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More defense of minimum wage, developing apprenticeship or even reforming pensions based on the Dutch system… in her traditional annual speech - which addresses the plans the coalition in power is...

4 June 2014

Germany: businesses are paying more and more attention to diversity

Round tables, short films, exhibitions, information stands, “cross-cultural” menus… For the “Second German Diversity Day,” which took place on June 3 across the country, more than 300 businesses...

4 June 2014

Manpower: Rachid Brihi, lawyer at the Grumbach et Associés law firm, tells us, “Uni Europa, CGT and Unite sue Manpower for obstruction of establishment of a European Works Council”

“We’ve pressed charges against Manpower France to demand the establishment of an EWC by virtue of the subsidiary provisions included in the French Labor Code,” Rachid Brihi, lawyer at the Grumbach...

4 June 2014

Netherlands: for the third time in a row, cleaning workers mobilize to improve their collective agreements

The trade unions FNV Bondgenoten and CNV Vakmensen reached an agreement with the employers’ organisation OSB (Ondernemerorganisatie Schoonmaak en Bedrijfsdiensten - Employers organisation for...

3 June 2014

EU: 2014 edition of the Commission’s country-specific reform recommendations

On June 2, the European Commission adopted its country-specific recommendations on the reforms to adopt in order to improve growth, employment and competitiveness within the framework of the...

3 June 2014

Ukraine: the political crisis’ impact on the labor market

Ukraine, about to go bankrupt, needs to reform its economy in depth. Growth will be negative in 2014 - 6.5 percent according to the latest forecasts released by the International Center for...

3 June 2014

Portugal: government to launch social dialogue on reducing the duration of collective agreements and exception clauses in case of economic difficulties

The government would like to bring the duration of collective agreements from 5 down to 2 years. Social dialogue is going to start on the subject. Besides, the suspension of collective...

2 June 2014

Netherlands: social plan disputed at Philip Morris

It is definitely one of the most significant plant closures in the country for these past few years. On April 4, 2014, Philip Morris, the tobacco firm, announced the closing of its factory in...

2 June 2014

EU: release of the new directive on the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services

The directive on the enforcement of Directive 96/71 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services was published in the Official Journal on May 28. Adopted before...

2 June 2014

Cambodia: facing unstable social situation, international clothing brands are lobbying the government into improving working conditions

International textile brands and firms are lobbying the Cambodian government into bringing stability back in the sector and ensure products are delivered whereas, since last December, workers have...

2 June 2014

Spain: unions denounce penal offensive against the right to strike

The UGT and CCOO unions are mobilizing against the 49 proceedings started against 147 union officials who took part in picket lines. They view this as concerted action from the public prosecution...

28 May 2014

Brazil: union funding suspected of feeding the creation of ‘ghost’ unions

Brazilian union funding is being questioned after the Ministry of Labor cleared out several ghost unions at the end of February. Hundreds of organizations are suspected of being created in order...

28 May 2014

EU: publication of the directive making it easier to post third-country citizens within a group

Published yesterday, May 27, this directive introduces a simpler entry and residence procedure (single residence and work permit) for third-country nationals subject to a transfer within a group...

27 May 2014

Spain: since the last labor market reform, unions’ conflict strategies in case of layoffs are increasingly risky

Unions are disarmed by the labor law reform. That’s what comes out of the two social conflicts with the most media coverage these past few months. One is between workers and management at...

27 May 2014

Balkans: labor law changes in a difficult economic and social situation

Recent months have been full of news in terms of workers’ rights in the Balkan area. The different reform mostly aim to make these formerly collective economies more competitive by making labor...

27 May 2014

Corporate practice: how Hilti Svenska AB is banking on proximity management to improve its turnover

Named Best Workplace in Sweden in 2014, the company that specializes in manufacturing and selling construction products beat Microsoft AB, which only ranks second in the “250 workers or more...

27 May 2014

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