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Italy: tourism social partners renew collective agreement
On January 18, the Filcams-CGIL, Fisascat-Cisl and Uiltucs-Uil unions and the Federalberghi and Faita employers’ organizations (affiliated with Confcommercio) reached an agreement (separate on...
21 January 2014
Air France-KLM: framework agreement to accompany change in the freight airlines, Air France Cargo and KLM Martinair, in Europe
This is the 4th method agreement designed to accompany the transformation of an activity signed between the airline and its European Works Council (EWC). Signed on December 9, 2013, this text...
20 January 2014
Spain: NGOs worried about composition of draft plan to supervise corporate social responsibility in Spanish businesses abroad
While the “Corporate and Human Rights Plan” is being prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, some NGOs consulted during its formulation are worried about the text’s structure. They point out...
EU: Commission suggests improving and modernizing European job search assistance network, EURES
On Friday, January 17, the European Commission presented a draft regulation aiming to strengthen EURES, the European job search tool. EURES mostly works like a website, with a portal giving...
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20 January 2014
Pernod Ricard: new European CSR agreement
The French wine and spirits group signed, on January 7, a European CSR agreement with EFFAT, the European trade union federation. Covering of a lot of themes – 24 pages with commitments on the...
17 January 2014
EU: European system to help ailing banks contains guarantees for employees and their representatives
In December, the Member States and European Parliament reached a political agreement on the draft directive on the recovery and resolution of financial institutions. The MEPs and UNI Europa union...
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17 January 2014
Cambodia: after Bangladesh, Cambodian textile workers are mobilizing
Cambodia is currently experiencing a protest movement in the textile industry to increase minimum wage and improve working conditions. On January 4, the government violently repressed a...
17 January 2014
Great Britain: after toughening sanctions for failing to pay minimum wage, government recommends a steep increase
As the economy is picking up, the British government declared, for the first time, that it was in favor of a minimum wage increase in the coming months. Besides, it has decided to distinctly...
17 January 2014
EU: new rules supervising public markets give more weight to social and environmental criteria
On Wednesday, January15, the Parliament ratified the review of the “public procurement” directive. One of its principles is to get a better price-quality ratio when contracts are awarded. The...
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16 January 2014
Samsung’s social practices in China denounced
In December, one of Samsung’s suppliers in China was caught for the bad working conditions imposed on its employees. It’s not the first time a subcontracting working for the south-Korean group is...
Italy: gas-water social partners reach agreement for the renewal of their national collective agreement
On January 14, after “long, exhausting” negotiations, punctuated by 20 hours of strike, Confindustria-Energia, Anfida, Anigas, Assogas, Federestrattiva and Federutility-Confservizi for employers...
16 January 2014
Spain: CCOO reorganizes itself in the financial sector
The financial and administrative federation, Comfia-CCOO, about to merge with the hotel federation, announced that its banking, savings and stock and credit sections were melting into a single...
16 January 2014
Great Britain: prospects of economic recovery bring pay disputes back
The continued return of growth to the economy is beginning to more fully register with union members and, consequently, is now feeding into their demands for pay rises after a prolonged period of...
16 January 2014
EU: with the liberalization of postal services, employment and working conditions have deteriorated but customer service hasn’t improved, according to a report by the UNI Europa union
UNI Europa, the European trade union federation, commissioned a survey to report on the impact the liberalization of the European postal services has on employment and working conditions. For UNI...
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16 January 2014
EU: ECJ confirms that a law can’t exclude a category of employees from the calculation of staff limits to set up employee representation structure
In a ruling rendered yesterday, January 15, in a French case concerning ‘subsidized’ employment contracts, the Court of Justice of the European Union confirms that a law can’t exclude a category...
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15 January 2014
Slovenia: various changes and exemptions from the payment of social security contributions
Various pieces of Slovene legislation have introduced various changes and exemptions from the payment of the social security contributions for work based on employment contract, as well as work...
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15 January 2014
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
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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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EU: Court of Justice largely upholds directive on adequate minimum wages
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...
12 November 2025
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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
On Friday 7 November, Germany’s commission for a 'less bureaucratic implementation' of the EU Pay Transparency Directive — made up of employer and trade union representatives — submitted its...
17 November 2025
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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