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United States: employers half hearted about healthcare reform
A lot of American employers are still resolutely opposed to the Obamacare, decided in 2010, and anticipate its impact, limiting their health coverage. However, they welcome the measures that...
2 October 2013
Portugal: new layoff compensation system comes into force
Workers hired on October 1, 2013 and after and laid off in the future will receive compensation amounting to 12 worked days per year in the company in the event of a mass layoff, instead of 20...
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2 October 2013
Spain: UGT’s metal federation convention affected by the departure of its general secretary
The 26th convention of the wood, construction and associated industries federation, MCA-UGT, will take place in Burgos on October 2-4 and in a difficult context, both for the union and the metal...
1 October 2013
Belgium: ArcelorMittal reaches draft agreement on the industrial chapter
After bargaining for 8 months, unions and the management at ArcelorMittal reached, yesterday, a draft agreement on an industrial plan for the restructuring of its cold-processing line in Liege...
1 October 2013
Germany: schedule of 2014/15 collective bargaining
In 2014, 10.5 million employees will be directly affected by collective pay negotiations. Planet Labor is giving you the detailed schedule of collective bargaining in 2014 and 2015 as well as the...
1 October 2013
Great Britain: long-term jobseekers to do community service to receive their allowance
Starting in April, the 200,000 long-term jobseekers in Britain will have to mobilize to keep receiving their unemployment benefits, notably by doing community service. This measure, announced on...
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1 October 2013
Luxembourg: social elections on November 13
On November 13, two elections will take place in Luxembourg affecting employee representation: the Chamber of Employees (Chambre des salariés de Luxembourg, CSL) and the company employee...
30 September 2013
Belgium: Council of Ministers approves bill on single status for blue and white-collar workers
A second step was made in the issue of the single status. After the social partners reached a compromise in July, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on Friday, September 27. The text is...
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30 September 2013
Denmark: North Jutland is the first region to include “chain liability” in public contracts to combat social dumping
After adopting, in May, a new policy for public markets, focusing on social and environmental clauses, North Jutland is now enforcing it in tenders for the construction of the new university...
30 September 2013
Sweden: new agreement for the 16,000 employees in the postal and cargo industry
Mediators helped with the agreement reached on September 17, 2013 between the SEKO (service and communication) union and the Almega service employers’ organization for the postal and cargo...
27 September 2013
Portugal: Constitutional Court rejects aspects of 2012 Labor Code about dismissal
The Constitutional Court of Portugal rejected some of the measures of the Labor Code adopted in 2012, for which it was seized. Emblematic measures include dismissal when the position disappears...
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27 September 2013
Xylem: agreement establishing the European Works Council
In May 2013, Xylem, a company specialized in water transport and treatment, introduced a European Works Council covered by Swedish law. (Ref. 130569)
27 September 2013
Great Britain: new labor law measures coming into force
Four important new measures come into force on 1 October 2013 (repeal of the third-party harassment provisions, minimum wage increases, etc.). The first three are part of the programme of reform...
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27 September 2013
Italy: “cross-generation” bridge at the center of the 2013 program to improve women’s employment and skills
Last week, the Ministry of Labor published, on its website, the decree of June 27, 2013 on the “2013 Program to improve women’s employment and skills via integration/re-integration on the labor...
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26 September 2013
Germany: Bundesrat presents bill to stop excessive use of “service contracts” (Werkverträge)
The representatives of five Länder run by the social-democratic and green parties presented, on Friday, September 20, a bill to “combat excessive use of service contract and prevent the bypass of...
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26 September 2013
Sweden: measures to boost the recruitment of young people
With youth unemployment getting higher, the Swedish government presented, on September 9-10, two measures included in the 2014 budget to help young people integrate. The first measure is a SEK...
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26 September 2013
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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...
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As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
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After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
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Germany: bill adopted to step up fight against illegal employment
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France: TotalEnergies steps up commitment on disability
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