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Belgium: new pay freeze controversy
By deciding to freeze pay (outside indexation and scale increases), the government thought it had effectively prepared the ground to put together the notorious “competitiveness pact” the Federal...
18 September 2013
Germany: IG-Metall union and Meyer Werft, the shipbuilder, sign new collective agreement on subcontractors’ working conditions
Approximately two months after two Romanian workers died in a fire, the IG Metall Küste (coastal federation) and the German shipbuilder Meyer Werft announced, on September 16, that they signed...
17 September 2013
Italy: banking employers’ organization, Abi, terminates national collective agreement and unions prepare for general strike
On September 16, ten months early, Abi officially let the Dircredito, Fabi, Fiba-Cisl, Fisac-CGIL, Sinfub, UGL-Credito and Uilca unions that it terminated the national collective agreement in...
17 September 2013
Sickness presenteeism: a rampant phenomenon in industrialized countries
Sickness presenteeism – employees who go to work when they are sick – is a reality heads of businesses know little of in western countries. Yet it’s real, as real as absenteeism, and can be...
17 September 2013
Germany: Ministry of Employment, employers and unions commit to fight stress at work together
After bargaining for a year and a half within the framework of the “Joint Occupational Safety and Health Strategy (GDA),” the German Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs, the BDA employers’...
17 September 2013
European Works Council: comparative study of three agreements in the transportation industry
Three transportation firms signed an EWC agreement in 2012 in order to adjust their structure to the new EWC Directive, 2009/38: UPS, British Airways and Kuehne + Nagel (K + N). Two of them are...
16 September 2013
EU: Parliament invites European Commission to consider whether an optional European legal framework for transnational company agreements would be useful
On September 12, the European Parliament adopted the draft report entitled, “Cross-border collective bargaining and transnational social dialogue.” This own-initiative report calls on the...
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16 September 2013
United States: AFL-CIO union opens up to other civil society organizations to recover some ground
The last AFL-CIO convention last week in Los Angeles should be the start of a redefinition. Historically limited by legal restrictions, having a hard time diversify, facing sustained assaults...
16 September 2013
Japan: collective bargaining is getting weaker
In a context of economic crisis where the traditional practice of “lifelong” employment is being questioned, along with the remuneration scheme based on seniority, maintained until the late 90s...
16 September 2013
Great Britain: Wales takes measures against blacklisting in construction
The Welsh Assembly Government, the devolved government for Wales, has announced that public sector bodies in Wales are now permitted how to exclude companies which blacklist when recruiting staff...
13 September 2013
Italy: wood and furniture social partners renew national collective agreement
On September 11, in Milan, the FederlegnoArredo employers’ organization and the Fillea CGIL Filca-Cisl and Feneal-Uil unions signed an agreement renewing the national collective agreement (CCN) in...
13 September 2013
Portugal: wages are down for the second year in a row
First 2013 quarter figures show that wages in Portugal are going down. This drop started two years ago and is the consequence of the application of lower wages when workers are replaced. One...
12 September 2013
United States: Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant about to get a German-style WC
The American labor world is about to go through a historical event. Indeed, on Wednesday, September 11, Bob King, leader of the United Auto Workers union (UAW) told the German and American media...
12 September 2013
Germany: overview of the parties’ campaign programs before the legislative election of September 22
About a week to the German federal election, when speculation about possible coalitions after the vote is rife (reelection of the current CDU/CSU and FDP coalition, a “red-green” coalition between...
12 September 2013
Great Britain: if elected in 2015, Labour promises to tackle ‘zero hours’ contracts
At this year’s Trade Unions Congress, Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband, outlined his party’s plans if elected to government in 2015 to regulate the use of zero-hours contracts. This came just...
11 September 2013
Belgium: Brussels Airlines wants to become the “lab for a new social model”
Like all traditional airlines, Brussels Airlines is forced to reposition itself and find the conditions for social and economic durability. But it wants to do it while reviewing its social...
11 September 2013
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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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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