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Belgium: the collective labor agreement (CCT) on the obligation to justify layoffs is available
A new chapter in the harmonization of blue-collar and white-collar workers’ statuses, this CCT, No. 109, introduces a new obligation – justifying layoffs – and adds a sanction for breaches to...
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13 February 2014
Italy: national employment support fund in the banking industry is ready
The national employment support fund in the credit industry, introduced with the last renewal of the national collective agreement, will start working this year. More than €87 million were...
13 February 2014
Norway: unions get in battle array for 2014 negotiations
Negotiations are going to resume and unions, before the February 18 meeting prepared by LO (Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions) are starting to communicate their most important claims. Key...
13 February 2014
Germany: social partners set up “Retail Trade Council” to face demographic ageing via collective agreements
On February 11, the retail trade employers’ organization (HDE) and the Verdi services union announced a new “Retail Trade Council.” It is in line with broader action launched in 2012 to prepare...
13 February 2014
Great Britain: GMB and Unite unions get compensation for poor housing and travel in return for the end of the dispute at the construction of a gas terminal in Shetland
A long-running dispute over standards of accommodation and travel to work at the construction of a gas terminal in Shetland has finally been resolved. Some 850 workers, members of the GMB and...
12 February 2014
Spain: courts limit application of labor reform and strengthen collective agreements being renegotiated
A series of court rulings acknowledged the validity of collective agreements, even after their official deadline, waiting for the next collective agreement to be signed. The judges are going...
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12 February 2014
Italy: after Fiom metalworkers’ federation denounces democratic shortfall, CGIL to consult members on the agreement on the “single representation text”
After a week characterized by an unprecedented conflict, in the press, between CGIL leader Susanna Camusso and Fiom leader Maurizio Landini, the former changed her mind and announced that all...
12 February 2014
China: details of the regulation clarifying the provisions on labor-leasing
First, the temporary regulation defines the percentage of appeal to labor-leasing in the user company. Confirming that direct employment should remain the rule, and that labor-leasing is only a...
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12 February 2014
Denmark: more and more social clauses reserve internship places for professional school students in public tenders
After State institutions, schools and public and private training centers now also have to introduce social clauses reserving internship places for professional school students in their tenders. ...
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12 February 2014
Great Britain: a few examples of pay negotiations as the year starts
April 1 has always been the reference in terms of pay awards, often used as a starting point for the wage increases negotiated later in the year. Therefore, this date often arrives after...
11 February 2014
EY (formerly Ernst&Young) tackles the taboo of employees’ mental suffering
The financial audit giant, EY (formerly Ernst&Young), has recently launched a new employee wellbeing program for its UK employees. For the first time, it focuses on psychological support and...
11 February 2014
Belgium: social partners agree on obligation to justify layoffs
On February 10, the social partners agreed on 4 cases, including the new system for justifying layoffs, harmonizing the pension scheme and the transfer towards a new price index. The deal should...
11 February 2014
Great Britain: new system to help sick employees go back to work
Whereas more than 130 million days a year are ‘lost’ to sickness absence in Great Britain, the Cameron administration is starting a new battle to help sick workers get back to work. Indeed...
11 February 2014
Denmark: manufacturing social partners sign agreement renewing the sector’s collective agreement
On February 9, Co-Indistri for unions and Dansk Industri for employers reached an agreement renewing the manufacturing collective agreement. It is made up of 2 chapters: one for skilled/unskilled...
10 February 2014
Germany: the share of the lowest conventional wages went down last year
The introduction of minimum wage, which the Grand Coalition government wants to take place in 2017 at the latest, has helped bring the share of low wages in sectors covered by a collective...
10 February 2014
Switzerland: by saying “no to massive immigration,” Swiss citizens shake up relations with the EU and open up Pandora’s Box of quotas
Asked to a referendum to vote for or against limits to “massive immigration” on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 50.3 percent of Swiss citizens voted for this restriction and the reinstatement of...
10 February 2014
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
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On 11 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld most of the directive on adequate minimum wages, rejecting Denmark’s claim that it infringed on national sovereignty over wage...
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
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Germany: report previews draft bill to transpose EU Pay Transparency Directive
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