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Italy: logistics, merchandise transport and shipping social partners renew national collective agreement
The 23 employers’ organizations (Assologistica, Conftrasporto, Fedespedi, Fai and Uitai, among others) in logistics, merchandise transport and shipping and the Filt-CGIL, Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti...
6 September 2013
Australia: labor law program of the main parties to the legislative election
Australians are going to renew their Parliament on Saturday, September 7. The Labor party, in power since 2007, is expected to lose and the Liberal-National coalition should win. Overview of the...
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6 September 2013
Great Britain: the GMB union is going to considerably reduce its involvement in the Labour Party
The Central Executive Council (CEC) of the GMB general union has voted to reduce its current level of membership affiliation to the Labour Party from 420,000 members to 50,000 members from 1...
5 September 2013
Finland: extremely moderated general framework agreement on pay subject to approval at sectoral level
After the first attempt failed last spring, the 3 union confederations and employers (confederation of industry, State and towns) finally signed, on August 30, a general pay deal called “Agreement...
5 September 2013
The European Commission published guides on the implementation of the UN’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in several sectors – temporary work, ICT, and gas and oil
In June 2011, the United Nations adopted Guiding Principles (UNGP) on Business and Human Rights. Within the framework of its strategy to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR), the...
Italy: together, unions and employers call on government to adopt stability act boosting employment and growth
“A stability act for employment and growth” is the title of the documents signed on September 2 by Giorgio Squinzi, leader of Confindustria, and Susanna Camusso, Raffaele Bonanni and Luigi...
4 September 2013
Portugal: 40-hour work week for government workers
Government workers are going to work 40 hours a week instead of 35 before. The law amending working time in the public sector has come into force and will be applied at the end of September. ...
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4 September 2013
Germany: Daimler, Volkswagen…, controversy over abusive appeal to subcontracting catches up with German auto groups
While unions are calling for a law against excessive use of “service provision contracts” (Werkverträge), the Handelsblatt economic daily revealed, on September 2, that Volkswagen was apparently...
4 September 2013
Sustainable management practices: national answers to a global challenge?
The International Corporate Survey Barometer (ICSB) was published at the end of July 2013. This international sustainability barometer was introduced in 2012 by the Center for Sustainability...
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
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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...
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Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
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...
15 October 2025
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EU: social partners in telecoms sign joint statement on AI
On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...
18 December 2025
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Italy: collective agreement for rubber and plastics sector focuses on new skills
A month ahead of schedule, the Federazione Gomma Plastica employers' organisation and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions have renewed the collective agreement for the rubber and...
5 January 2026
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
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Italy: banking group Intesa Sanpaolo sharpens focus on quality of life at work
Over the Christmas period Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest bank, penned with trade unions a deal to renew the first part of the company agreement, covering work-life balance, inclusion, parenthood...
14 January 2026