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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
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
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The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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...
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...
15 October 2025
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
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Germany: government seeks to facilitate immigration of skilled Indian workers
During a visit to India earlier this week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addressed the strategic importance of attracting Indian workers to Germany, signing a series of cooperation agreements...
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The International Labour Organisation published its Employment ans Social Trends 2026 on 14 January. It anticipates unemployment stabilising in 2026 and employment growth of 1%, driven by...
16 January 2026