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Germany: IG-Metall union calls for 30-hour week for families and a new debate on working time
The biggest union in Germany, the IG-Metall, is asking for the introduction of new working time models, better suited for families’ needs. In an interview, Jörg Hofmann, second in command, said...
27 January 2014
Spain: it seems that equality policies are losing ground in businesses
The 2013 report of the Observatory of equality programs and measures in collective negotiations, published by the UGT union, points out that policies in favor of equality have been slowing down in...
27 January 2014
EU: unions and NGOs start lobbying to promote social issues at the next European election
On May 22-25, an election will take place in every EU Member State to elect the members of the future European Parliament. Because of the debt and eurozone crisis, European issues have never been...
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27 January 2014
Russia: lower quotas and tougher sanctions against the illegal recruitment of foreigners
Russian employers who want to recruit foreigners are subject to quotas except for certain categories. They have to send their request before May 1 of the ongoing year for the next. The Ministry...
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27 January 2014
Spain: businesses commit to have more female executives
About 30 large businesses and the Ministry of Equality signed an agreement aiming to achieve, on a voluntary basis, up to 20% of women in their decision-making structures in the next 4 years.
24 January 2014
Austria: for the 1st time, Telekom Austria signs a separate agreement for civil servants and employees
After arm-wrestling for several weeks, and with Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim joining the company’s capital in the background, the social partners at Telekom Austria agreed, on January 17, on...
24 January 2014
EU: Commission preaches for European industrial renaissance
In a communication entitled “For a European Industrial Renaissance,” adopted on January 22, the European Commission calls on the Member States to recognize the central importance of industry for...
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23 January 2014
Germany: 1.2% average increase in conventional wages in 2013
The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) of the Hans Böckler union foundation published, on Thursday, January 23, its report on the evolution of convention wages in 2013. Thus, in...
23 January 2014
Great Britain: government delays adoption of flexible working
The possibility for all British employees to request flexible working time will not come into force in April as anticipated. Corporate managements are delighted with this delay, as they are...
23 January 2014
Germany: employers and unions warn, together, against the risks of the debate on the immigration of Romanians and Bulgarians
Concluding a rather unusual alliance, the new leader of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) – Ingo Kramer – and the leader of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) –...
22 January 2014
EU: annual assessment of employment and social developments points to emergency of stopping the risk of working poor
According to the Employment and Social Developments in Europe 2013 report, released by the European Commission on Tuesday, January 21, the anticipated decrease in unemployment won’t be enough to...
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22 January 2014
France: vocational training reform should be adopted by the end of March
Presented to the Council of Ministers today, Wednesday, January 22, 2014, the Vocational Training Act should be adopted by the end of March and come into force as early as January 2015. This is a...
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22 January 2014
Global works councils, a true temptation but with few experiments
While unions observed the need to set up transnational dialogue structures as early as the 50s, businesses only started introducing these committees in the 90s, in the wake of the establishment of...
22 January 2014
Brazil: unions in favor of a joint program for 2014, an election year
The 6 representative unions in Brazil – the Single Workers’ Union (CUT), Força syndical, the General Workers’ Union (UGT), the New Workers’ Union (NSCT), the Brazilian Workers’ Union (CTB) and the...
21 January 2014
Germany: IG-Metall – still growing – wants to launch an initiative “in favor of codetermination”
At the annual press conference on January 21, Detlef Wetzel, the new chairman of the IG-Metall, gave a positive overview of 2013. Not only did the IG-Metall manage to get more members again, but...
21 January 2014
Canada: Unifor launches “Rights at work” nationwide campaign with initiatives aiming to limit union rights at federal level and in Ontario in the background
Unifor, the newly-created union (see article No. 7901) that claims to be the organization that makes a difference, will be holding a series of conferences across the country over the next few...
21 January 2014
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