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Loomis AB: international framework agreement signed with UNI Global Union
On December 19, UNI Property Services and the Swedish Transport Workers’ Union (STWU) signed a global agreement with the Swedish cash transportation company, Loomis AB. Mostly present in Europe...
20 December 2013
Great Britain: more than 2 million employees have already enjoyed the reform of automatic enrollment to a pension fund
More than 2.2 million British people started paying contributions to a pension fund within the framework of the auto-enrollment reform. The reform aims to ‘force’ British workers to save for...
20 December 2013
Australia: key labor law changes in 2014
2014 will be the year of numerous amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009, a law that is at the heart of labor relations in Australia. The development of the fight against harassment will be the...
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20 December 2013
Hungary: policy in favor of ‘family-friendly’ labor market
How to improve women’s activity rate while encouraging an increase in birthrate? With an average of 1.2 children per woman in 2011, it is one of the bigger concerns of the current administration...
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19 December 2013
Meliá and IUF sign global framework agreement which will apply to all hotels under Melia’s brands, whether they are owned, managed or franchised
The IUF (Uniting Food, Farm and Hotel global union federation) and Meliá Hotels International, the Spanish-headquartered hotel chain with over 38.000 employees worldwide, have signed, on December...
19 December 2013
Sweden: provisions to encourage more equalitarian parental leave
Even though Sweden is set as an example, women still take longer parental leaves than men. It is to change this trend that LO and Svenskt Näringsliv agreed to supplement the amount of the...
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19 December 2013
Great Britain: government launches consultation on the regulation of zero hours contracts
The government has launched its long awaited consultation document on the regulation of zero hours contracts. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), led by the Business Secretary...
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19 December 2013
Japan: lifetime employment, an endangered moral contract
In a country famous for “lifetime employment,” it seems that job security in japan has now become obsolete. With exports falling because of the Japanese bubble burst in 1989 and the economic...
19 December 2013
France: permanent adoption of the pension reform
On December 18, the Parliament permanently adopted the law “guaranteeing the future and fairness of the pension system,” which should help improve its finances and therefore durability by 2020. ...
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18 December 2013
Denmark: government to adopt experimental measure allowing employees to finance the company with their salaries
The growth plan for the food industry, presented by the government on December 16, includes an experimental model allowing employees to invest part of their remuneration into the company to...
18 December 2013
France: transfer of skills at the center of the ‘generation contract’ agreements negotiated at company levels
A campaign promise of candidate Hollande, the “generation contract” enforced by the national cross-industry agreement of October 19, 2012, has 3 objectives: permanent recruitment for young people;...
18 December 2013
Germany: negotiations for the introduction of minimum wage in the meat industry have failed
Even though their positions were closer, the food and catering union (NGG) and the food employers’ organization (VDEW) failed, on Tuesday, December 17, to adopt a collective agreement introducing...
18 December 2013
Spain: CCOO tightens union structure and announces merger between several federations
CCOO is reducing its structure, centralizing services and preparing to merge certain federations to become more effective and flexible to facilitate union work in businesses. The construction and...
18 December 2013
Solvay: Global Corporate Social Responsibility Agreement signed with IndustriALL Global Union
The merger between Solvay and Rhodia is a successful example of integration in terms of social dialogue culture. The global CSR agreement signed yesterday, December 17, by Jean-Pierre Clamadieu...
17 December 2013
Austria: key social points of the new government’s program
The new Austrian government that came out of the election of September 29 has been in force since Monday, December 16. The previous Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, M. Rudolf...
17 December 2013
Objective zero harm: the bet made by EDF Energy in the UK
Since 2008, EDF Energy – the British subsidiary of EDF group, with more than 15,000 employees in nuclear, gas and renewable energy – has set up a groundbreaking health and wellbeing program, “Zero...
17 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...
19 December 2025
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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...
15 January 2026