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United States: President Obama wants to extend overtime pay beneficiaries
Barack Obama is going to ask the Department of Labor to review overtime pay in order to get more employees covered. To that end, he wants to update the Labor Standards Act, which provides that...
13 March 2014
Bangladesh: first results of the plant inspections implemented as part of the Global Safety Accord among textile subcontractors
On March 10, the reports on the first 10 factories inspected in Bangladesh were published. These are the direct result from the agreement signed in May 2013 between international trade unions and...
EU: Parliament adopts Directive improving the fight against discrimination towards migrant workers
Yesterday, March 12, the MEPs adopted the compromise reached with the Council of EU Ministers on the draft directive containing “measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers...
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12 March 2014
Germany: employers worried about the impact retirement at 63 could have on the shortage of skilled workers
Several big employers’ organizations in Germany sounded the alarm: the government’s pension reform bill, which introduces retirement at 63 for people who paid contributions for 45 years, could...
12 March 2014
EU: Parliament adopts amendments to the draft regulation on the protection of personal data
While this topic is still subject to vivid debates, the MEPs adopted – today, March 12, their first reading report on the draft regulation concerning the protection of people regarding the...
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12 March 2014
Australia: government to amend Fair Work Act
The Australian government recently sent to Parliament its bill to reform the Fair Work Act. It limits union representatives’ access to the workplace, amends some aspects of collective bargaining...
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11 March 2014
Brazil: more and more businesses convicted for institutional moral harassment
The number of businesses convicted for institutional moral harassment is increasing in Brazil, with 53 convictions until the end of 2012. This is the story told by Adriana Calvo, lawyer and labor...
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11 March 2014
EU: Commission issues recommendations to reduce the gender pay gap
On March 7, the Commission issued recommendations for the Member States to limit the pay gap between men and women, which remains at 16.4 percent for equal work. The Member States are requested...
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11 March 2014
Romania: social aspects of the new government’s program
After a cabinet reshuffle in the beginning of this month, the center-left Prime Minister lowered several social objectives to which he had committed when he took office in 2012, notably the...
11 March 2014
China: official unions support strike at Pepsi
A national strike has been paralyzing several Pepsi factories in China, protesting against layoff and pay cuts. Besides, and this is extremely rare in the People’s Republic, unions back the...
10 March 2014
Great Britain: revised figures on the reality of zero hour contracts make political waves
The government has revealed that the incidence of the use of zero hour contracts is more than double its previous pronouncement. After a campaign of political pressure by political parties, unions...
10 March 2014
Bulgaria: Parliament debate over the government’s bill amending the Labor Code causes strong union reactions
Last January, the government presented amendment of the Labor Code under the umbrella “for alleviating the administrative burden for the business.” This bill, and the Parliament debates it has...
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10 March 2014
EU: European Labor Ministers adopt recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships
Today, March 10, the Council of EU Ministers adopted a recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships. This action, which isn’t binding for the Member States, acknowledged that minimum...
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10 March 2014
Great Britain: Unite union to pay £1.5m per year less to Labour
Unite, the largest union and the largest union affiliate to Labour, has announced that it will reduce the number of members it affiliates to the Labour Party from 1,000,000 to 500,000, thus...
7 March 2014
China: IBM workers strike over transfer to Lenovo
Over 1,000 workers from an IBM factory in Shenzhen, China, have been on strike for 4 days to protest against the conditions of their transfer to Chinese PC maker Lenovo.
7 March 2014
EU: details of the key points of the compromise on the Posted Workers Directive
On March 5, the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU (Coreper) adopted a compromise on the text implementing Directive 96/71 on the posting of workers, which had received temporary...
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6 March 2014
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
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
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31 October 2025
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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Slovakia: 6% increase in the minimum wage from 1 January 2027
The news. As Slovakia’s social partners failed to reach an agreement during tripartite negotiations, Labour Minister Erik Tomas has decided to increase the minimum wage by 6% from 1 January...
1 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026