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Italy: Fiat agrees to let Fiom-CGIL representatives in but demands a law on union representativeness to keep investing in Italy
On September 2, Fiat informed the Fiom – the CGIL’s metalworkers’ federation, deprived of union rights – that it could appoint representatives. This decision follows the Constitutional Court’s...
3 September 2013
United States: Goodyear’s new pay deal provides for compromises and maintains activity for 4 years
The USW negotiators signed a 4-year pay deal with Goodyear, the tire maker. They had to make compromises on the pension scheme and profit-sharing in return for the maintenance of the 6 American...
3 September 2013
Italy: Parliament permanently approves emergency measures to revive employment and the economy
In early August, the Parliament permanently approved the law transposing the decree on emergency measures to promote employment which provides, among other things, for hiring incentives. The...
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3 September 2013
EU: European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) complains to European Ombudsman about the Commission’s lack of action on the issue of restructurings
In a press release published on September 2, the ETUC informed that it had lodged an official complaint to the European Ombudsman on “the treatment of the EP’s report calling for legal action on...
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2 September 2013
Morocco: unemployment benefit in 2014
Morocco will introduce an unemployment benefit in 2014. This measure should limit precariousness for employees and therefore improve the fluidity and quality of the labor market. But its...
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2 September 2013
Great Britain: the controversy over zero hour contracts continues
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) revised its first estimate (200,000 contracts), saying that 250,000 people were employed on these contracts, based on its Labour Force Survey. The contracts...
2 September 2013
Germany: lukewarm evaluations for Kristina Schröder, CDU Minister for Family Affairs, and Ursula von der Leyen, CDU Minister for Employment
Notorious rivals within the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU), Kristina Schröder, Minister for Family Affairs, and Ursula von der Leyen, Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, have things in...
2 September 2013
France: Continental’s German headquarters recognized as co-employer, should be liable for the layoffs resulting from the closing of the Clairoix plant
On August 30, the Compiègne labor court invalidated the layoff of nearly 700 former employees at Continental’s Clairoix plant for lack of economic grounds. The court recognized the German parent...
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2 September 2013
Sweden: promising start for the Swedish initiative to support integration contracts for unskilled youngsters
At the end of June, a few weeks after the metal industry, the union partners in the trade industry, Svensk Handel, Arbetsgivarföreningen KFO and Handelsanställdas förbund presented the government...
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31 July 2013
Credit Agricole: EWC secures certain level of compensation and redeployment measures for Slovakian and Czech employees fired after the end of consumer credit activities in these countries
The EWC had already cuts its teeth when several entities closed that used to belong to CACIB, Credit Agricole’s investment bank. In this context, the group’s management committed to respecting...
31 July 2013
EU: European Commission publishes evaluation of the Community Directives regarding information and consultation of workers
Today, July 26, the European Commission released the result of “an evaluation to identify excessive burdens, overlaps, gaps or inconsistencies which may have appeared since the adoption of three...
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26 July 2013
Italy: Expo 2015 signs agreement on flexible recruitment modalities
On July 23, Expo 2015 Spa, the company in charge of organizing the 2015 Universal Exposition, which will take place in Milan, signed an “important agreement” with the CGIL, Cisl and Uil unions in...
25 July 2013
Sweden: agreement in the mechanical industry improving the possibility of part-time retirement
On April 19, Svemek (mechanical employers’ organization) signed a new deal with IF Metall (metalworkers’ union), and with Unionen (private sector), Sveriges Ingenjörer (Swedish engineers) and...
25 July 2013
Great Britain: setback for the campaign against blacklisting organized by union members in the construction industry
Leading anti-blacklisting campaigners have expressed dismay at the response of Business Secretary, Vince Cable, to the call from the Scottish Affairs Select Committee in Parliament to investigate...
25 July 2013
How is an employer brand built? EADS, the most attractive employer in Spain in 2013, answers
EADS has received the Randstad Award 2013 for its excellent employer brand. In order to award this prize, Randstad polled about 7,000 people in Spain. Results reveal that participants ranked EADS...
25 July 2013
France: employees in SMEs to be informed of their company’s plan to sale to so they can make an offer
The bill on social and connected economy, adopted by the Council of Ministers on July 24, contains a provision that introduces a new right for all healthy businesses with less than 250 employees...
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24 July 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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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
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EU: Court of Justice largely upholds directive on adequate minimum wages
On 11 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld most of the directive on adequate minimum wages, rejecting Denmark’s claim that it infringed on national sovereignty over wage...
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
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Germany: report previews draft bill to transpose EU Pay Transparency Directive
On Friday 7 November, Germany’s commission for a 'less bureaucratic implementation' of the EU Pay Transparency Directive — made up of employer and trade union representatives — submitted its...
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