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The Portuguese social partners are starting negotiations on raising the national minimum wage with the government is looking to raise the level as of January 1, 2015. However unions are looking...

11 September 2014

India: the beginning of a major overhaul of the labor law

On September 8, 2014, Narenda Singh Tomar, the Federal Minister for Labor and Employment officially launched a series of measures aimed at amending 44 laws governing work, many of which date back...

11 September 2014

EU: the Juncker Commission unveiled

Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president today unveiled his team and the new setup of the next European Commission. After having come through one of the most testing periods in its...

10 September 2014

United States: difficult negotiations in Schneider Electric over the move to a pension plan that does not guarantee final pension amounts

The tendency to move from defined benefit pensions plans towards defined contribution plans which do not guarantee final pension amounts is being driven by the onerous costs of such plans to...

10 September 2014

Italy: Premier Matteo Renzi may try to reform the famous Article 18, which obliges employers to reinstate workers – an area where the right-wing parties have failed in the past

A draft bill enabling the government to completely overhaul the labor law and may also introduce a legal minimum wage is due to be presented before the Senate on September 18, 2014 with final...

10 September 2014

Sweden: Volvo Cars implements a new agreement on working time flexibility

Volvo Personvagnar (Volvo Cars) is Sweden’s primary automobile constructor. Since 2010 the company has been owned by the Chinese group Geely (Zhejiang Geely Holding Group). During production of...

9 September 2014

Latvia: is soon to bring into effect a new law on trade unions

The fact that Latvia will hold the presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2015 has pushed the country towards faster reforms in the area of social relations. This is...

9 September 2014

Spain: the government presents a plan to kick-start active employment policies

The Council of Ministers gave the green light to a series of measures that will drive forward Spain’s active employment policies as part of the “Employment activation policy 2014-2016”, itself...

9 September 2014

Great Britain: union campaigns for pay rises continue

Union campaigns for higher pay rises are continuing well beyond the summer as traditional pay settlement date have not been met and the fruits of renewed economic growth is not filtering through...

8 September 2014

Denmark: the 2015 finance bill re-introduces full tax deduction for union dues

The 2015 finance bill presented by the Danish government on August 26, 2014 brings with it several “improvements” for workers. These range from a significant strengthening in health policy (which...

8 September 2014

Indosat: a Global Framework Agreement (GFA) is signed with UNI Global Union

At the end of August 2014, UNI Global, the global union federation for skills and services signed a Global Framework Agreement (GFA) with the Indonesian company Indosat. This marks its 53rd GFA...

8 September 2014

Finland: difficult negotiations are underway over pension reforms

Whilst this coming autumn the Finnish parliament will debate a proposal for reforms of the pension system that are to be put into place in 2017, negotiations are getting tough and decisions may...

8 September 2014

Italy: the government reduces by half the number of union prerogatives in the state public administration

The revision to “union privileges” which reduces by 50% the number of paid hours devoted to union activities and union secondments came into effect on September 1, 2014. This measure forms part of...

5 September 2014

Germany: the country is to re-establish by law the principle “one company, one collective agreement”

Which type of organisation is best suited to represent employees before management and a federation of enterprises? The large majority union or the small corporate body? And is co-habitation...

4 September 2014

Tunisia: German company Knauf opens a new training center enhancing the attractiveness of the gypsum related profession

In Tunisia on September 2, 2014 the German group Knauf, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of building materials, opened its second training center. The result of a public/private finance...

4 September 2014

Ireland: adopts a law protecting workers who make protected disclosures (whistleblowers)

Enacted on July 15, 2014, the Protected Disclosures Act is Ireland’s first piece of legislation enabling workers in the public, private, and non-profit sectors to make protected disclosures...

4 September 2014

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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying

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

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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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