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Germany: Verdi services union signs collective agreement with two Deutsche Post subsidiaries
After a major conflict punctuated by several days of warning strikes at national level, the Verdi services union announced, on December 2, that it had signed a collective agreement with two...
3 December 2013
Spain: new professional categories in the hotel industry make functional mobility easier
On November 26, union and employers’ organizations in the hotel industry signed the new chapter of the national sectoral agreement that supervises the working conditions of 1 million employees in...
2 December 2013
Germany: temporary recruitments are Daimler’s answer to regulatory pressure on service provision contracts
The “Grand Coalition” made up of conservatives and social-democrats isn’t in power yet but is surely getting there. Its program, revealed on November 27, contains the introduction of statutory...
2 December 2013
Belgium: federal recovery program provides for contribution cuts of €1.3bn
On Friday, November 29, the federal agreement agreed on measures to support competitiveness and employment on financial (labor, energy or capital cost) and non-financial aspects (innovation...
2 December 2013
Great Britain: private sector wins employees’ trust
Private sector workers feel safer about their job than in the public sector, according to the latest Workplace employment relations study. In spite of the crisis, the private sector played its...
2 December 2013
Spain: Cemex workers agree to cut pay by 25 percent
Workers at Cemex’s Alicante plant have accepted the company’s offer to cut pay by 25 percent. The 5 other Spanish plants of the Mexican cement group already gave in to the management’s demands...
29 November 2013
EU: report on the situation in the European food industry
The European social partners in the food industry (EFFAT for employees and FoodDrinkEurope for employers) presented, in early November, a major report overviewing economic and staffing structuring...
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29 November 2013
Great Britain: parents to share parental leave from 2015
After weeks of tension, the Cameron team finally revealed its new parental leave. It is worrying employers, even if measures were taken to try and avoid increasing businesses’ burden. (Ref. ...
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29 November 2013
Prosegur: Spanish private security giant accused of violating workers rights in 4 Latin American countries
UNI Global Union filed a complaint for violation of the OECD’s guidelines with the Spanish national contact point, as this is where Prosegur’s headquarters are located. The private security...
29 November 2013
Oxfam forces Coca-Cola to be vigilant about its suppliers
Lobbied by consumers and the Oxfam humanitarian organization, Coca-Cola promised to fight against human rights violations and land grabbing in its sugar supply chain. (Ref. 130752)
Great Britain: parental leave and working mothers at the center of the political debate
British employers are carefully watching the papers to know what the government is going to decide in terms of parental leave. Indeed, this issue has become the bone of contention within the...
28 November 2013
Spain: court cancels part of the supermarkets’ collective agreement
The National Court canceled some of the provisions of the collective retailing agreement signed by the Fetico and Fasga unions against the CCOO and UGT’s sectoral union federations. The provision...
28 November 2013
Brazil: series of pay deals struck in the metal industry
Several sectoral agreements leader to a global 8 percent wage increase were signed in the metal industry in the State of São Paulo. Some were signed by Força sindical, some were signed by the CUT...
28 November 2013
International: shipbuilding and shipbreaking unions make it their priority to organize precarious workers
During IndustriALL Global Union’s Shipbuilding-Shipbreaking Action Group Meeting, which too place in Denmark on November 12-14, unions from the 18 countries represented decided to give priority to...
27 November 2013
Great Britain: sixth national survey of employment relations published
The full results of the sixth national survey of employment relations in Britain has now been published as Employment Relations: In the Shadow of Recession. It examines the state of employment...
27 November 2013
Germany: key points of the “Grand Coalition” program
The “grand commission” shared by the conservative parties (CDU and CSU) and the social-democratic party (SPD) finished working on Tuesday, November 27, around 5:30 am after one of the longest...
27 November 2013
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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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
6 November 2025
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Germany: bill adopted to step up fight against illegal employment
On Thursday 13 November, Germany's Bundestag passed a bill to modernise and digitalise the country’s system for tackling undeclared work and financial crime. In future, the relevant department at...
20 November 2025
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France: TotalEnergies steps up commitment on disability
On 9 October, French energy group TotalEnergies and all representative trade unions signed a new four-year agreement on disability inclusion. Taking effect on 1 January 2026, the deal aims to help...
13 November 2025