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Japan: “Japanese-style internships,” or how young graduates spend the first months after hiring being tested and trained to the company’s values
In Japan, March means stress for young graduates who, dressed in a black suite and white shirt, start applying in businesses. Unlike human resources in the western world, these youngsters are not...
3 February 2014
Finland: details on parental leave, training and unemployment benefits rules enforced on January 1
A series of new social laws and regulations came into force on January 1, proving that the Finnish government has respected the agreements signed with unions and employers within the framework of...
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3 February 2014
Great Britain: Cameron administration goes to war against “needless” regulation
Once again, the British Prime Minister promised to get rid of a lot of health and safety regulations said to burden businesses. This deregulation policy, in force since Cameron was elected in...
31 January 2014
Austria: nearly 3 million employees vote for their representatives in the Chambers of Labor
The election for the general assemblies of the Chambers of Labor, organized every 5 years, started on Monday, January 27 in 3 Austrian Länder. They will continue in the 6 remaining Länder until...
31 January 2014
Spain: more flexible regulations for part-time work
The government kicked off a series of employment measures with more flexible working time regulations, supervising appeal to additional working hours.
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31 January 2014
Italy: after unions reject the conditions laid down by Electrolux to maintain production in Italy, the government is looking at measures to keep the multinational in the country and save jobs
A drastic reduction of labor cost, job cuts with one of the 4 Italian sites closing, and tougher working conditions: this is how unions summarized the conditions Electrolux laid down to maintain...
30 January 2014
Deutsche Post-DHL: the German multinational signs a joint statement on internal social dialogue and labor dispute settlement in its subsidiaries with UNI Global Union and IFT unions and the OECD’s German office
On Thursday, January 30, the OECD’s German office (NKS) published a joint statement signed with Deutsche-Post-DHL (DP-DHL) and two international union federations, UNI Global Union (services) and...
30 January 2014
Argentina: unions demand pay negotiations to make up for the loss in buying power resulting from the monetary crisis and inflation boom
The devaluation of the Argentinean peso and soaring prices have driven Argentinean unions to up their requests in terms of wage increases. Pro-government workers’ organizations are calling for...
30 January 2014
Spain: CCOO traces new lines of action and calls for more union activity on the workplace
Nearly two years after the labor market reform implemented in February 2012, the union is taking stock of the practical impact of the new law and suggests redirecting its strategy towards...
30 January 2014
Russia: progress but increased pressure for unions in 2013 (survey by the Center for social and labor rights)
In Russia, the most memorable episodes in the area of social relations in 2013 were about union rights, according to a survey by the Center for social and labor rights, published on January 16. ...
29 January 2014
Portugal: productivity and motivation as criteria to define layoff order
After the Constitutional Court rejected the criteria included in the 2012 Labor Code in terms of layoff, the government is proposing a new list of criteria to define the order of layoffs. The...
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29 January 2014
Germany: Grand Coalition adopts first bill on pension reform, introducing retirement at 63 for employees who paid contributions for 45 years
Gathered at a cabinet meeting on January 29, Angela Merkel’s administration agreed to its first bill – highly controversial – on the pension reform. Developed by the new Minister for Employment...
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29 January 2014
Prosegur: EWC established
Nearly one year’s negotiations was necessary to seal an agreement in November 2013 between the company’s management and the special negotiating body made up of employee representatives from Spain...
29 January 2014
Great-Britain: government prepares reform to introduce collective defined contribution schemes
The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has announced its support for the legal reform of the structure of private sector pensions in order to introduce a new type called the...
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28 January 2014
Italy: first report on the impact of the 2012 labor reform
The Technical Committee* in charge of monitoring the labor market reform (Act No. 92/2012, see article No. 120471) published its first report on January 23, covering the period between July 2012...
28 January 2014
United States: private-sector union membership increases
For the first time in 5 years, the number of unionized employees in the private sector is higher than in the public sector. Continuously down for several decades, businesses’ union membership...
28 January 2014
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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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31 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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EU: omnibus bill stalls in parliament
On 22 October, members of the European Parliament narrowly voted against a negotiating mandate that would have opened trilogue talks on the omnibus directive, which seeks to dilute the corporate...
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23 October 2025
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France: cabinet adopts suspension of pension reform
On 23 October, the French Council of Ministers approved an amendment to the social security financing bill (PLFSS), confirming the suspension of the 2023 pension reform until 2028. This measure...
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24 October 2025