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Australia: government wants to set up independent monitoring organization for unions and employers’ organizations
Following the latest scandals of financial embezzlement in some organizations, the Australian government wants to plan ahead. It wants to set up an independent committee in charge of monitoring...
20 November 2013
Sweden: new recruitment contract for apprentices
In Sweden, apprenticeship isn’t working as well as the government would hope, according to the National Agency for Education (Skolverket). That’s why the government presented, on November 5, a...
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20 November 2013
Luxembourg: first results of the social election
On November 13, employees elected their representatives to the Chamber of Employees (CSL) and employee representation structures at company level. The first report shows that the union landscape...
19 November 2013
Germany: one in three workers in the auto, machine-tool and metal industry is allegedly agency workers or has a service provision contract, according to the IG-Metall
According to the IG-Metall, approximately 1 million of the 3.6 million working in the metal, auto, electronics and machine-tool industry are either agency workers or employed with a service...
19 November 2013
Italy: Eni and Ilva sign operational protocol on security at work in Tarente industrial area
The operational protocol signed on November 11 by Ilva, Eni, the Apulia region, the National Institute for Insurance against Industrial Accidents (Inail), the Ministry of Employment, the Ministry...
18 November 2013
Great Britain: government inquires into unions’ behavior within the framework of collective disputes
The Coalition government has established a formal inquiry into the tactics of unions in industrial disputes in the wake of the bitter Ineos-Unite battle at Grangemouth. The prime minister’s office...
18 November 2013
Spain: agreement in the dispute of cleaning and gardening services in Madrid
The agreement reached yesterday, November 17, puts an end to 13 days of strike in cleaning and gardening services in Madrid. It is considered as a victory by the trade unions, UGT (majority union...
18 November 2013
Germany: conservatives and social-democrats announce agreement on the introduction of a mandatory quota of women on boards
The Family Commission, one of the 16 commissions created by Angela Merkel’s conservative union (CDU/CSU) and the social-democratic party (SPD) within the framework of the negotiations for the...
18 November 2013
Denmark: “chain responsibility” in public sites at the center of the campaign for the municipal elections
The issue of social dumping could be decisive in the outcome of the municipal election of November 19. LO signed agreements with left-wing parties in several towns, who commit themselves, in...
18 November 2013
Spain: latest government statistics on collective bargaining show that the agreements negotiated confirm pay freeze or cut
The Ministry of Labor released statistics about the collective agreements signed after the 2012 labor market reform. They point out that lower labor costs have been achieved as one third of...
18 November 2013
Austria: trade social partners sign first collective agreement over 2 years
The social partners in the Austrian trade industry, the DPA-djp union and the Trade Department of the Austrian Economic Chambers (WKÖ), presented, for the first time in the sector’s history, a...
15 November 2013
Canada: H&M strikes first unionization agreement in Quebec
On November 2, the UFCW union announced that workers at H&M in Joliette, Québec had signed their first collective agreement, which expires in 2016 and improves pay conditions and personal...
15 November 2013
United States: IAM rejects Boeing’s new collective contract
The International Union of Machinists (IAM) at Bowing rejected the 8-year contract guaranteeing employment in exchange for major concessions in terms of retirement and health Boeing offered to...
15 November 2013
Germany: Verdi unions agrees to the 2.3 percent wage increase negotiated at the end of October at IBM Deutschland
On Monday, November 11, Verdi’s Federal Committee on information technologies and data processing accepted the collective agreement negotiated by the company social partners at the end of October...
14 November 2013
Great Britain: Unite launches credit union network to save its members from contracting payday loans
The Unite union has launched a new credit union service, in a bid it says ‘to take on payday lenders, encourage saving and offer members finance without fear’. The service has been expressly...
14 November 2013
EU: report on draft directives on seasonal workers and intragroup posting for extra-Community workers
Extra-Community seasonal workers may now enjoy decent working and living conditions, such as minimum wage and adequate housing, by virtue of the compromise adopted by the Parliament and the...
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14 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...
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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...