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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
When HR learns from hackathon
Challenging its employees to solve a problem in 48 hours: that’s the hackathon, a marathon that used to be reserved for workers in computing firms. More and more managers from all industries are...
5 March 2014
Great Britain: Cameron confirms minimum wage increase
The British Prime Minister already announced that he intended to follow the Low Pay Commission’s recommendation, increase minimum wage by 3 percent as early as October. The government is hoping...
4 March 2014
United States: former French workers at Samsonite’s Henin Beaumont plant to refile case against Bain Capital investment fund
On March 5, the regional court of appeal (First Circuit) will hear the lawyers of former workers at Samsonite’s Henin Beaumont plant (north of France) about the admissibility of their action...
4 March 2014
Denmark: agreements in the construction, industrial cleaning and graphical industries but deadlock in finance
In the past few days, several collective agreements were signed, notably in construction industrial cleaning and graphics. This boost comes from the fact that most existing collective agreements...
4 March 2014
Two new articles on industrial relations foreign systems added to our Resource center
In addition to the interview of Avital Shapira-Shabirow, Director of the International Department of the Israeli trade union Histadrut, presenting the industrial relations system in her country...
3 March 2014
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The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
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
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
19 December 2025
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Germany: government seeks to facilitate immigration of skilled Indian workers
During a visit to India earlier this week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addressed the strategic importance of attracting Indian workers to Germany, signing a series of cooperation agreements...
15 January 2026
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Informal economy and slow wage growth hamper decent work, ILO says
The International Labour Organisation published its Employment ans Social Trends 2026 on 14 January. It anticipates unemployment stabilising in 2026 and employment growth of 1%, driven by...
16 January 2026