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France: the Act on the obligation to look for a buyer when closing a site is adopted
The “Bill aiming to give prospects to the real economy and industrial employment” was permanently adopted by the National Assembly on February 24. It provides that businesses, or group of...
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24 February 2014
Germany: with GOVET, the country rationalizes its advice structures to sell its vocational training system abroad
Since the last crisis, we’ve seen that young people’s access to the labor world was much safer in countries with a “dual” vocational training system: Germany, Austria, the Netherlands or...
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24 February 2014
Spain: gender equality, the victim of the crisis and labor law reform
Seven years after the Equality Act came into force, forcing businesses to implement gender equality measures, representatives from the CCOO and UGT unions are observing difficulties in the field...
24 February 2014
Australia: Rio Tinto signs landmark agreement with AWU union
After several years of conflict, Rio Tinto and the Australian Workers’ Union reached a landmark agreement following a request made by employees. The deal aims to maintain job security to the...
24 February 2014
Italy: Alitalia and unions sign agreement to manage ‘surplus’ staff
Alitalia and the Filt-CGIL, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti and UGLtrasporti unions signed an agreement on the management of the 1,900 ‘surplus’ workers listed by the group. The solution chosen to avoid...
21 February 2014
Germany: real wages went down by 0.2 percent in 2013
According to the latest figures published by the Federal Statistics Agency (Destatis), for the first time since 2009, German wages are down. Indeed, in 2013, inflation (1.5 percent) was higher...
20 February 2014
Great Britain: Atos criticized for work capability assessment awarded by the governement
In 2011, 10,600 people which Atos had not declared ‘unfit to work’ died within the next 6 weeks. It is after reminding this shocking number – confirmed by government statistics – that hundreds of...
20 February 2014
Denmark: hotel/catering social partners reach agreement renewing collective agreement
On February 16, the 3F Privat Service Hotel og Restauration union and Horesta for employers reached an agreement to renew the collective agreement in the hotel and catering industry. It covers...
20 February 2014
Spain: facing a boycott campaign, Coca Cola abandons layoffs but still shuts the 4 plants down
Nearly a month after Coca-Cola Iberian Partners announced that it would shutter 4 of its 11 plants, Coca Cola Spain is worried about the threat to boycott its protest and about growing social...
20 February 2014
United States: overview of the UAW’s defeat in VW’s Chattanooga plant
The UAW was supposed to win the election with flying colors. Never had a company’s management been so supportive of a union organizing its plant. And yet, on February 14, the results hit like a...
19 February 2014
France/Germany: French and German social partners issue proposals to upgrade and galvanize work-study vocational training systems
At the 16th Franco-German Ministerial Council, which took place in Paris on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 the German and French Ministers for Employment took stock of a series of proposals...
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19 February 2014
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
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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