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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
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
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Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
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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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United Kingdom: government urged to legislate against forced labour
After consulting victims, businesses and NGOs, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) has published a report showing that the UK is lagging behind in the fight against forced labour. The...