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Great Britain: government trims free employment tribunal claims for the penniless
Employees who have low incomes but a little savings package will no longer be exempt from paying tribunal fees. They will have to break their piggy bank to press charges against their employer. ...
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8 October 2013
Denmark: government presents plan to reform vocational education with the social partners’ consent
On October 2, the government presented an “ambitious” draft reform of vocational education with the consent of LO and DA, which signed a joint opinion on the issue listing objectives to achieve...
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8 October 2013
Germany: conflict between Verdi and Amazon goes downhill with the announcement of three sorting centers opening in Poland
Whereas Verdi and the 9,000 German employees of the world leader in e-commerce, Amazon, have been fighting since the beginning of the year over the improvements of pay and adoption of the sector’s...
8 October 2013
Great Britain: Royal Mail tries to “buy” staff out of striking
In the midst of a controversial privatization procedure and just before entering the stock market, Royal Mail, the British postal service, has offered at £300 bonus to employees who don’t go on...
7 October 2013
Canada: Kronos Canada Inc. lock-out brings international unions on the scene
The 2nd lockout within three months for Kronos Inc in Varennes, Quebec was called on September 20 and continues to linger. It was announced after 93% of the workforce rejected Kronos’ latest offer...
7 October 2013
On October 7, European and international unions mobilize for the World Day for Decent Work and against precarious labor
IndustriAll, the international manufacturing union federation, has made the fight against precarious labor one of its biggest priorities. Since 2009, there is a World Day on October 7, the same...
7 October 2013
China: not enough cyber analysts
Analyzing public opinion on the internet is a new discipline that has already become essential for almost all corporations in China (State institutions and private companies alike). Recently put...
7 October 2013
Denmark: the Ministry of Labor’s legislative program for 2013-14
On October 1, Labor Minister Mette Frederiksen presented her Ministry’s legislative program at the start of the Parliamentary year. It provides for 10 bills affecting, among other things, the...
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7 October 2013
Great-Britain: major union recognition agreement in the nuclear industry
Prospect, the white collar union for technical and professional staffs like scientists, engineers and managers, has signed what it is calling a 'landmark' union recognition deal with Babcock...
4 October 2013
EU: Laurent Vogel, senior researcher at the European Trade Union Institute, says, “Working conditions have become an element of competitiveness and social dumping between the Member States, like pay”
A pillar of European social policies since 1986, the issue of health and safety has been the subject of numerous regulations, precisely to ensure that it wouldn’t be an adjustment variable or a...
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4 October 2013
EU: information consultation directive up for fitness therapy
In the communication adopted yesterday, “REFIT - Fit for growth,” the European Commission announced that it was going to implement a Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT) for...
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3 October 2013
Italy: union and employers’ organization in the temporary work industry renew their sector’s national collective agreement
On September 27, the Assolavoro and Assosomm employers’ associations signed the agreement renewing the national collective agreement in the temporary work industry, with the Nidil-CGIL, Felsa-Cisl...
3 October 2013
Great Britain: government tracks businesses that fail to pay minimum wage
In addition to the minimum wage increase, which came into force on October 1, a new measure allows naming businesses that fail to pay statutory minimum wage. Using the ‘name and shame’ principle...
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3 October 2013
EU: European Commission adopts communication on strengthening the social dimension of the economic and monetary union
On October 2, the European Commission adopted a communication entitled, “strengthening the social dimension of the economic and monetary union (EMU). This highly anticipated document follow the...
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2 October 2013
Spain: CCOO’s manufacturing and chemistry federation restart their merger procedure
The FI-CCOO and FITEQA-CCOO federations confirm their will to build, together, a stronger, more effective organization to place the industry at the center of the country’s economic revival. ...
2 October 2013
At TDC, the biggest telecom company in Denmark, employee who smoke outside of collective breaks now have to “compensate” the time gone up in smoke
On October 1, at TDC, the biggest telecom company in Denmark (8,500 employees), a new antismoking policy came into force. It provides for a complete ban on smoking inside the premises and in...
2 October 2013
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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
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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France: Decathlon introduces a ‘duty to respect others’ right to disconnect’
A right-to-disconnect agreement was signed in late September for the French arm of the Decathlon sports retail group. It sets out a "duty to respect others’ right to disconnect" and provides...
14 November 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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France: construction sector turns to long-term partial activity scheme
Amid the ongoing economic crisis hitting France’s construction sector, social partners in the public works industry (350,000 employees) signed an agreement at the end of October enabling companies...
21 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025