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Spain: pregnant women no longer protected against the termination of the labor contract during the trial period
By saying that “pregnancy, even when the company is not aware of it, will be grounds for nullity in case of layoffs only, not for the termination of the contract during the trial period,” the...
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25 October 2013
Austria: metal unions announce open strike starting on Tuesday, October 29
After the 4th bargaining round failed on October 22, affecting 120,000 of the sector’s 180,000 employees, Pro-Ge and DPA-djp, the metalworkers’ unions, decided to take a harder line and...
24 October 2013
Interview of Denis Pennel, the author of, “Working for yourself: what future for labor at the time of the individualist revolution?”
Individuals’ yearning for fulfilling work matching their life choices implies that the social partners and politicians rethink the social contract, explains Denis Pennel, who wrote a book called...
24 October 2013
EU: European social partners want to be involved in European economic governance
In a joint declaration revealed at the tripartite social summit organized today, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) for unions and BusinessEurope, the CEEP and the UEAPME for employers...
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24 October 2013
EU: social partners and Commission agree to promote cooperation in terms of education and training policies
At their meeting on October 16, the social partners (ETUC – BUSINESSEUROPE – CEEP – UEAPME) and Commissioner Vassiliou, in charge of education and culture, decided to strengthen cooperation in the...
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24 October 2013
Italy: social partners in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry sign framework agreement on ‘high training’ apprenticeship in the sector
On October 8, the Federchimica and Farmindustria employers’ organizations signed a framework agreement with the Filctem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil unions to regulate the “high training and...
24 October 2013
United States: the fight for fair union vote at Nissan Canton (Mississippi) on a quest for international solidarity
Four came to Paris to raise public awareness to the situation of Nissan’s workers in the Canton plant, Mississippi. In two weeks, they will go to Sao Paulo (Brazil) to build up more solidarity. ...
23 October 2013
Germany: IG BCE chemistry unions wants a 5.5 percent wage increase for the sector’s 550,000 employees
Four days after the end of its convention, the IG BCE chemistry union revealed, on October 22, its wage claims for the collective negotiations that will start at regional level on December 2 in...
23 October 2013
EU: social priorities of the European Commission’s Work Program 2014
Each year, the European Commission’s Work Program defines the Executive’s priorities. For this last and short year of its term, the European Commission plans to focus on mobility on the European...
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23 October 2013
Great Britain: apprenticeship boom
The Cameron administration’s ‘attraction operation’ to bring apprenticeship back to the front of the stage seems to be working. 858,900 people chose this path in 2012/13, according to the latest...
23 October 2013
Italy: CGIL, Cisl and Uil unions call for 4-hour national strike against Stability Act
After the 24-hour strike organized by the independent unions, it is now the three big Italian union confederations’ turn to call for a strike against the planned Stability Act. But their strike...
23 October 2013
Germany: for the first time, employers and unions negotiate minimum wage in the meat industry
It’s a first. On Tuesday, October 22, the German Food Industry Association (VDEW) and the Food, Beverages and Catering union (NGG) opened talks to adopt a collective agreement introducing, for...
23 October 2013
Great Britain: unions and management outdo each other in the conflict between Ineos and Unite at the Grangemouth plant, Scotland
A long running dispute over an inquiry into alleged misuse of company facilities (email) by a Unite-affiliated worker at the Ineos oil and petro-chemical processing plant in Grangemouth, Scotland...
22 October 2013
France: PSA Peugeot Citroën signs competitiveness agreement
The FO, CFE-CGC and CFTC unions officially announced their intention to sign the agreement on the “new social contract” negotiated with the carmaker’s management. This deal, which the company...
22 October 2013
EU: historical free trade agreement with Canada, a prelude to trade agreements with the US, Japan and China
On Friday, October 18, the European Union and Canada signed a major free-trade agreement, the first of this kind between the EU and another G8 country. This “Comprehensive Economic and Trade...
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22 October 2013
Sweden: Finansförbundet, the banking and finance union, terminates the sector’s collective agreement
Finansförbundet, the banking and finance workers’ union, had been thinking about it for a while. It made the decision and announced it on September 30, 2013: the union, which represents 29,000...
22 October 2013
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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: MEPs demand directive on algorithmic management
Members of the European Parliament have called for a directive on algorithmic management. Such legislation would introduce obligations for companies to inform employees, assess health and safety...
17 December 2025
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Argentina: government unveils labour reform
Argentina's ultra-liberal president Javier Milei wants to "modernise labour" with a new reform that has been greeted with opposition from trade unions. Submitted to the Senate on 11 December, the...
6 January 2026
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France: minimum wage to rise by 1.18% on 1 January
On 12 December, the French government announced a 1.18% increase in the minimum wage, taking effect on 1 January 2026. The pay level will rise from €1,802 to €1,823 gross per month (for...
16 December 2025
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Spain: government wants 3.1% minimum wage hike
Spain's ministry of labour has informed the social partners of its intention to raise the minimum wage to €1,221 gross per month. This increase is expected to be approved by the Council of...
8 January 2026
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United Kingdom: Parliament finally passes Employment Rights Bill
The UK Labour government's flagship reform of employment rights was passed by both houses on 16 December after a turbulent parliamentary process. The bill introduces numerous changes to labour...
18 December 2025
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Poland: reform introduces possibility of working for another employer while on sick leave
On 7 January, the President of Poland promulgated an amendment to the country’s social insurance act. The reform aims to clarify the activities permitted during sick leave, so that...
12 January 2026