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Great Britain: Chancellor of the Exchequer announces retirement age increase and supports youth employment
At his traditional ‘autumn statement’ in Parliament, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced, on Thursday, an increase in retirement age to receive State pension up to 69 at the end...
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5 December 2013
Germany: pilot regional agreement with a 5.1 percent increase for 200,000 commerce employees
After 8 months of rotating strikes, 7 fruitless meetings and 1 bargaining night, the social partners in retail trade in Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart) reached an agreement on Thursday, December 5...
5 December 2013
Italy: the fire at the ‘lager-factory’ in Prato reveals the working conditions of Chinese immigrants in the country
Yesterday, the three Confederal unions of Tuscany did a symbolic walkout to commemorate the 7 Chinese workers who burned on December 1 in the warehouse where they worked and lived in Prato, the...
5 December 2013
Spain: Leroy Merlin in Madrid signs agreement on more work on Sunday
On November 28, the management signed, with the Fetico majority union and UGT and USO unions, an agreement extending the opening of stores until 10 pm instead of 3 pm in the Madrid area for 3...
5 December 2013
BASF inaugurates the largest work-life balance center in Germany, a sign that German firms are taking to this theme
In early November, BASF, a pioneer company in the field of work-life balance, inaugurated “LuMit,” which is the biggest work-life balance management center in the country. This achievement, which...
5 December 2013
Great Britain: “Petroleum Driver Passport” coming soon
This is the biggest consequence of the major conflict between Unite the union and the seven main fuel distribution companies in 2011 and 2012. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition...
5 December 2013
Germany: IG-Metall enters windmill maker Enercon, a previously unapproachable stronghold
At the end of November, workers at the 9 undertakings of the biggest wind turbine maker in Germany, Enercon, elected, for the first time ever, a works council. The election – launched in...
5 December 2013
With its project of volunteer work as an alternative to short-time working, Alessi, the Italian SME, invents a new model of corporate volunteer working time
Extremely positive results for the project, “Good work – the factory for the city,” launched by Alessi on June 24 in Omegna (Verbania), Piedmont,” where the famous “Italian Design Factory” has its...
EU: Commission proposes quality framework for traineeship
Today, December 4, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Council Recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships (not including university curricula or specific training). ...
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4 December 2013
Italy: after its historical breakthrough at the union election of Ilva in Taranto, the USB independent union is looking more and more like the union alternative
The Unione Syndicale di Base (USB), which ran for the first time for the RSU election in Ilva in Taranto – the largest factory in Italy – on November 27-29, is becoming the second largest union...
4 December 2013
SRI: extraction industries under the microscope
Since July, BNP-Paribas has been applying a SRI policy specific to the mining sector. Worldwide, extraction industries are the most criticized for their negative impact on the people. (Ref. ...
Amazon: the Verdi union in Germany, Solidarnosc in Poland and OSPO in the Czech Republic join forces against online sales company
While the German employees of the biggest online store on the planet, Amazon, are dreading the opening of 2 new sorting sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, which could cause some sites to...
4 December 2013
Great Britain: Labour Party leader reviews reform of the union-party relationship
The leadership of the Labour Party is taking steps to avert a showdown with affiliated unions over reforming the union-party relationship, which aims to limit unions’ influence within the party...
3 December 2013
Spain: Mercadona retail chain’s new agreement provides for wage increases that aren’t linked with inflation
Disconnecting wage increases from CPI is one of the major injunctions made by Brussels in the name of internal devaluation, judged as inevitable for the country to renew with competitiveness. And...
3 December 2013
Italy: wave of strikes in local public transport
After the meeting at the Ministry of Labor failed on November 28, local public transport (LPT) unions confirmed the national 4-hour strike of December 16 to support the renewal of the national...
3 December 2013
Portugal: difficult social dialogue over the extension of pension contributions
The social partners started discussing retirement with unions in total rejection. The CGTP and UGT refuse the draft bill planning to increase retirement age to 66 in 2014. The government intends...
3 December 2013
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
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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
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Germany: report previews draft bill to transpose EU Pay Transparency Directive
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