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The European Directive CRD lV was transposed into law by the State in March 2014, and obliges financial institutions to implement, before September 1, 2014, internal “whistle-blowing” mechanisms...

18 September 2014

H&M: signature on a global agreement in partnership with the ILO on sustainable global supply chains in the garment industry

Signed on September 15, 2014 this agreement is the first of its kind, forging a partnership between the retail-clothing company and the tripartite international organization. It covers industrial...

18 September 2014

Great Britain: the High Court has validated employer practice that recognizes a trade union thus preventing another union’s legal recognition

In a judgment handed down on September 12, 2014, the long running dispute between the Pharmacists’ Defence Association union (PDAU) and the Boots pharmacy retailer has been settled in Boots’...

17 September 2014

United States: a new law in the state of California provides for paid sick leave

Last week the state of California became known in the U.S for adopting a law on sick leave pay that will come into effect in July 2015. The law requires employers in the state to give workers paid...

17 September 2014

Russia: pregnant women protected by law but under pressure from employers

Russia’s labor law affords a high level of protection to pregnant women but this protection does not occur in practice as many women quit their companies because of harassment. This phenomenon is...

17 September 2014

BNP Paribas: European agreement on professional equality signed

Yesterday, September 16, 2014, BNP Paribas signed an agreement with the European Federation Union UNI Europa Finance and the European Federation of Finance Company Executives (FECEC), and its...

16 September 2014

International: worrisome negotiations over an agreement to liberalize trade in services

If it hadn’t been for the Wikileaks revelations released in June 2014 no one or almost no one would have heard of TiSA – the Trade in Services Agreement that aims at liberalizing the international...

16 September 2014

Germany: ArcelorMittal Bremen management requires that companies contracted to provide services adhere to the social charter negotiated with the works council

Under pressure from the works council at ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH (AMB), management and the council together have developed a ‘social charter’. It targets companies looking to sign service...

16 September 2014

EU: an ECJ ruling states that employees transferred are to retain their earlier working conditions, as concluded under their terminated collective agreements

Judges in the European Court of Justice ruled that the transferred employees are to be covered by the working conditions of the collective agreement terminated before the transfert but yet...

15 September 2014

Great Britain: government measures succeed in reducing backlogs in employment tribunals

According to government statistics employment tribunals again witnessed a reduction in individual claims over the period from April to June 2014. David Cameron’s team welcomed the fact that the...

15 September 2014

Italy: the CGIL, Cisl and Uil central unions front a united platform on the taxation and benefits system

The three central unions, CGIL, Cisl, and Uil will this month complete consultations on their united platform concerning taxation and benefits. They hope it will serve to defend their common...

12 September 2014

Germany: social partners in the chemical sector have launched an initiative promoting “health management”

On Wednesday September 10, 2014 the social partners in the chemical sector presented an initiative called “healthy work under good conditions in the chemical sector”. The initiative forms part of...

12 September 2014

Chile: unions put pressure on the government to remove the Labor Code, left-over from the Pinochet era

On September 4, 2014, 44 years to the day after the victory of Salvador Allende during the presidential elections, the main confederation of Chilean unions the CUT called for a demonstration...

12 September 2014

Brazil: the government recognizes five central organizations as representative trade unions

At the end of the annual meeting in July 2014, the Minister for Labor and Employment recognized five representative central trade unions. The five in order of importance are: the Unified Workers...

12 September 2014

Denmark: the two main union confederations -LO and FTF – are studying a possible merger

In an historic meeting on September 9, 2014, the LO (The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions) and the FTF (the Confederation of Professionals in Denmark) agreed on unprecedented cooperation so as...

11 September 2014

Germany: the slow decline in apprenticeships continues (DGB report)

Each year the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) presents an annual report on the state of apprenticeships in the country. Whilst 71.4% of those questioned are satisfied with their...

11 September 2014

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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying

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9 September 2026

Germany: a “simplification” proposal for the Corporate Governance Code

In early August, the Government Commission presented proposals to reform the Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK), Germany’s Corporate Governance Code. The proposals are primarily aimed at...

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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations

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The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...

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