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Italy: banking social partners reopen dialogue with the renewal of the sector’s solidarity fund
After the sector’s employers’ organization (Abi) unilaterally terminated, in September, the national collective agreement, causing a break, and following the general strike in the sector on...
7 January 2014
Latin America: ILO worried about the lack of economic vigorousness in the region, and its negative impact on the labor market
“Panorama Laboral 2013,” the report by the International Labor Organization (ILO) on Latin America and the Caribbean gives a rather gloomy evaluation of the employment situation. Although...
7 January 2014
Belgium: first measures on the single status for blue-collar and white-collar workers enforced
Since January 1, 2014, the waiting day, which used to cover blue-collar workers only, has been canceled and a new system for calculating notice periods has come into force. In addition to these...
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7 January 2014
United States: employers won’t have to tell workers their labor rights
Following an unfavorable court decision, the National Labor Relations Board decided not to challenge the decision about the right to hang posters on labor rights and collective bargaining in the...
6 January 2014
Great Britain: TUC union calls for “triple alliance” to revitalise union membership in the private sector
Frances O'Grady, the TUC general secretary, in her New Year message called for a 'triple alliance' of labour unions, progressive politicians and civic groups to renew and revitalise union...
6 January 2014
Italy: novelties affecting the labor world in the 2014 Finance Act
Permanently approved on December 23 and published in the Gazetta Ufficiale on December 27, 2013, the 2014 Stability (Finance) Act contains several measures that affect labor law and came into...
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6 January 2014
United States: machinists at Boeing give up traditional pension to maintain production for the future 777X
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has just made a major compromise for Boeing. In return for producing the future 777X in Washington State, where the company...
6 January 2014
Brazil: supervision of the right to strike in public services postponed to 2014
Brazil postponed to 2014 the adoption of a law on an obligation of minimum service in public services when there is a strike, after several meetings between the Members of Parliament and the...
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23 December 2013
Sweden: the agreement signed in the banking industry provides for a guaranteed wage increase over 3 years
The Finansförbundet union caused a sensation in September when it decided to terminate the agreement binding it to the BAO employers’ organization but only on the ‘remuneration’ chapter. ...
23 December 2013
Hungary: new union landscape
Announced on May 1, 2013, the merger between the largest union confederations, MSZOSZ (national confederation of Hungarian unions), SZEF (Forum for union cooperation) and ASZSZ (Confederation of...
23 December 2013
Greece: overnight, Hellas Online, the telecom operator, fires its employees and has them re-hired by a subcontracting firm
Hellas Online, one of the key internet and telecom providers in Greece, has decided to outsource some of its activities to focus on its core business. This strategy affects nearly 60 percent of...
20 December 2013
Loomis AB: international framework agreement signed with UNI Global Union
On December 19, UNI Property Services and the Swedish Transport Workers’ Union (STWU) signed a global agreement with the Swedish cash transportation company, Loomis AB. Mostly present in Europe...
20 December 2013
Great Britain: more than 2 million employees have already enjoyed the reform of automatic enrollment to a pension fund
More than 2.2 million British people started paying contributions to a pension fund within the framework of the auto-enrollment reform. The reform aims to ‘force’ British workers to save for...
20 December 2013
Australia: key labor law changes in 2014
2014 will be the year of numerous amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009, a law that is at the heart of labor relations in Australia. The development of the fight against harassment will be the...
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20 December 2013
Hungary: policy in favor of ‘family-friendly’ labor market
How to improve women’s activity rate while encouraging an increase in birthrate? With an average of 1.2 children per woman in 2011, it is one of the bigger concerns of the current administration...
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19 December 2013
Meliá and IUF sign global framework agreement which will apply to all hotels under Melia’s brands, whether they are owned, managed or franchised
The IUF (Uniting Food, Farm and Hotel global union federation) and Meliá Hotels International, the Spanish-headquartered hotel chain with over 38.000 employees worldwide, have signed, on December...
19 December 2013
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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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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Slovakia: 6% increase in the minimum wage from 1 January 2027
The news. As Slovakia’s social partners failed to reach an agreement during tripartite negotiations, Labour Minister Erik Tomas has decided to increase the minimum wage by 6% from 1 January...
1 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026