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Argentina: unions demand wages increases of at least 30 percent to make up for inflation
The Workers’ Central Union (Central de Trabajadores de la Argentina, CTA) announced it wouldn’t discuss wage increases below 30-35 percent at the next round of collective negotiations. Together...
10 January 2014
Switzerland: unions announce offensive to extend collective agreements and update the legislative package supervising them
On January 7, the Swiss union confederation (USS-SGB) organized its annual press conference. For 2014, it announced a “major commitment” to develop and renew the collective labor agreement (CCT)...
9 January 2014
Italy: key labor-related provisions of the decree-law launching the “Destination Italy” program, the global reform to attract foreign investments
Decree-law No. 145 of December 23, 2013 (45/2013) is the first stage of the implementation of the government’s program, “Destination Italy,” which aims to “attract foreign investments and boost...
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9 January 2014
Australia: government wants to revive competitiveness in Tasmania
While its has the highest unemployment rate in Australia, Tasmania has just been the target of a government recovery program. The idea is to give bonuses to businesses that hire jobseekers.
9 January 2014
Romania: Western Europe isn’t the subject of dreams anymore
The complete opening of the European labor market for Romanian and Bulgarian workers on January 1, 2014 didn’t lead, as some feared, to an invasion of low-skilled workers towards the continent’s...
9 January 2014
Greece: new collective agreement for hotel staff for 2014/15
In Greece, since last season, tourism has been enjoying a bright spell that seems to be lasting. In this context, the new collective agreement for restaurant workers was signed on December 30 for...
8 January 2014
Denmark: manufacturing social partners start bargaining to renew the sector’s collective agreement
Wage increase and enhanced training are some of the key themes of the negotiations for the renewal of the manufacturing collective agreement launched on January 7 by Dansk Industri for employers...
8 January 2014
EU: the last statutory barriers to labor market access for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens are down, but prejudice remains
The last barriers to access the labor market for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens fell on January 1. Until then, using the maximum transition period negotiated in the membership treaty for these...
8 January 2014
Russia: government sets employment goal for disabled workers but employers are still unadventurous
Russia is concerned with integrating disabled people into the labor market. On December 3, Maxime Topilin, Minister for Labor and Social Protection, presented the outline of a bill on the...
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8 January 2014
Germany: involved in a long dispute with the Verdi union, Amazon is backed up by part of its staff
For the Verdi services union, which has been fighting for over a year so that the world leader in online retail improves pay in Germany, this is a serious, unexpected blow. Over 1,000 Amazon...
7 January 2014
Italy: banking social partners reopen dialogue with the renewal of the sector’s solidarity fund
After the sector’s employers’ organization (Abi) unilaterally terminated, in September, the national collective agreement, causing a break, and following the general strike in the sector on...
7 January 2014
Latin America: ILO worried about the lack of economic vigorousness in the region, and its negative impact on the labor market
“Panorama Laboral 2013,” the report by the International Labor Organization (ILO) on Latin America and the Caribbean gives a rather gloomy evaluation of the employment situation. Although...
7 January 2014
Belgium: first measures on the single status for blue-collar and white-collar workers enforced
Since January 1, 2014, the waiting day, which used to cover blue-collar workers only, has been canceled and a new system for calculating notice periods has come into force. In addition to these...
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7 January 2014
United States: employers won’t have to tell workers their labor rights
Following an unfavorable court decision, the National Labor Relations Board decided not to challenge the decision about the right to hang posters on labor rights and collective bargaining in the...
6 January 2014
Great Britain: TUC union calls for “triple alliance” to revitalise union membership in the private sector
Frances O'Grady, the TUC general secretary, in her New Year message called for a 'triple alliance' of labour unions, progressive politicians and civic groups to renew and revitalise union...
6 January 2014
Italy: novelties affecting the labor world in the 2014 Finance Act
Permanently approved on December 23 and published in the Gazetta Ufficiale on December 27, 2013, the 2014 Stability (Finance) Act contains several measures that affect labor law and came into...
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6 January 2014
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France: Decathlon introduces a ‘duty to respect others’ right to disconnect’
A right-to-disconnect agreement was signed in late September for the French arm of the Decathlon sports retail group. It sets out a "duty to respect others’ right to disconnect" and provides...
14 November 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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France: construction sector turns to long-term partial activity scheme
Amid the ongoing economic crisis hitting France’s construction sector, social partners in the public works industry (350,000 employees) signed an agreement at the end of October enabling companies...
21 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025