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Telefonica: European works Council agreement (previously O2 agreement) renewed
Contrary to appearances, Telefónica’s European works council agreement, renegotiated in November, isn’t the Spanish multinational’s but the one signed by the British subsidiary, Telefonica Europe...
15 January 2014
Great Britain: government suggests Health and Safety Executive diversifies earnings by giving businesses advice
A government report calls on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE, the organization in charge of protecting workers’ health and safety), to diversify its activity to find resources, in these times...
15 January 2014
Italy: Confindustria and the CGIL, Cisl and Uil unions reach agreement on “Single Representation Text”
On January 10, CGIL, Cisl, Uil and employers reached an agreement on the “Single Representation Text,” which regulates certification and the forms of union representation, the validation and scope...
14 January 2014
Germany: the meat industry – the symbol of social dumping in Germany – introduces minimum wage
On January 13, nearly one month after the negotiations failed, the food and catering employers’ organization (ANG) and the food and catering union (NGG) announced –surprising everyone – that they...
14 January 2014
Transnational company agreements: interview of Torsten Müller, researcher at the European Trade Union Institute on the role of EWCs in European agreements in the metal industry
Torsten Müller (senior researcher at the European Trade Union Institute) co-authored a study on “Transnational company agreements and the role of European Works Councils in negotiations” together...
14 January 2014
Brazil: several collective agreements approved in the telecom industry
Several new collective agreements have been approved in the Brazilian phone industry, either at federal level or only in the State of São Paulo, in November and December 2013. There is no wage...
14 January 2014
Great Britain: direct access to employees in the workplace, the new challenge for British unions
For unions trying to enter a company, being granted direct access to the workplace is a way to ensure a successful unionisation campaign. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that this right is...
14 January 2014
Denmark: key labor-related aspects of the 2014 Finance Act
The 2014 Finance Act, approved on December 19, strengthens the fight against social dumping.
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14 January 2014
Germany: Atos, the first company to join the first sectoral framework agreement signed with the IG-Metall in the telecom and computing industry
On January 9, METALL NRW, the federation of metal employers in North Rhine-Westphalia, the IG-Metall’s federation in North Rhine-Westphalia and Atos Deutschland announced that they had adopted...
13 January 2014
Argentina: the success of telework motivates a new bill to regulate the conditions to work from home
The Ministry of Labor is going to present a bill defining a legal framework for telework, which concerns 2 million Argentinean workers (12.5 percent of the working population). The text aims to...
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13 January 2014
United States: Merrill Lynch encourages junior investment bankers to take one day off per week
After a young intern died who had stayed up several nights in a row last summer in London, Bank of America’s investment bank, Merrill Lynch, has recently issued an internal note calling on its...
13 January 2014
Italy: rubber and plastic industry social partners strike deal for their new collective agreement
After 12 months of tense negotiations, punctuated by 20 hours of strike, the Federazione Gomma Plastica and the Associazione Italiana Ricostruttori Pneumatici (AIRP) for employers and the...
13 January 2014
Germany: for the first time since its creation, Verdi’s numbers are up
For Verdi, the second largest union affiliated with the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) after the IG-Metall, 2014 is starting with good news. For the first time since it was created in...
10 January 2014
Belgium: the FGTB’s General Federation and the Textile, Clothing and Diamond federation merged on January 1, 2014
Launched in 2010, the negotiations for this merger were accelerated with the 2012 social election. Indeed, fully hit by the crisis in the textile industry, the FGTB-TVD had, for a while, looking...
10 January 2014
Great Britain: HR managers walk on the tightrope with religion
Can a catholic work on Sunday? Can a Muslim work in shelves with pork in a supermarket? Can you ask a Sikh to wear a cap like all the other drivers in the group? British HR regularly have to...
How does European law protect whistleblowers?
Highlighted by the Edward Snowden case, the whistleblowers issue is turning out to be quite central in businesses. So what protection do whistleblowers have when the alert targets a private-law...
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10 January 2014
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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...
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14 October 2025
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
6 November 2025
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Germany: bill adopted to step up fight against illegal employment
On Thursday 13 November, Germany's Bundestag passed a bill to modernise and digitalise the country’s system for tackling undeclared work and financial crime. In future, the relevant department at...
20 November 2025
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France: TotalEnergies steps up commitment on disability
On 9 October, French energy group TotalEnergies and all representative trade unions signed a new four-year agreement on disability inclusion. Taking effect on 1 January 2026, the deal aims to help...
13 November 2025