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EU: annual assessment of employment and social developments points to emergency of stopping the risk of working poor
According to the Employment and Social Developments in Europe 2013 report, released by the European Commission on Tuesday, January 21, the anticipated decrease in unemployment won’t be enough to...
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22 January 2014
France: vocational training reform should be adopted by the end of March
Presented to the Council of Ministers today, Wednesday, January 22, 2014, the Vocational Training Act should be adopted by the end of March and come into force as early as January 2015. This is a...
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22 January 2014
Global works councils, a true temptation but with few experiments
While unions observed the need to set up transnational dialogue structures as early as the 50s, businesses only started introducing these committees in the 90s, in the wake of the establishment of...
22 January 2014
Brazil: unions in favor of a joint program for 2014, an election year
The 6 representative unions in Brazil – the Single Workers’ Union (CUT), Força syndical, the General Workers’ Union (UGT), the New Workers’ Union (NSCT), the Brazilian Workers’ Union (CTB) and the...
21 January 2014
Germany: IG-Metall – still growing – wants to launch an initiative “in favor of codetermination”
At the annual press conference on January 21, Detlef Wetzel, the new chairman of the IG-Metall, gave a positive overview of 2013. Not only did the IG-Metall manage to get more members again, but...
21 January 2014
Canada: Unifor launches “Rights at work” nationwide campaign with initiatives aiming to limit union rights at federal level and in Ontario in the background
Unifor, the newly-created union (see article No. 7901) that claims to be the organization that makes a difference, will be holding a series of conferences across the country over the next few...
21 January 2014
Italy: tourism social partners renew collective agreement
On January 18, the Filcams-CGIL, Fisascat-Cisl and Uiltucs-Uil unions and the Federalberghi and Faita employers’ organizations (affiliated with Confcommercio) reached an agreement (separate on...
21 January 2014
Air France-KLM: framework agreement to accompany change in the freight airlines, Air France Cargo and KLM Martinair, in Europe
This is the 4th method agreement designed to accompany the transformation of an activity signed between the airline and its European Works Council (EWC). Signed on December 9, 2013, this text...
20 January 2014
Spain: NGOs worried about composition of draft plan to supervise corporate social responsibility in Spanish businesses abroad
While the “Corporate and Human Rights Plan” is being prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, some NGOs consulted during its formulation are worried about the text’s structure. They point out...
EU: Commission suggests improving and modernizing European job search assistance network, EURES
On Friday, January 17, the European Commission presented a draft regulation aiming to strengthen EURES, the European job search tool. EURES mostly works like a website, with a portal giving...
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20 January 2014
Pernod Ricard: new European CSR agreement
The French wine and spirits group signed, on January 7, a European CSR agreement with EFFAT, the European trade union federation. Covering of a lot of themes – 24 pages with commitments on the...
17 January 2014
EU: European system to help ailing banks contains guarantees for employees and their representatives
In December, the Member States and European Parliament reached a political agreement on the draft directive on the recovery and resolution of financial institutions. The MEPs and UNI Europa union...
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17 January 2014
Cambodia: after Bangladesh, Cambodian textile workers are mobilizing
Cambodia is currently experiencing a protest movement in the textile industry to increase minimum wage and improve working conditions. On January 4, the government violently repressed a...
17 January 2014
Great Britain: after toughening sanctions for failing to pay minimum wage, government recommends a steep increase
As the economy is picking up, the British government declared, for the first time, that it was in favor of a minimum wage increase in the coming months. Besides, it has decided to distinctly...
17 January 2014
EU: new rules supervising public markets give more weight to social and environmental criteria
On Wednesday, January15, the Parliament ratified the review of the “public procurement” directive. One of its principles is to get a better price-quality ratio when contracts are awarded. The...
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16 January 2014
Samsung’s social practices in China denounced
In December, one of Samsung’s suppliers in China was caught for the bad working conditions imposed on its employees. It’s not the first time a subcontracting working for the south-Korean group is...
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026