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United States: machinists at Boeing give up traditional pension to maintain production for the future 777X
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has just made a major compromise for Boeing. In return for producing the future 777X in Washington State, where the company...
6 January 2014
Brazil: supervision of the right to strike in public services postponed to 2014
Brazil postponed to 2014 the adoption of a law on an obligation of minimum service in public services when there is a strike, after several meetings between the Members of Parliament and the...
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23 December 2013
Sweden: the agreement signed in the banking industry provides for a guaranteed wage increase over 3 years
The Finansförbundet union caused a sensation in September when it decided to terminate the agreement binding it to the BAO employers’ organization but only on the ‘remuneration’ chapter. ...
23 December 2013
Hungary: new union landscape
Announced on May 1, 2013, the merger between the largest union confederations, MSZOSZ (national confederation of Hungarian unions), SZEF (Forum for union cooperation) and ASZSZ (Confederation of...
23 December 2013
Greece: overnight, Hellas Online, the telecom operator, fires its employees and has them re-hired by a subcontracting firm
Hellas Online, one of the key internet and telecom providers in Greece, has decided to outsource some of its activities to focus on its core business. This strategy affects nearly 60 percent of...
20 December 2013
Loomis AB: international framework agreement signed with UNI Global Union
On December 19, UNI Property Services and the Swedish Transport Workers’ Union (STWU) signed a global agreement with the Swedish cash transportation company, Loomis AB. Mostly present in Europe...
20 December 2013
Great Britain: more than 2 million employees have already enjoyed the reform of automatic enrollment to a pension fund
More than 2.2 million British people started paying contributions to a pension fund within the framework of the auto-enrollment reform. The reform aims to ‘force’ British workers to save for...
20 December 2013
Australia: key labor law changes in 2014
2014 will be the year of numerous amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009, a law that is at the heart of labor relations in Australia. The development of the fight against harassment will be the...
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20 December 2013
Hungary: policy in favor of ‘family-friendly’ labor market
How to improve women’s activity rate while encouraging an increase in birthrate? With an average of 1.2 children per woman in 2011, it is one of the bigger concerns of the current administration...
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19 December 2013
Meliá and IUF sign global framework agreement which will apply to all hotels under Melia’s brands, whether they are owned, managed or franchised
The IUF (Uniting Food, Farm and Hotel global union federation) and Meliá Hotels International, the Spanish-headquartered hotel chain with over 38.000 employees worldwide, have signed, on December...
19 December 2013
Sweden: provisions to encourage more equalitarian parental leave
Even though Sweden is set as an example, women still take longer parental leaves than men. It is to change this trend that LO and Svenskt Näringsliv agreed to supplement the amount of the...
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19 December 2013
Great Britain: government launches consultation on the regulation of zero hours contracts
The government has launched its long awaited consultation document on the regulation of zero hours contracts. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), led by the Business Secretary...
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19 December 2013
Japan: lifetime employment, an endangered moral contract
In a country famous for “lifetime employment,” it seems that job security in japan has now become obsolete. With exports falling because of the Japanese bubble burst in 1989 and the economic...
19 December 2013
France: permanent adoption of the pension reform
On December 18, the Parliament permanently adopted the law “guaranteeing the future and fairness of the pension system,” which should help improve its finances and therefore durability by 2020. ...
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18 December 2013
Denmark: government to adopt experimental measure allowing employees to finance the company with their salaries
The growth plan for the food industry, presented by the government on December 16, includes an experimental model allowing employees to invest part of their remuneration into the company to...
18 December 2013
France: transfer of skills at the center of the ‘generation contract’ agreements negotiated at company levels
A campaign promise of candidate Hollande, the “generation contract” enforced by the national cross-industry agreement of October 19, 2012, has 3 objectives: permanent recruitment for young people;...
18 December 2013
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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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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...
4 November 2025
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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...
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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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