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Great-Britain: unions win first battle against zero hours contracts
A strike by members of the bakers’ workers union, the BFAWU, has compelled Premier Foods at its Wigan Hovis factory to agree to limit the company’s use of agency workers on zero hour contracts...
25 September 2013
Italy: Cisl kicks off “network federation” (transport, electricity, communication)
On September 24, during the meeting of executives and officials of three Cisl federations (Fit – transportation, Flaei – electricity and Fistel – communication, editing and entertainment), the...
25 September 2013
Hungary: overview of industrial relations
In Hungary, collective bargaining has been upset since the FIDESZ party came to power in April 2010 and the new Labor Code came into force in 2012. Because of this situation, unions have to...
25 September 2013
A quarter of the global workforce would welcome an expatriate assignment
“Mobilising Talent: The Global Mobility Challenge” is the first survey conducted by Ipsos and sponsored by BDO on the international mobile employees’ profile and views. Generous compensation does...
24 September 2013
Italy: banking unions call for general strike on October 31
Banking unions set a date for the unitary general strike, October 31, to reject the early termination of the national collective agreement formalized by the Abi employers’ organization last week. ...
24 September 2013
Austria: collective bargaining starts in the metal industry
On September 18, the Austrian metalworkers’ union, Pro.Ge, presented its claims for the annual collective negotiations in the sector to three of the six federations in the industry. The union...
23 September 2013
Great-Britain: with the first signs of recovery, private sector workers are starting to reject pay austerity
Over the summer and into the autumn in the private sector, a number of disputes (often involving industrial action) have taken place, showing that unionised workers are beginning to contest pay...
23 September 2013
Denmark: priorities of the 3F convention for the next 3 years
The strategy for the 3 years to come of the 3F union, the biggest union in Denmark, which organizes workers in construction, manufacturing, transportation, the public sector and services, revolves...
23 September 2013
Denmark: corporate social responsibility to get out of the crisis
The 3rd CSR Conference, the biggest CSR event in Denmark, gathered more than 1,000 participants in Holstebro on September 16-17 with the motto, “concrete action, innovation and impact.” Organized...
Great Britain: government appeal to ruling amending criteria kicking off mass layoff procedure
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has granted the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) the right to appeal against a major decision rendered in May, which applied the principle...
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20 September 2013
Portugal: new exceptional extension of the maximum duration of fixed-term contracts, to 4 years
Fixed-term contracts can be renewed two more time, up to 12 months (in addition to the current maximum, 3 years). This is an extraordinary measure, which will end in 2016. The government’s...
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20 September 2013
Germany: crisis agreement for 20,000 ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe employees
On Wednesday, September 18, the IG-Metall’s Collective Agreements Commission approved the crisis agreement negotiated in mid-September between ThyssenKrupp’s management and the union. It offers...
19 September 2013
Luxembourg: agreement on moral harassment in the banking industry
On September 17, banking unions in Luxembourg (ALEBA, OGB-L and LCGB-SESF) signed, with the banking employers’ organization (ABBL), an agreement on moral harassment. It transposes the 2009...
19 September 2013
France: Council of Ministers adopts pension reform bill
In order to find the €20.7 billion it will need by 2020 to pay for pensions, the French government has decided to do another pension reform, amending old-age contributions and the duration of...
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18 September 2013
Denmark: Danish Crown workers reject the agreement providing for the payment of part of their salary to an investment company to revive pig farming and maintain employment in the industry
The proposal to invest part of the salary to improve pig farming in the next 4 years, to keep Danish Crown’s slaughterhouses in the country from closing, failed to convince a majority of...
18 September 2013
Germany: three-year pay deal in the temporary work industry
On September 17, the social partners in the temporary work industry, a sector which currently employs, in average, 800,000 people a year, signed a collective agreement on pay. Until December 31...
18 September 2013
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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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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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
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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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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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EU: omnibus bill stalls in parliament
On 22 October, members of the European Parliament narrowly voted against a negotiating mandate that would have opened trilogue talks on the omnibus directive, which seeks to dilute the corporate...
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23 October 2025
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France: cabinet adopts suspension of pension reform
On 23 October, the French Council of Ministers approved an amendment to the social security financing bill (PLFSS), confirming the suspension of the 2023 pension reform until 2028. This measure...
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24 October 2025