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On January 14, after “long, exhausting” negotiations, punctuated by 20 hours of strike, Confindustria-Energia, Anfida, Anigas, Assogas, Federestrattiva and Federutility-Confservizi for employers...

16 January 2014

Spain: CCOO reorganizes itself in the financial sector

The financial and administrative federation, Comfia-CCOO, about to merge with the hotel federation, announced that its banking, savings and stock and credit sections were melting into a single...

16 January 2014

Great Britain: prospects of economic recovery bring pay disputes back

The continued return of growth to the economy is beginning to more fully register with union members and, consequently, is now feeding into their demands for pay rises after a prolonged period of...

16 January 2014

EU: with the liberalization of postal services, employment and working conditions have deteriorated but customer service hasn’t improved, according to a report by the UNI Europa union

UNI Europa, the European trade union federation, commissioned a survey to report on the impact the liberalization of the European postal services has on employment and working conditions. For UNI...

16 January 2014

EU: ECJ confirms that a law can’t exclude a category of employees from the calculation of staff limits to set up employee representation structure

In a ruling rendered yesterday, January 15, in a French case concerning ‘subsidized’ employment contracts, the Court of Justice of the European Union confirms that a law can’t exclude a category...

15 January 2014

Slovenia: various changes and exemptions from the payment of social security contributions

Various pieces of Slovene legislation have introduced various changes and exemptions from the payment of the social security contributions for work based on employment contract, as well as work...

15 January 2014

Telefonica: European works Council agreement (previously O2 agreement) renewed

Contrary to appearances, Telefónica’s European works council agreement, renegotiated in November, isn’t the Spanish multinational’s but the one signed by the British subsidiary, Telefonica Europe...

15 January 2014

Great Britain: government suggests Health and Safety Executive diversifies earnings by giving businesses advice

A government report calls on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE, the organization in charge of protecting workers’ health and safety), to diversify its activity to find resources, in these times...

15 January 2014

Italy: Confindustria and the CGIL, Cisl and Uil unions reach agreement on “Single Representation Text”

On January 10, CGIL, Cisl, Uil and employers reached an agreement on the “Single Representation Text,” which regulates certification and the forms of union representation, the validation and scope...

14 January 2014

Germany: the meat industry – the symbol of social dumping in Germany – introduces minimum wage

On January 13, nearly one month after the negotiations failed, the food and catering employers’ organization (ANG) and the food and catering union (NGG) announced –surprising everyone – that they...

14 January 2014

Transnational company agreements: interview of Torsten Müller, researcher at the European Trade Union Institute on the role of EWCs in European agreements in the metal industry

Torsten Müller (senior researcher at the European Trade Union Institute) co-authored a study on “Transnational company agreements and the role of European Works Councils in negotiations” together...

14 January 2014

Brazil: several collective agreements approved in the telecom industry

Several new collective agreements have been approved in the Brazilian phone industry, either at federal level or only in the State of São Paulo, in November and December 2013. There is no wage...

14 January 2014

Great Britain: direct access to employees in the workplace, the new challenge for British unions

For unions trying to enter a company, being granted direct access to the workplace is a way to ensure a successful unionisation campaign. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that this right is...

14 January 2014

Denmark: key labor-related aspects of the 2014 Finance Act

The 2014 Finance Act, approved on December 19, strengthens the fight against social dumping.

14 January 2014

Germany: Atos, the first company to join the first sectoral framework agreement signed with the IG-Metall in the telecom and computing industry

On January 9, METALL NRW, the federation of metal employers in North Rhine-Westphalia, the IG-Metall’s federation in North Rhine-Westphalia and Atos Deutschland announced that they had adopted...

13 January 2014

Argentina: the success of telework motivates a new bill to regulate the conditions to work from home

The Ministry of Labor is going to present a bill defining a legal framework for telework, which concerns 2 million Argentinean workers (12.5 percent of the working population). The text aims to...

13 January 2014

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