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Great Britain: harmonising terms and conditions after a transfer of undertakings does not constitute valid grounds to justify the dismissal of employees who object to the new terms
The Court of Appeal has confirmed in the – very recent – case of Hazel v Manchester College that it is not possible for an employer to harmonise terms and conditions of employment following a TUPE...
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19 February 2014
Belgium: government validates Caterpillar restructuring
Employment Minister Monica De Coninck has just approved the content of the social chapter of the heavy restructuring announced by the management of Caterpillar Gosselies (Charleroi) on February...
19 February 2014
Russia: layoffs and short-time working in the auto industry
Russian carmakers are fully experiencing the drop in sales on the domestic market. AvtoVaz, GAZ and UAZ, the 3 major local companies, have seen orders for new cars and light commercial vehicles...
19 February 2014
Greece: new corporate apprenticeship program for 2014-2020
30,000 young technical graduates will be entitled, each year until 2020, to a corporate apprenticeship contract within the framework of the new national program initiated by the Ministries of...
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18 February 2014
Denmark: commerce social partners renew collective agreement
On February 16, Dansk Erhverv for employers and HK Handel for unions signed an agreement renewing the retail trade industry’s collective agreement (butiksoverenskomsten), which covers about...
18 February 2014
Benelux: social summit on the fight against social dumping
The Benelux social summit took place of February 13 and gathered the Prime Ministers and Ministers of Labor and/or Social Affairs of Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. This meeting was...
18 February 2014
Germany: EON signs collective agreement on pay and early retirement
On February 14, the IG BCE and Verdi unions as well as the negotiators for the two regional employers’ organizations (AVE and AGV Bayern) presented the outline of a collective agreement on pay and...
18 February 2014
Italy: Enel and unions sign framework agreement to try a new work-study program
On February 13, Enel Group and the Filctem-CGIL, Flaei-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil unions signed a groundbreaking agreement to try, for the first time in Italy, work-study training in upper second...
17 February 2014
Ireland: joint labor committees – which negotiate sectoral agreements – are reestablished and redefined
Richard Burton, the Irish Minister for Enterprise and Jobs, has signed several orders on the subject of Joint Labor Committees. Two are abolished and the scope of the others (cleaning...
17 February 2014
EU: European social partners in the banking sector publish joint statement on CSR
European social partners in the banking sector have agreed in November 2013 and signed on January 31 a joint statement on CSR. It revises the Joint Statement signed in 2005, taking into account...
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17 February 2014
Great Britain: regulation of collective dismissals waiting for big explanations
British employers are waiting for 3 court rulings (2 from the CJEU and 1 from a High Court) that could clarify two major aspects of collective redundancies law: at what level (establishment or...
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17 February 2014
BMW signs company agreement on managing “mobile working time” (Germany)
After bargaining and experimenting for a year, the management of the German carmaker, BMW, and the company’s central works council announced that they had signed a company agreement to define and...
17 February 2014
United States: Volkswagen’s Tennessee workers reject UAW but plan to set up works council still on
It’s the end of the United Auto Workers’ big plans in Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant, Tennessee. At the end of voting on Friday, the employees voted against joining the union in a vote of 712 to...
17 February 2014
World Cup 2022: Qatar must do better
Qatar announced the introduction of protection standards for foreign workers operating on construction sites for the soccer world cup in 2022. But the International Trade Union Confederation says...
Brazil: HSBC to pay BRL 67.5 million for spying on employees on sick leave
HSBC Brazil was sentenced to pay a fine amounting to BRL 67.5 (€22.5) for “collective moral damages” in a ruling rendered on Friday, February 7 by the labor court of Curitiba (Paraná State...
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14 February 2014
United States: executive order encourages minimum wage rise
Alone, Barack Obama doesn’t have the power to decide an increase in federal minimum wage. But he just gave employers in all sectors and the Parliament a strong incentive to adopt measures in this...
14 February 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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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
6 November 2025
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Germany: bill adopted to step up fight against illegal employment
On Thursday 13 November, Germany's Bundestag passed a bill to modernise and digitalise the country’s system for tackling undeclared work and financial crime. In future, the relevant department at...
20 November 2025
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France: TotalEnergies steps up commitment on disability
On 9 October, French energy group TotalEnergies and all representative trade unions signed a new four-year agreement on disability inclusion. Taking effect on 1 January 2026, the deal aims to help...
13 November 2025