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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
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
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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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EU: MEPs demand directive on algorithmic management
Members of the European Parliament have called for a directive on algorithmic management. Such legislation would introduce obligations for companies to inform employees, assess health and safety...
17 December 2025
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Argentina: government unveils labour reform
Argentina's ultra-liberal president Javier Milei wants to "modernise labour" with a new reform that has been greeted with opposition from trade unions. Submitted to the Senate on 11 December, the...
6 January 2026
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France: minimum wage to rise by 1.18% on 1 January
On 12 December, the French government announced a 1.18% increase in the minimum wage, taking effect on 1 January 2026. The pay level will rise from €1,802 to €1,823 gross per month (for...
16 December 2025
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United Kingdom: Parliament finally passes Employment Rights Bill
The UK Labour government's flagship reform of employment rights was passed by both houses on 16 December after a turbulent parliamentary process. The bill introduces numerous changes to labour...
18 December 2025
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Poland: reform introduces possibility of working for another employer while on sick leave
On 7 January, the President of Poland promulgated an amendment to the country’s social insurance act. The reform aims to clarify the activities permitted during sick leave, so that...
12 January 2026
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Spain: government wants 3.1% minimum wage hike
Spain's ministry of labour has informed the social partners of its intention to raise the minimum wage to €1,221 gross per month. This increase is expected to be approved by the Council of...
8 January 2026