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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
H&M announces pilot project for fair pay in Bangladesh and Cambodia
Western countries – the primary destination of these textile exports, were moved, in April, by the poor working and pay conditions of workers in textile factories in Bangladesh, after the building...
27 November 2013
United States: Walmart found guilty of unfair social practices
No, Walmart didn’t have the right to lay off and sanction employees who went on strikes and demonstrations, ruled the National Labor Relations Board after investigating for nearly a year into the...
26 November 2013
Great Britain: British workers’ training blamed once again
Young graduates accepting unskilled jobs, businesses forced to recruit abroad to find employees with the appropriate skills, everything shows that training in the UK isn’t adapted to the labor...
26 November 2013
Canada: Supreme Court rules that unions can film and photograph workers that cross picket lines
In a November 15 ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a law from the Alberta province used by the Information and Privacy Commissioner to keep a union from filming and photographing...
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26 November 2013
Portugal: Parliament adopts 2014 austerity budget in difficult social atmosphere
Today, November 26, the National Assembly of Portugal is going to adopt the 2014 austerity budget, the third since the right-wing government came to power in 2011. The Finance Act plans to save...
26 November 2013
Great Britain: 60 percent of workers on the controversial ‘zero-hours’ contracts are allegedly (report by the CIPD HR organization)
Have the highly controversial ‘zero-hours’ contracts been “unfairly demonized”? The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) believes so, and claims that this form of contracts –...
26 November 2013
Germany: IG-Metall elects new management and gets Merkel to make promises
Gathered at their annual conventional on November 24-25 in Frankfurt, the 458 IG-Metall delegates elected, as expected, Detlef Wetzel, former number 2, as the leader of the organization. He is...
25 November 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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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...
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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...