanction was contrary to the...
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27 March 2014
Great Britain: more and more women on boards
Women now account for 20.7% of board positions in the FTSE100 companies, according to the third annual progress report on the subject. The government is thrilled by this result but some still...
27 March 2014
Greece: new national collective labor agreement signed
The negotiations between employers’ representatives and the private sector workers’ union federation (GSEE) led, on Wednesday, March 26, to the new national collective labor agreement (EGSEE), in...
27 March 2014
Romania: the union movement is clinically dead
The amendment, three years ago, of the Labor Code and Social Dialogue Act has considerably diminished unions’ powers, which were already not doing great.
27 March 2014
EU: adoption of joint recommendations of psychosocial risks in the railway sector
On March 11, the European social partners in the rail industry adopted joint recommendations on psychosocial risks in the railway sector to identify and prevent psychosocial risks. Thus, they...
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26 March 2014
When businesses are tempted by Peter Pan’s spirit
Giving employees candy, setting up slides and swings at work or solving a problem through a ‘serious game’ with the Lego construction game: these “fun” management methods, traditionally used by...
26 March 2014
Germany: Family and Justice Ministers present outline of a law introducing a mandatory quota of 30 percent of women on boards
In spite of lasting vivid criticism from employers’ organizations and the right wing of Angela Merkel’s conservative union (CDU/CSU), the social democratic party, the chancellor’s new coalition...
26 March 2014
Spain: the Madrid employers’ organization reelects Arturo Fernandez as its leader, the target of an investigation regarding the embezzlement of employers’ funds dedicated to vocational training
Known for his radical positions and for being in favor of maximum labor market flexibility, Arturo Fernandez is one of the key figures of the Spanish employers’ sphere. Chair of the Madrid...
25 March 2014
Great Britain: labor law measures coming into force on April 6
Mandatory conciliation before going to court, no more methodology discrimination questionnaire causing HR managers to go crazy, or even increase in parental pay: on April, like every year around...
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25 March 2014
Netherlands: construction social partners temporarily renew their collective agreement to avoid social dumping
The partners in collective bargaining in construction have agreed to reinstall the expired collective agreement for the industry, which expired on 31 December 2013. The employers’ organisation had...
25 March 2014
Norway: new agreement on occupational environment focuses on everyone’s responsibilities
The new “agreement of intent for a more integrative occupational environment” (Intensjonavtale om et mer inkluderende arbeidsliv/IA) was signed on March 4 for the 2014-18 period, by the...
25 March 2014
Spain: going against union recommendations, workers accept the proposals made by Coca-Cola, the bottler
The management of Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, exclusive Cola bottler in Spain, announced that 1,700 employees registered to take advantage of the three options offered b the company: voluntary...
24 March 2014
EU: European Commission reviews transposition of the directive on temporary agency work
The Member States were supposed to have transposed Directive 20008/104/EC on temporary agency work by December 2011 at the latest. The report the Commission published on Friday, March 21 – which...
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24 March 2014
Netherlands: Parliament adopts draft reform of flexible work and dismissal rules
The Minister of Social Affairs Lodewijk Asscher proposed in November 2013 a far-reaching reform of the organisation of flexible contracts and of the legislation regarding redundancies and...
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24 March 2014
EU: Community law does not compel Member States to grant maternity rights to women who use surrogates
In two decrees rendered on March 18, the ECJ ruled that neither Directive 92/85 on the protection of pregnant women, nor Directive 2006/54 on equal treatment of male and female workers, nor...
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24 March 2014
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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...
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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...