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After the Constitutional Court rejected the criteria included in the 2012 Labor Code in terms of layoff, the government is proposing a new list of criteria to define the order of layoffs. The...

29 January 2014

Germany: Grand Coalition adopts first bill on pension reform, introducing retirement at 63 for employees who paid contributions for 45 years

Gathered at a cabinet meeting on January 29, Angela Merkel’s administration agreed to its first bill – highly controversial – on the pension reform. Developed by the new Minister for Employment...

29 January 2014

Prosegur: EWC established

Nearly one year’s negotiations was necessary to seal an agreement in November 2013 between the company’s management and the special negotiating body made up of employee representatives from Spain...

29 January 2014

Great-Britain: government prepares reform to introduce collective defined contribution schemes

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has announced its support for the legal reform of the structure of private sector pensions in order to introduce a new type called the...

28 January 2014

Italy: first report on the impact of the 2012 labor reform

The Technical Committee* in charge of monitoring the labor market reform (Act No. 92/2012, see article No. 120471) published its first report on January 23, covering the period between July 2012...

28 January 2014

United States: private-sector union membership increases

For the first time in 5 years, the number of unionized employees in the private sector is higher than in the public sector. Continuously down for several decades, businesses’ union membership...

28 January 2014

Germany: IG-Metall union calls for 30-hour week for families and a new debate on working time

The biggest union in Germany, the IG-Metall, is asking for the introduction of new working time models, better suited for families’ needs. In an interview, Jörg Hofmann, second in command, said...

27 January 2014

Spain: it seems that equality policies are losing ground in businesses

The 2013 report of the Observatory of equality programs and measures in collective negotiations, published by the UGT union, points out that policies in favor of equality have been slowing down in...

27 January 2014

EU: unions and NGOs start lobbying to promote social issues at the next European election

On May 22-25, an election will take place in every EU Member State to elect the members of the future European Parliament. Because of the debt and eurozone crisis, European issues have never been...

27 January 2014

Russia: lower quotas and tougher sanctions against the illegal recruitment of foreigners

Russian employers who want to recruit foreigners are subject to quotas except for certain categories. They have to send their request before May 1 of the ongoing year for the next. The Ministry...

27 January 2014

Spain: businesses commit to have more female executives

About 30 large businesses and the Ministry of Equality signed an agreement aiming to achieve, on a voluntary basis, up to 20% of women in their decision-making structures in the next 4 years.

24 January 2014

Austria: for the 1st time, Telekom Austria signs a separate agreement for civil servants and employees

After arm-wrestling for several weeks, and with Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim joining the company’s capital in the background, the social partners at Telekom Austria agreed, on January 17, on...

24 January 2014

EU: Commission preaches for European industrial renaissance

In a communication entitled “For a European Industrial Renaissance,” adopted on January 22, the European Commission calls on the Member States to recognize the central importance of industry for...

23 January 2014

Germany: 1.2% average increase in conventional wages in 2013

The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) of the Hans Böckler union foundation published, on Thursday, January 23, its report on the evolution of convention wages in 2013. Thus, in...

23 January 2014

Great Britain: government delays adoption of flexible working

The possibility for all British employees to request flexible working time will not come into force in April as anticipated. Corporate managements are delighted with this delay, as they are...

23 January 2014

Germany: employers and unions warn, together, against the risks of the debate on the immigration of Romanians and Bulgarians

Concluding a rather unusual alliance, the new leader of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) – Ingo Kramer – and the leader of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) –...

22 January 2014

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